Ashford, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Ashford is a town and borough in Kent, see Ashford Wikipedia

Ashford St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish for the market town of Ashford which included Alfred and Newton Ashford in the parish.

The church is mentioned in the Domesday survey and the current church on the site dates from 1250 with restoration and enlargement in subsequent centruries. The latest restoration underway in 2011 is to provide both a place of worship for the town and parish and a performance space to seat 350 for the town and surrounding community.

From this parish Ashford Christ Church was formed Christ Church Ashford Wikipedia to serve the growing population of the town.

The church of St Mary Church Road Kingsnorth has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The church of Christ Church South Ashford which dates from 1867 has been designated as a grade C listed building British listed building

The Centrepiece Church, Bank Street is part of the The South Kent Methodist Circuit Church Website

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)

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 includes microfilming for many denominations in the town

Archdeacon's transcripts, 1560-1812; Bishop's transcripts, 1603-1896 at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent.

Some early pages damaged, and the 1813-1896 transcripts damaged by fire.

Canterbury Cathedral Archives no.: DCa/BT/4; DCb/BT1/7; DCb/BT2/10

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 Ashford, 1841-1891

Poor Law Unions
West Ashford 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.