Kington, Herefordshire Genealogy

Guide to Kington, Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
KINGTON (St. Michael), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Huntington, county of Hereford; comprising the townships of Barton with Bradnor and Rushock, Both-Hergests, and Lilwall with Pembers-Oak and Chickward. In a barn still standing, the celebrated tragic actress, Mrs. Siddons, made her first appearance on the stage.

Kington is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, see Kington Herefordshire Wikipedia

Kington St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient parish; a map of the parish boundary is found at A church near you The parish included Barton, Bradnor and Rushock, Both Hergests, Bradnor, Chickward, Rushock, Lilwall, Pembers Oak and Chickward, Old and New Kington, Pembers Oak, and Lilwall.

Brilley, Herefordshire was originally a chapelry in this parish in the 12th century

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Montfort Road, Kington has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Kington StMary the Virgin see Herefordshire Churches history and images

The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, High Street Kington is now disused and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Kington Baptist Church dates from 1868 and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building see also Herefordshire Churches

Kington St Bede the Memorable Roman Catholic Church, Bridge Street, Kington is linked with St Thomas of Hereford, Weobley parish website see also Herefordshire Churches

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

This parish was withinPresteigne 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
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Poor Law Unions
Kington Poor Law Union, Herefordshire

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire 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
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Kington