Tonbridge St Peter and St Paul, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Tonbridge is a town on the River Medway in the Tonbridge and Malling district of the county of Kent. Tonbridge Wikipedia

Tonbridge St Peter and St Paul is the Anglican mother parish church of the Ancient and extensive parish of Tonbridge which included subsequent development of Southborough, Hildenborough and the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent and therefore a a large number of Anglican parishes were formed from within the parish boundary. Shipbourne, Kent was formed as a chapelry of the parish

The church of St Peter and St Paul Church Street Tonbridge has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

Tonbridge St Peter and St Paul

see History of Tonbridge Churches and Tonbridge North West Kent Family History Society for church development history in the district.

See also Tonbridge, Kent

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Southborough St Peter, Kent

Hildenborough, Kent

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
Original deposited registers are held at:

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

01622 694363

Fax: 01622 694379

archives@kent.gov.uk

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1553-1812 Batch (P008391) Marriages 1558-1837 Batches (M008391, M008394)

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 Tonbridge 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Tonbridge 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.

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Web sites
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