Mereworth, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent

Parish History
Mereworth is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent. Mereworth Wikpedia

Mereworth St Lawrence Mereworth Church Wikipedia is an Ancient Parish.

The Church of St Lawrence The Street Mereworth has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See Mereworth North West Kent Family History Society and Merworth St Lawrence

Civil Registration
This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district

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 International Genealogical Index Christenings 1560-1886 Batches (C135011-C135013) Marriages 1560-1837 Batches (M135011, M135012)

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Malling 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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