Ebony, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Ebony St Mary the Virgin was formed as a chapelry within Appledore, Kent Ancient Parish.

Ebony is a small hamlet south of Ashford in Stone-cum- Ebony civil parish on the Isle of Oxney in Kent.

The original church was on a site some way away but the settlement moved to Reading Street and the original church abandoned. In 1858 the present church was moved stone by stone and erected to a similar design as the original which is referred to in the list of churches from 1070 AD for Kent.

There is now no evidence of the Isle in the tidal River Rother on which the church stood other than in the place name.

The modern parish is part of the Wittersham and Ebony benefice, fortnightly services are held in the church.

Civil Registration
This parish was part of Tenterden registration district

Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.

The Mansion House

(Certificate Centre) Grove Hill Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1EP

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
Original deposited registers are held at:

Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX

01622 694363

Fax: 01622 694379

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Census records
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See Kent Census

Poor Law Unions
Tenterden 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
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