Lewisham St Mary, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Lewisham is a district and London Borough Lewisham Wikipedia Lewisham grew from settlement around the Parish Church of St Mary

Lewisham St Mary was an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.Other places in the parish include: Sydenham, Southend, Cockshed, and Rushey Green.

Lewisham North West Kent Family History Society details the Anglican parishes which developed in the Borough and includes other places of worship. The pages also includes a map of ecclesiastical parish boundaries in 1903. See also St Mary the Virgin, Lewisham High Street

From this parish developed

Lewisham St Mark Clarendon Rise

Lewisham St Stephen High Street

and numerous parishes in Southend, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Catford, Brockley, Crofton Park, Bellingham, Hither Green, Honor Oak Park, Bellingham and Blackheath

Blackheath All Saints

Sydenham North West Kent Family History Society Southend North West Kent Family History Society

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
International Genealogical Index Christenings 1702-1750; 1801-1875 Batches (P006681, P006682, C006683) Marriages 1559-1637; 1703-1752 1801-1837 Batches (M006681-M006685)

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. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Census records
Census Returns for Lewisham 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Lewisham 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.