Deptford St Nicholas, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent

Parish History
Deptford is a district of South London partly in the London boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich Deptford Wikipedia.

Deptford St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish

The church of St Nicholas Deptford Green has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See Deptford North West Kent Family History Society for Anglican churches in Deptford and map of parish boundaries as well as other places of worship in the area.Deptford St Nicholas

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
Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1564-1730; 1801-1847 Batch (P001621, P001622) Marriages 1564-1730; 1801-1838 Batch (M001621)

Original records deposited at London Metropolitan Archives

Family History Library film numbers See also England, Kent, Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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.

Land Tax
Images for Deptford St Nicholas are available at FamilySearch Records see England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments (FamilySearch Historical Records) 1780-1832

Census records
The Family History Library microfilming for Deptford is collected under the title Census returns for Deptford St Paul. See Deptford St Paul, Kent Census records

Poor Law Unions
Greenwich 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
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