Walmer, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Walmer Old St Mary was an Ancient parish and the original parish church of Walmer until the building of other parish churches in the town. The Church is also known as the church of the Blessed Mary of Walmer.

The church dates from 1120 and was extended in the 17th century and about 1826 but these parts of the building have not survived demolished during the work of 1898 to re-orientate the chancel.

The church was originally a chapelry to Walmer Court home of the d'Auberville family. During his residence as Lord of the Cinque ports and residence at Walmer Castle the Duke of Wellington attended the church. The building of the new Walmer The Church of St Mary the Virgin,Kent and St Saviour's lead to the parish church status ending.

The building is designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage.

Civil Registration
Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.

The Mansion House (Certificate Centre) Grove Hill Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1EP

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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Family History Library film numbers

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Eastry 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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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