Beckenham St George, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckenham+ Beckenham Wikipedia]

Beckenham St George is an Ancient Parish.

The church of St George High Street Beckenham has been designated as a grade B listed building British listed building

See Beckenham North West Kent Family History Society and Beckenham St George Shortlands St Mary

Beckenham London Road Cemetery (Beckenham Cemetery) a municipal cemetery for Bromley Borough was opened in 1877 and Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery Elmers End Beckenham is also located to serve that borough.

From this Ancient Parish were created:

Beckenham Christchurch: Fairfield Rd. Built 1876; parish created 1878 from Beckenham St George. Beckenham Holy Trinity: Lennard Rd. (Formerly 'Penge Lane'). Built 1878; parish created 1878 from Beckenham St George. Beckenham St Barnabas: Oakhill Rd.Built 1878/84, replacing iron church; parish created 1877 from Beckenham St George. Elmers End, St James: St James's Ave. Built 1879-88; parish created 1879 from Beckenham St George. New Beckenham, St Paul: Brackley Rd. Built and parish created 1872 from Beckenham St George. St Michael &amp; All Angels: Birkbeck Estate (Ravenscroft Rd). Church built 1899-1906, succeeding 1877 iron church; Destroyed 1944 and rebuilt 1955-6; parish created 1907 from Beckenham St George.

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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Deposited Parish registers are held at Bromley Archives reference P 19

Bromley Central Library Telephone: 020 8461 7170 Fax: 020 8466 7860 e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Kent Census

Poor Law Unions
3 Volumes Deposited Poor Books for Beckenham St George are held at Bromley Archives reference 1778 - 1802 P/19/5/6 Poor Book 1803-1829 P/19/5/3  Parish: Poor Book 1829-1836 P/19/5/5

Bromley Central Library Telephone: 020 8461 7170 Fax: 020 8466 7860 e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk

Bromley Poor Law Union

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.