Little Chart, Kent Genealogy

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

Parish History
LITTLE CHART, (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of West Ashford, hundred of Calehill, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 2 miles SW by W from Charing.

The original church of Little Chart St Mary the Virgin and the Holy Rood was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb in 1944. The ruined church of St Mary, Pluckley Road, Little Chart have been designated as a grade II listed building; only the tower circa 1500 remains.

The new church of St Mary the Virgin is now within the village and was consecrated in 1956.

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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

 * 1837-1941 West Ashford Registration District
 * 1841-1998 Ashford 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

 * Census returns for Little Chart 1841-1891
 * Ancestry UK Census Collection($)
 * Findmypast($)

Poor Law Unions

 * West Ashford 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

 * Little Chart Kent Churches
 * Little Chart (boundary) GENUKI
 * Parishes: Little Chart British History Online
 * Ruins of Church of St Mary British Listed Buildings
 * St Mary A Church Near You