Canterbury St Gregory the Great, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent

Parish History
Canterbury St Gregory the Great Canterbury was an Extra Parochial place neigbouring Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate, Kent and Canterbury St Mary North Gate, Kent

A history of the church of St Gregory the Great is available at Kent Family History Society

The church of St Gregory the Great which dates from 1848 ( by Sir George Gilbert Scott) Old Ruttington Lane Canterbury has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

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
Canterbury St Gregory the Great was an extra parochial place in the city

The church of St Gregory the Great which dates from 1848 ( by Sir George Gilbert Scott) Old Ruttington Lane Canterbury has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

For an overview of the City Canterbury Kent Online Parish Clerks FamilySearch microfilm holdings are not readily pin pointed due to the hierarchy of the currently available catalogue online, the search terms England, Kent, Canterbury produce 206 microfilm holdings.

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.See Kent Census

Poor Law Unions
Blean 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.