East Wickham, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
East Wickham is part of the London Borough of Bexley although historically a village in Kent east Wickham Wikipedia

East Wickham St Michael is an Ancient Parish formed initially as a chapelry of Plumstead St Margaret, Kent; the former church of St Michael is now a Greek Orthodox Church Upper Wickham Lane and has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

The modern parish is within the Diocese of Southwark Information about the church and the church of St Michael dates from 1932.

See East Wickham North West Kent Family History Society and East Wickham St Michael

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
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Family History Library film numbers

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Dartford 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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