Teston, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Teston is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent.

Teston St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish

The church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See Teston North West kent Family History Society and teston St Peter and St Paul

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 Christenings1761-1857; 1875-1876 1897-1900 Batches (C135162, C135163) Marriages 1755-1852; 1882 Batches (M135162, M135163)

Original deposited registers are held at:

Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX

01622 694363

Fax: 01622 694379

archives@kent.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 retruns for Teston 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Maidstone 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.