Shoreham, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent

Parish History
Shoreham St Peter and St Paul is an extensive Ancient Parish in Kent and includes Badgers Mount and Well Hill.

The large white Memorial cross opposite the church on the sloping hillside was dug in 1920 to commemorate local men lost in World War 1.

One local Private Thomas Highgate was granted a posthumous pardon in 2006 after becoming the first British soldier shot for desertion at the battle of Mons on 8 September 1914. He had been undefended at his court martial due to the loss of his regimental colleagues through injury, death or capture and evidence of desertion was found to be insufficient to warrant the punishment.

The church is mediaeval in origin, the graveyard includes Commonwealth war graves.

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
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Sevenoaks 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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