Buckland near Dover, Kent Genealogy

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

Parish History
BUCKLAND-in-Dover (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Dover, hundred of Bewsborough, lathe of St. Augustine, E division of Kent, 1¾ mile NW from Dover. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Buckland in and near Dover is a village and civil parish which is within the borough and district of Dover. Buckland in Dover St Andrew is an Ancient Parish.

Buckland's Saxon church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey. In the 12th century this was replaced by St Andrew's; rebuilt in the 14th century and extended in 1851 and 1880 at which time the 1700 hundred year old Yew tree had to be removed to its present position in the centre of the church yard. Buckland in Dover is now merged with Dover for local government purposes although previously a village adjacent to Dover.

This parish should not be confused with the ruined church of Buckland, Kent near Faversham in the same county.

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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.

Registration Districts

 * 1837-1896 Dover Registration District

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

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


The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.


 * Ancestry UK Census Collection
 * Findmypast Census

Poor Law Unions

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Buckland by Dover Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
 * Parishes: Buckland British History Online
 * St Andrew Buckland British Listed Buildings
 * St Andrew, Buckland Kent Churches
 * St Nicholas, Buckland Ripers The Ridgeway The home of The Ridgeway Churches