Ridley, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Ridley is a village in the Sevenoaks district of kent and is part of the civil parish of Ash-cum-Ridley Ridley Wikipedia

Ridley St Peter is an Ancient Parish

The church of St peter Rectory Road Ash-cum-Ridley has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See Ridley North West Kent Family History Society and Ridley St Peter

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1626-1875 Batches (C135101, C135102) Marriages 1631-1753; 1815-1829 Batch (M135101)

Ridley St Peter and St Paul Christenings Marriages Burials1625-1997

digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

Family History Library film numbers

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records.

Census records
Census returns for Ridley 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Dartford Poor Law Union, Kent

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Kent Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.