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| − | + | PECKHAM, EAST (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of Malling, hundred of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 5½ miles NE by E from Tonbridge. There is also a meeting-house for '''Wesleyans'''. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51207#s2 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 542-545. Date accessed: 24 April 2013.</ref> | |
| − | East Peckham | + | East Peckham is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Peckham East Peckham Wikipedia] |
| − | The | + | East Peckham St Michael was an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester. The redundant church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_East_Peckham St Michael's Church East Peckham] |
| − | + | The Church of St Michael, Church Lane, East Peckham has been designated as a grade II* listed building. | |
| − | See [http://www. | + | See Edward Hasted, ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'': Volume 5 (1798), pp. 91-106. Data accessed: 9 September 2013. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62891 at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=East+Peckham+1 Kent Churches website] |
| − | + | See East Peckham Holy Trinity was also built in 1842 and created as a parish from St Michael in 1843. The Church of Holy Trinity has been designated as a grade II listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-178784-church-of-the-holy-trinity-east-peckham British listed building] | |
| − | A map of the parish is available [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/east-peckham-holy-trinity/ | + | A map of the parish is available [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/east-peckham-holy-trinity/ A church near you] |
| − | See [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=East+Peckham+2 | + | See [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=East+Peckham+2 Kent Churches website] |
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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==== Civil Registration ==== | ==== Civil Registration ==== | ||
| − | This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district | + | This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district |
| − | See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/maidstone.html | + | See [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/maidstone.html Maidstone 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. | 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 | + | The Mansion House (Certificate Centre)<br>Grove Hill Road<br>Tunbridge Wells<br>Kent TN1 1EP |
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP Kent''' = [https://search.findmypast.com/ Kent Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (FindMyPast) - ($)] | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP Kent''' = [https://search.findmypast.com/ Kent Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (FindMyPast) - ($)] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IGI''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free]<ref>ArcherSoftware.co.uk</ref> | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IGI''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free]<ref>ArcherSoftware.co.uk</ref> | ||
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS Catalog PRs''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS Catalog PRs''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog Parish registers - free] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS Catalog BTs''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS Catalog BTs''' = [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog Bishop's transcripts - free] |
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP Kent''' | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP Kent''' | ||
| − | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms ''' | + | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-baptisms '''1563-1919'''] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-marriages ''' | + | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-marriages '''1558-1962'''] |
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| − | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-burials ''' | + | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/kent-burials '''1552-1940'''] |
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| − | To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ 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. | + | To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ 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. |
[http://www.kent-opc.org/index.html Kent Online Parish Clerks] has indexes available for select parishes. Records are also available at the [https://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/history-and-heritage/kent-archives Kent Archives]. | [http://www.kent-opc.org/index.html Kent Online Parish Clerks] has indexes available for select parishes. Records are also available at the [https://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/history-and-heritage/kent-archives Kent Archives]. | ||
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==== Land Tax ==== | ==== Land Tax ==== | ||
| − | Images for East Peckham are available at FamilySearch Records see [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments | + | *Images for East Peckham are available at FamilySearch Records see [[England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records]] 1780-1831<br> |
==== Census records ==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
| − | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F508536 | + | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F508536 East Peckham Census Returns 1841-1891] <br> |
| − | 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 | + | 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. |
| − | Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable) | + | *[[:Category:England Family History Centres]] to locate local Family History Centres in UK.<br> |
| + | *[[Introduction to Family History Centers]] to locate outside UK.<br> | ||
| + | *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. | ||
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| + | 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. | The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns. | ||
| − | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/ukicen Ancestry UK Census Collection] | + | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/ukicen Ancestry UK Census Collection] <br> |
| − | + | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys Find my Past census search 1841-1901] | |
| − | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/census-land-and-surveys | ||
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==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== | ||
| − | [[Malling Poor Law Union, Kent]] | + | *[[Malling Poor Law Union, Kent]] |
==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||
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Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|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. | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Kent Probate Records|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 | + | *See [[England, Kent, Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records]]<br> |
==== Local Family History Centre ==== | ==== Local Family History Centre ==== | ||
| − | [[Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent]] | + | *[[Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent]] <br> |
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:*'''[[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. | :*'''[[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 | + | :*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 collections using the portal.<br> |
== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 28 April 2020
Guide to East Peckham, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| East Peckham, Kent | |
|---|---|
 East Peckham St Michael Kent | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Twyford |
| County | Kent, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Malling |
| Registration District | Malling |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1667 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Malling |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Pre-1845 - Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; Post-1844 - Search the courts of surrounding parishes |
| Location of Archive | |
| Kent History and Library Centre | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
PECKHAM, EAST (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Malling, hundred of Twyford, lathe of Aylesford, W division of Kent, 5½ miles NE by E from Tonbridge. There is also a meeting-house for Wesleyans. [1]
East Peckham is a village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent. East Peckham Wikipedia
East Peckham St Michael was an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester. The redundant church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Michael's Church East Peckham
The Church of St Michael, Church Lane, East Peckham has been designated as a grade II* listed building.
See Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 91-106. Data accessed: 9 September 2013. at British History Online and Kent Churches website
See East Peckham Holy Trinity was also built in 1842 and created as a parish from St Michael in 1843. The Church of Holy Trinity has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building
A map of the parish is available A church near you
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
This parish was from 1837 in the Malling registration district
See Maidstone 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]
East Peckham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| East Peckham 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 | 1563-1919 | 1558-1962 | 1552-1940 | |||
| 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.
Land Tax[edit | edit source]
- Images for East Peckham are available at FamilySearch Records see England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments - FamilySearch Historical Records 1780-1831
Census records[edit | edit source]
East Peckham Census Returns 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 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.
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]
- 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 collections using the portal.
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. 542-545. Date accessed: 24 April 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
