Lee St Margaret, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Lee also known as Lee Green is a district in the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich Lee London Wikipedia

Lee St Margaret is an Ancient Parish in North Kent.

The Ancient parish church of St Margaret was probably built in the 15th century. This church was demolished in 1813 apart from the tower. The replacement was troubled by subsidence and had to be demolished. The ruins of the tower are a listed building and the surrounding graveyard are designated as an archaeological priority area.



The replacement church of St Margaret was built on a site nearby 1839-1841 by architect john Brown of Norwich. It was subsequently restored.

The Church of St Margaret Lee Terrace has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See Lee North West Kent Family History Society for other Anglican churches in the area local parish boundaries and other places of worship and Lee St Margaret

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
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1579-1754; 1801-1813 1847-1862 Batches (P016501, C016502) Marriages 1579-1766; 1802-1813 Batches (M016501-M016503)

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. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Census records
Census returns for Lee 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Lewisham 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
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Web sites
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