Elmstone, Kent Genealogy

Guide to Elmstone, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ELMSTONE, a parish, in the union of Eastry, hundred of Preston, lathe of St. Augustine, E division of Kent, 2¼ miles NE by N from Wingham. Elmstone is a village in the civil parish of Preston, Kent in the Dover district of Kent, see Elmstone Wikipedia

Elmstone is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Canterbury and Elmstone with Preston and Stourmouth is part of a group of churches.

The church which is without dedication dates from the 12th century with 14th century extension and restoration in 1878 and 1900. Elmstone Church, Sheerwater Road, Preston has been designated a Grade II* building by English Heritage British listed building.

See Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 (1800), pp. 131-135 at British History Online and Kent Churches website

Civil Registration
Eastry Registration District

Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.

The Mansion House (Certificate Centre) Grove Hill Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1EP

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
Elmstone parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Poor Law Unions

 * Eastry 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.


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

Local Family History Centre

 * Canterbury Family History Centre, Kent
 * Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent
 * FHC Portal This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these

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