Yalding, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Yalding is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District Yalding Wikipedia

Yalding St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish

Medieval records of the village which was also known as Twyford are so complete that they were used as a case study for Secondary School see The Yalding Project

The church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

see North West Kent Family History Society and Yalding St Peter and St Paul

Kent Archaeological Society for architectural and historical information]

The parish of Collier Street St Margaret was also formed from this parish Collier Street St Margaret which dates from 1847-1849. The church of St Margaret 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

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

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.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Maidstone 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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