Goodnestone (near Faversham), Kent Genealogy

Guide to Goodnestone (near Faversham), Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
GOODNESTON (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Faversham, Upper division of the lathe of Scray, E division of Kent, 2 miles E from Faversham.

"Goodnestone-next-Faversham is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Ospringe. The church is named for St. Bartholomew with registers commencing 1569." "Goodnestone, St Bartholomew's Church. A small Norman church looking out over the stately home and garden of Goodnestone Court. The church dates to about 1100, but the porch was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1837...St Bartholomew's is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, who keep it open on a daily basis."

This parish should not be confused with Goodnestone (near Sandwich), Kent (Holy Cross).

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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
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Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records

 * 1841-1891
 * Findmypast Census ($)
 * Findmypast Census ($)

Land Tax
Images for Goodnestone near Faversham are available at FamilySearch Records
 *  1780-1832 England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records

Poor Law Unions

 * Faversham 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.


 * England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Church of St Bartholomew, Goodnestone British Listed Buildings
 * Parishes: Goodneston British History Online
 * St Bartholomew Goodnestone Kent Churches
 * St Bartholomew's Church, Goodnestone, Kent Conservation Trust
 * St Mary of Charity A Church Near You