Higham, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Higham is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham district of Kent. Higham Kent Wikipedia

The original church of St Mary is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust St Mary Higham Wikipedia and has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building and Churches Conservation Trust

The parish church of St John Upshire or Mid Higham, School Lane, Higham has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See Higham North West Kent Family History Society which includes other places of worship in Higham

Higham St Mary

Higham St John Upshire

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
Higham with Merston St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Lower Higham and St. John's Church, Hermitage Lane, Upper Higham (established 1862) Baptism Marriage andBurials 1653-1973 reference P185 [Note the name Merston is symbolic and pertains to the abandoned medieval village of that name for which no parish records survive] digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

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
census returns for Higham 1841-1891

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.