Capel-le-Ferne, Kent Genealogy

Guide to Capel-le-Ferne, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
CAPEL-LE-FERNE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Dover, hundred of Folkestone, lathe of Shepway, E division of Kent, 3¼ miles NNE from Folkestone. The church is of Norman origins, but its present character dates from the late thirteenth/early fourteenth century. Capel-le Ferne was originally a chapelry of Alkham, Kent Ancient Parish. The modern parish is served by St Radigund's church Capel-le-Ferne. Capel-le-Ferne St Mary is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since 1986.

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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

 * 1837-1998 Dover Registration District

Church Records
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 Capel-le-Ferne 1841-1891
 * Ancestry UK Census Collection ($)
 * Findmypast Census($)

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.


 * 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

 * Capell British History Online
 * Capel-le-Ferne Parish Kent Online Parish Clerks
 * Church of St Mary British Listed Buildings
 * St Mary's Church, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent Churches Conservation Trust