Tudeley, Kent Genealogy
Guide to Tudeley, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Tudeley, Kent | |
|---|---|
 Tudeley All Saints Kent | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Washlingstone |
| County | Kent |
| Poor Law Union | Tonbridge |
| Registration District | Tunbridge |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1663 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1717 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Malling |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Location of Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
TUDELEY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Tonbridge, partly in the hundred of Twyford, but chiefly in that of Washlingstone, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 2 miles ESE from Tonbridge. [1]
Tudeley-cum-Capel is a village and civil parish in the Tunbridge Wells district of Kent Tudeley Wikipedia.
Tudeley All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester; Capel, Kent was formed as chapelry within the parish. A map of the parish boundary may be found at A church near you and includes the Five Oak Green United Church. The church of All Saints is noted for its stained glass windows Church website.
The church of All Saints Tudeley Lane Capel has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building
See Kent Archaeological Society and Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 256-260. Date accessed: 25 November 2013. at British History Online
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
See Tonbridge 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]
Tudeley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Tudeley Online Parish Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| BIVRI | 1663-1683, 1813-1870 (gaps) | 1663-1683, 1813-1837 | ||||
| FS BTs | 1716-1904 | 1716-1904 | 1716-1904 | |||
| FS PRs | 1661-1683, 1702-1812 | 1661-1683, 1702-1812; 1755-1812 (banns) | 1661-1683, 1702-1812 | |||
| IGI | 1702-1848, 1858-1870 | 1663-1683, 1702-1812 | ||||
Prior to the 1868 formation of Capel, Kent as a separate parish, Capel events may be found in the All Saints registers.
International Genealogical Index Batch Numbers
- Christenings 1702-1848 Batch C135202
- Christenings 1858-1870 Batch C135203
- Marriages 1663-1683 Batch M135201
- Marriages 1702-1812 Batch M135202
Land Tax[edit | edit source]
- Images for Tudeley are 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]
Census returns for Tudeley 1841-1891
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 FHC 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.
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.
Local Family History Centre[edit | edit source]
- FHC 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
- FHC 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.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
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]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 398-401. Date accessed: 22 May 2013.
- ↑ 'British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Breakdown of Records', Genoot, accessed 7 November 2013.
- ↑ 'England, Kent, Bishop's Transcripts, 1560-1911,' FamilySearch, accessed 11 November 2013.
- ↑ 'England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911,' FamilySearch, accessed 13 November 2013.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Kent, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 18 November 2013.
