Paddlesworth (near Folkestone), Kent Genealogy
Guide to Paddlesworth (near Folkestone), Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Paddlesworth (near Folkestone), Kent | |
|---|---|
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Larkfield |
| County | Kent, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Elham |
| Registration District | Elham |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1715 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1565 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Elham |
| Diocese | Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Canterbury |
| Location of Archive | |
| Kent History and Library Centre | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Paddlesworth is a village in the Shepway district of Kent,see Paddlesworth Wikipedia but is within the civil parish of Lyminge.
Paddlesworth St Oswald is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Canterbury and is one of the churches in the Benefice of Lyminge with Paddlesworth, Stanford with Postling.
The history of the church is available at Kent Archaeological Society and also at benefice website
The parish church of St Oswald is designated as a grade I listed building British Listed building
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
See Elham Registration District Folkestone Registration District
Kent County Council (KCC) has a certificate centre at the Mansion House in Tunbridge Wells which holds all the completed registers for Kent since 1 July 1837 and can supply a certified copy of any Kent birth, death or marriage entry from any register within its custody or a Kent civil partnership registration from the government online database.
The Mansion House
(Certificate Centre)
Grove Hill Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN1 1EP
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[edit | edit source]
Paddlesworth (near Folkestone) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Paddlesworth (near Folkestone) Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PRs | 1538-1911 | 1538-1911 | 1538-1911 | |||
| FS Canterbury PRs | 1538-1986 | 1538-1986 | 1538-1986 | |||
| FS BTs | 1560-1911 | 1560-1911 | 1560-1911 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| FMP Kent | 1538-1988 | 1538-1997 | 1538-2010 | |||
| FMP Canterbury | 1538-1918 | 1538-1934 | 1538-1998 | |||
| FMP East Kent | 1538-1754 | 1813-1841 | ||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Kent Online Parish Clerks has indexes available for select parishes. Records are also available at the Kent Archives.
Family History Library film numbers Paddlesworth (near Folkestone)
See also England, Kent, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records
From Spring 2012 material formerly held at
Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX
is available at Kent History and Library Centre see Kent Archives
- 1538-1911 England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911 at FamilySearch — index and images
Land Tax[edit | edit source]
Images for Lyminge, Kent Genealogy and Paddlesworth available at FamilySearch Records see England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records 1780-1832
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through Family History Center Portal Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
Category:England Family History Centres to locate local Family History Centres in UK
Introduction to Family History Centers to locate outside UK.
Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.
Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable)
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
Find my Past census search 1841-1901
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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.
See England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records
Local Family History Centre[edit | edit source]
Canterbury England Family History Centre
Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent
- Family History Center Portal This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
PADDLESWORTH (St. Oswald), a parish, in the union of Elham, hundred of Loningborough, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 3¾ miles (N. W.) from Folkestone. [2]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 525-530. Date accessed: 22 April 2013.
