Knockholt, Kent Genealogy

England   Kent



Parish History
Knockholt is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent Knockholt Wikipedia

Knockholt St Katharine was originally formed as chapelry of Orpington, Kent in the reign of Henry III.

Further history can be found at Church History

The church of St Katherine Main Road Knockholt has been listed asa grade B listed building British listed Building

See also Knockholt parish Church Wikipedia Knockholt North West Kent Family History Society and St Katharine

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
Family History Library film numbers

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.

Census records
Knockholt Census returns 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

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