Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent

Parish History
Rochester is a town and former city now within the Medway towns unitary authority of Kent. See Rochester Kent Wikipedia

Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement is an Ancient Parish

St Nicholas' Church has been converted into the Diocesan offices, but remains consecrated.

See Rochester North West Kent Family History Society which includes Anglican churches and chapels as well as other places of worship in Rochester and Rochester St Nicholas with St Clement

The former church of St Peter King Street was created from St Nicholas in 1860; the church dated from 1858-1860 and was demolished in 1973/4. St Peter's and Rochester St Margaret, Kent were recombined into a joint parish in 1953 and in 1971 the parish of St Nicholas with St Clement was absorbed into it. The combined parish is now "The Parish of St Peter with St Margaret" centred on the new (1973) Parish Centre in the Delce (St Peter's) with St Margaret's being retained as a Chapel of Ease. Old St Peter's was demolished in 1974

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
Rochester St Nicholas of Myra Baptisms marriages and Burials 1624-1906 reference P306 digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1624-1875 Batches (C135091, C135093) Marriages 1624-1876 Batches (M135091-M135093)

Family History Library film numbers Rochester Bethel Wesleyan International Genealogical Index Christenings 1796-1837 Batch (C068561)

Rochester Presbyterian International Genealogical Index Christenings 1700-1808 Batch (C068821)

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 Returns for Rochester 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Medway 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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