Frindsbury, Kent Genealogy

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

Parish History
FRINDSBURY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of North Aylesford, hundred of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 2 miles N by W from Rochester. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation and has during its history been part of the City of Rochester Frindsbury Wikipedia Frindsbury Extra Wikipedia.

Hoo Peninsula Wikipedia.

Frindsbury All Saints is an Ancient parish and includes in the civil parish Frindsbury, Frindsbury Extra Wainscott and Upnor. The parish is in the Diocese of Rochester and a map of the parish boundary is available at A church near you.

The church dates from 1074 and was rebuilt in 1127 and with subsequent 14th century additions and was restored in 1884.

Frindsbury is on the opposite bank of the River Medway from Rochester and the ancient parish was that of the Bishop of Rochester with the purpose of earning income for the bishop.

See All Saints Frindsbury Wikipedia Kent Archeological Society and Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 525-546 at British History Online and Kent Churches website.

Civil Registration
and registrations from July 1837 to the present day are held at
 * North Aylesford Registration District
 * Strood Registration District
 * Strood and Hoo Registration District
 * Chatham Registration District

Medway district The Register Office Northgate Rochester ME1 1LS Telephone 01634 338902 Fax 01634 338913 register.office@medway.gov.uk

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
Frindsbury parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

From Spring 2012 material formerly held at Centre for Kentish Studies, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XX is available at Kent History and Library Centre see Kent Archives which also enables a search of the catalogue for Kent Archives material deposited at Canterbury Cathedral Archives

Frindsbury All Saints Baptisms marriages and Burials 1669-1959 reference P 150

digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

Family History Library film numbers
 * See also England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Census Records
Census returns for Frindsbury 1841-1891.

FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through FHC Portal Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * Category:England Family History Centres to locate local Family History Centres in UK.
 * Introduction to Family History Centers to locate outside UK.
 * Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.

Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable).

The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

Find my Past census search 1841-1901.
 * Ancestry UK Census Collection.

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.


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

Local Family History Centre

 * Gillingham Family History Centre, Kent
 * Canterbury Family History Centre, Kent
 * Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent
 * FHC Portal This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
 * Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these.

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