West Malling, Kent Genealogy

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Parish History
West Malling (or in some historical sources Town Malling) is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling District of Kent. West Malling Wikipedia

West Malling St Mary is an Ancient Parish; other churches in West Malling include St Thomas More (Roman Catholic) and the Swan Street Baptist Chapel

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated as a grade II* listed building British Listed Building and is part of a group of listed monuments surrounding the nave of the church.

see West Malling North West Kent Family History Society and West Malling St Mary Swan Street Baptist Chapel

West Malling Free Church Swan Street West Malling has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Civil Registration
This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district

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

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1698-1817 Batch (C131591) Marriages 1700-1814 Batch (M131591)

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 West Malling 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Malling 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.