Chiddingstone, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent. The civil parish includes Chiddingstone Causeway Chiddingstone Wikipedia

Chiddingstone St Mary is an Ancient Parish which included Chiddingstone Hoath and Little Chiddingstone in the parish boundary.

The Church of St Mary High Street Chiddingstone has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

The church of St Luke Chiddington Causeway which dates from 1898 has been designated asa grade C listed building British listed building

Chiddingstone North West Kent Family History Society and Chiddingstone St Mary Chiddingstone Causeway St Luke

See also history of Chiddingstone village and Rough Wood Images for Chiddingstone and Chiddingstone Castle Wikipedia

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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Marriages 1813-1836 Batch (M166181)

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

International genealogical Index Marriages 1813-1836 Batch (M166181)

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 Chiddingstone 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Penshurst Poor Law Union,Kent until 1836

Sevenoaks 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.