Rochester St Margaret, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Rochester is a town and former city in Kent for a history of Rochester see History of Rochester Wikipedia

Rochester St Margaret is an Ancient Parish

The Parish Church of St Margaret of Antioch Rochester has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

For a history of the church see St Margaret Rochester Wikipedia.

St Peter's and St Margaret's were recombined into a joint parish in 1953 and in 1971 the parish of St Nicholas with St Clement was absorbed into it. The combined parish is now "The Parish of St Peter with St Margaret" centred on the new (1973) Parish Centre in the Delce (St Peter's) with St Margaret's being retained as a Chapel of Ease.

See Rochester North West Kent Family History Society and Rochester St Margaret

From this parish was formed in 1901 the parish of Borstal St Matthew. The church of St Matthew, Borstal Street Borstal had been built in 1878 see Borstal Rochester Wikipedia

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
Rochester St Margaret of Antioch Baptisms marriages and Burials 1653-1983 reference P305 digital images may be searched online at Medway Archives City Ark project http://cityark.medway.gov.uk

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1718-1812 Batch (C135121) Marriages 1813-1833 Batch (M165123)

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 Rochester 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Medway 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
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Web sites
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