Alkham, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Alkham St Anthony the Martyr is an Ancient Parish which includes Chalksole and Ewell Minnis. The church sits high above the village.

The church is13th century mediaeval with additions and restorations in the 14th century Victorian restoration and in 1968.The church of St Anthony the Martyr has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The village and civil parish of Alkham is 5 miles west of Dover.

See also Alkham Wikipedia Alkham Church website

Civil Registration
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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Family History Library film numbers

Original records in possession of Canterbury Cathedral Archives, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent.

Canterbury Cathedral Archives call nos.: U3/267/1-2,4, U3/267/1/A1-4, B1-2, C1-2, D1-2, E1-3.(Parish Registers) See also England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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
Alkham Census Returns 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Dover 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.