Chevening, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Chevening is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent see Chevening Wikipedia.

Chevening St Botolph is an Ancient Parish; the Church of St Botolph, Chevening Road has been designated as a grade B listed building and dates from the 13th century.

Chevening House is the official residence of the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Chevening House Wikipedia and has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The former Non-Conformist Chapel Chipstead Chapel High Street Chevening dates from the 17th century and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

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
Original deposited registers are held at:

Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX

01622 694363

Fax: 01622 694379

archives@kent.gov.uk

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. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Census records
Census returns for Chevening 1841-1891

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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.