Dartford, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Dartford is a town and borough in the Dartford district of Kent Dartford Wikipedia

Dartford Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish; the church has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Other Anglican parishes formed from this parish include

St Alban St Albans Road see St Alban Dartford

Christ Church dating from 1909; the church has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building see Christ Church Dartford

See Dartford North West Kent Family History Society

Other places of worship in Dartford include

St Anselm Roman Catholic Church

The Methodist Church Kent Road Dartford dates from 1844-1845 and has been designated asa grade II listed building British listed building

Wesleyan: Waterside Chapel. (1798). Methodist Spital St see Methodist Church Spital Street. Primitive Methodist East Hill see Dartford East Hill.

The Zion Strict Baptist Chapel Essex Road Dartford has been designated as a grade II listed building and dates from 1794 British listed building see Zion Chapel Priory Hill

Baptist: Brent Chapel, East Hill. (c.1880). Baptist Highfield Road see Baptist Chapel Highfield Road

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
Dartford Holy Trinity Baptisms Marriages and burials 1561-1984 reference P 110 digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1561-1812 Batch (C036541) Marriages 1561-1650; 1660-1812 1840-1843 Batch (M036541, M036543)

Lovefield Street Independent Christenings 1797-1837 Batch (C068141)

Waterside Wesleyan Christenings 1811-1837 Batch (C068151)

Zion Independent Christenings 1820-1822; 1832-1833 Batch (C068131)

Family History Library film numbers

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
Dartford Census returns 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Dartford 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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.