North Cray, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
North Cray is a place in the London Borough of Bexley which was previously a civil parish see North Cray Wikipedia for further history.

North Cray St James is an Ancient Parish which united with the ancient parish of Ruxley in 1557 see Ruxley Northwest Kent Family History Society

The Parish Church of St James North Cray Road has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See North Cray North West Kent Family History Society and North Cray

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
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre is the Diocesan Record Office for all the Church of England Parishes within the London Borough of Bexley. Reference PA102 St James', North Cray 1538-1992

Kent Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Family History Library film numbers

International Genealogical Index Christenings 1538-1875 Batches (J147581, K147581) Marriages 1538-1881 Batch (M147581)

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
Census returns for North Cray 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
Bromley Poor Law Union

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

Local Family History Centre
Orpington Family History Centre, Kent is within the London Borough of Bromley, located adjacent to Orpington Station and on major bus routes through the borough.

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