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Statistical SummaryAcres: 1,853OS co-ordinates: TR227542 Latitude: 51:14.6573N Longitude: 1:11.3641E Parish Church: Holy Innocents Registers commence: 1539 Other Denominations: 1886+ Baptist Markets: None Fairs: None Newspapers: Electoral Place: Eastern dividion 4 Courts: Wingham petty sessional division Canterbury county court district Jails: Bordering parishes: Ickham, Bekesbourne, Patrixbourn, Kingston, Barham, Womeswold, Wingham, Goodneston, Nonington Hospitals: Amenities: railway station, post town at Wingham Registration District: Bridge Poor Law Union: Bridge Workhouse: 1835+ at Bridge |
Diocese: Canterbury Archdeaconry: Canterbury 4 Deanery: Bridge, later rural deanery of East Bridge 4 Probate pre-1859: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Lathe: St. Augustine Hundred: Downhamford 1 anciently Eastry Houses as of 1860: 84 1 Domesday Reference: 46.7 households. Total tax assessed 5.7 unchanged units. Taxable value 17 unchanged units. Taxed on 17.0. Value to lord in 1066 £40. Value to lord c. 1070 £40. Value to lord in 1086 £57.8. 118 villagers. 19 smallholders. 3 slaves. 6.5 lord's plough teams. 37 men's plough teams. Meadow 13 acres. Principal landholder 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury, Christ Church Principal landholders 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury, Christ Church; Robert son of Watson; Roger. Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury, Christ Church. |
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AdishamAdisham is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Bridge. The church is named for Holy Innocents with registers commencing 1539. Adisham, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on the Dover railway, 6 miles southeast of Canterbury. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Wingham under Sandwich. Acres, 1,815. Real property in 1860, £3,004. Population in 1861, 492. The manor was given in 616 to Christ Church, Canterbury; and is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; and, till 1864, was united with the perpetual curacy of Staple. Value, £750 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is cruciform, and early English, with a central tower. Charities, £20. 1 Bossington, a hamlet 3/4 mile north-east from the church, near which is the manor of Cooting, and an estate, anciently called Ovenden; Dean-street extends on the south extremity, near which is Bludden. 1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). 2 Edward Hasted, comp. 'Parishes: Adisham', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 (1800), pp. 180-185. Adisham Bibliography-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates. [Note: The following volumes can be found on archive.org: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]
Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852). Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005). URL: British History Online. Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908). URL: British History Online Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 39', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I. Published:(1906), pp. 315-323. URL: British History Online. Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III. Published:(1904), pp. 296-302. URL: British History Online. Location of RecordsThe following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive. There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England. This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues. If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number. Census
Church Records, Church of England
Church Records, Non-Conformist
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Land Records
Assizes and Sessions Records
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School Records
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Chronology
616 - The manor of Adisham was given in the year 616, by Eadbald, king of Kent, son of king Ethelbert, to the monks of Christ-church, in Canterbury, ad cibum2
1397 - earliest documented burial in Adisham churchyard
1539 - parish register begins
1555 - John Bland, a dedicated preacher of the Protestant Church of England and Vicar of Adisham burnt at the stake at Martyr's Field Canterbury 12 July upon Queen Mary's reinstatement of Roman Catholicisim
1588 - here were one hundred and sixteen communicants2
1640 - here were one hundred and sixteen communicants2
1840 - tithes communted
1861 - Adisham railway station opened on 22 July
1886 - Baptist chapel built with burial ground attached
1908 - Village Hall and Institute built
1909 - parish room built
1921 - WWI monument erected in the churchyard
1921 - recreation ground of 4 acres opened on May 4
1985 - 30 October parishes of Adisham and Aylesham were united but both churches remain in use
2004 - Adisham's only shop closed in 2004, the Bull's Head public house has also recently closed.
Adisham was home of the agricultural pioneer John Reynolds, who introduced the Swedish turnip, or swede, into England
Adisham is twinned with Campagne-lès-Hesdin, France
Church Registers
- Monumental Inscriptions
- Christenings 1558-1640
- Christenings 1558-1640
- Christenings 1641-1700
- Christenings 1701-1775
- Christenings 1776-1912
- Marriages 1558-1640
- Marriages 1641-1753
- Marriages 1754-1810
- Marriages 1818-1835
- Marriages 1838-1913
- Burials 1558-1640
- Burials 1641-1700
- Burials 1701-1812
- Burials 1813-1912
- IGI batch #s, Boyds, Pallots, BVRI, NBI
- RG 4: Non-parochial registers 1567 to 1858
- RG 5: Protestant Dissenters' Registry
- RG 5: Wesleyan Methodist Registers
- RG 6: Society of Friends
- Rg 7: Clandestine Marriages & Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint & the May Fair Chapel ranging from 1667-c1777
- RG 8: British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn (1749-1868); burials at Victoria Park Cemetery, the New Burial Ground, Southwark, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, Hackney, and the Bethnal Green Protestant Dissenters Burying Ground; registers of Chapels Royal at St. James's Palace, Whitehall, Windsor Castle; archive of the Russian Orthodox Church, London (1721-1927)
- RG 32: Overseas Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Abroad and on British & Foreign ships, of British subjects, nationals of the colonies, the Commonwealth and countries under British jurisdiction. Also Lundy Island Devon and Channel Island records (1831-1969). Some deaths of WWII personnel, prisoners of war, civilians, internees, deaths through aircraft lost in flight.
- RG 33: G.R.O. Overseas Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial of British Subjects including those onboard ships 1627 to 1960
- RG 34: Marriage registers of British embassies, English churches and chaplains abroad, notification of marriages of servicemen during service abroad, and documents deposited for safekeeping (1861-1921).
- RG 35: Foreign Deaths. Incomplete collection of certificates of British military deaths in France and Belgium, 1914 to 1921; certificates issued by foreign authorities and churches, entries in the registers of British embassies, English churches and chaplains (1791-1921)
- RG 36: Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Protectorates etc of Africa and Asia - Nyasaland, Kenya, Somaliland, Uganda, Sudan, Palestine, Sarawak, Malaya, including Johore and Selangor, British North Borneo (1895-1965)
- BT Series: 158, 159, 160. Registries of Shipping and Seamen Births, Deaths and Marriages of Passengers at Sea(1854-1908); Deaths of British Nationals at sea (1875-1888); Births of British Nationals at sea (1875-1891), respectively.
- Published Records
Census
Parish Chest
Records
- Settlement Certificates
- Removal Orders
- Bastardy Examinations
- Parish-assisted Immigrants
- Churchwarden's Accounts
- Overseer's Accounts
- Surveyor's Accounts
- Workhouse Records
- Pew Rents
- Donors' Rolls
- Vestry Minutes
- Bishops' Visitations
- Parish Magazines
- Parish Histories
Directories
Total Population
1801 - 271
1811 - 324
1821 - 305
1831 - 390
1841 - 372
1851 - 401
1861 - 492
1871 - 415
1881 - 449
1891 - 441
1901 - 338
1911 - 451
1921 - 500
Adisham Distance to
London 58.4 mi.
Canterbury 5.6 mi.
Ashford 15.3 mi.
Bromley 51.9 mi.
Chatham 29.5 mi.
Cranbrook 29.9 mi.
Dartford 45.2 mi.
Deptford 55.4 mi.
Dover 9.3 mi.
Faversham 14.0 mi.
Folkestone 10.6 mi.
Gravesend 37.7 mi.
Greenwich 53.7 mi.
Hythe 12.4 mi.
Maidstone 28.6 mi.
Margate 13.3 mi.
Milton Regis 21.0 mi.
Queenborough 22.6 mi.
Ramsgate 12.1 mi.
Rochester 32.4 mi.
Sandwich 7.5 mi.
Sheerness 23.6 mi.
Tenterden 24.5 mi.
Tunbridge 40.7 mi.
Woolwich 51.6 mi.
Directories
Municipal & Public Records
- Mayors
- Town Clerks
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- M.P.s
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- Electoral Register
- Freeholders
- Freemen Index
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- Masters Index
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- Victuallers
Wills & Estate Records
- AD index 1448-1857
- CC index 1448-1857
- PCC 1338-1858
- PPR 1858-1925
- Depositions
Court Records
- Gaol Returns
- Quarter Sessions
- Transportations
- Summons for Pavement Repairs
- Tithe Apportionment c1830s
- Protestation Rolls c1641-1643
- Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy 1662
- Oaths of Allegiance c1720s
Military Records
- IWM War Memorials
National Inventory - Local War Memorials
- Militia Lists
- Muster Rolls
- Description Books
Land Records
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- Parish Map
- Hasted's History
- Victoria County History
- Deeds, Mortgages, etc.
- Rated Property Returns
- Returns of owners of land, 1873
- Manor Court Baron
- Manor Tenancy Rolls
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Tax Lists
- Poll Tax
- Hearth Tax
- Window Tax
- Hair Powder Tax
- Land Tax Assessments 1780-1831
- Land Tax Assessments 1799-1805
Other Records
- Apprenticeships
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- Notable Events
- Nefarious Activities
- Visitation, 1612
- Visitation, 1663-1668
Village Resources
- Early Residents, 1300-1600
- Local Families
- BBC Local News
- Adisham Family Seekers
- Kent Rootsweb message archive
- Sussex Plus Rootsweb archive
- Parish Church News
- Parish Council
- Borough Council
- Tourism, Official Site
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- Commercial Directory
- Francis Frith photographic collection
- Images of England photographic collection
- Pastscape - English Heritage
- Geograph Photographic Collection
- Flickr Photographic Collection
- Listed Buildings
- Photographs from our Contributors
- Local Walks
- Village Residents' Association
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