Cuxton, Kent Genealogy

Guide to Cuxton, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
CUXTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of North Aylesford, hundred of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 3 miles WSW from Rochester. COOKSTONE.NOW usually called and written Cuxton, lies the next parish northward from Halling. It is written in Domesday, Coclestane, and in the Textus Rossensis, Cucolanstan and Cuclestena. This parish, with others in this neighbourhood, was antiently bound to contribute to the repair of of the first pier of Rochester-bridge.

Cuxton St Michael is an Ancient Parish on the left bank of the River Medway opposite Rochester and includes the hamlet of Lower Bush.

The church dates from the 12th century with additions in subsequent centuries and was restored in 1863-1868.

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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.

Registration Districts

 * 1837-1884 North Aylesford Registration District
 * 1884-1923 Strood Registration District
 * 1923-1941 Strood and Hoo Registration District
 * 1941-1998 Chatham Registration District

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records

 * Census returns for Cuxton 1841-1891.
 * Ancestry UK Census Collection ($)
 * Findmypast Census ($)

Land Tax

 * England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records 1780-1832

Poor Law Unions

 * North Aylesford Poor Law Union, Kent (renamed Strood)

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.


 * England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Cuxton Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
 * St Michael and All Angels, Cuxton, Church of England GENUKI]
 * St Michael Cuxton Kent Churches