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BridgeBridge is in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Bridge. The church is named for St. Peter with registers commencing 1579. Bridge is a village, a parish, a district, and a hundred in Kent. The village stands on Watling Street, and on the Little Stour river, near the Beaksbourne station of the Canterbury and Dover railway, 3 miles southeast of Canterbury; and has a post office under Canterbury. The parish comprises 1,161 acres. Real property, £3,339. Population in 1861 was 893. Houses 149. The manor belonged to an ancient abbey, on the ground now occupied by the church; and passed to the Dutch family of Braeams. Bridge-Hill House was the seat and death-place of the Baron de Montesquieu, grandson of the famous president. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Patrixbourne, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is Norman and early English; and contains a remarkable monumental effigies, supposed to be of a steward of the ancient abbey, and some singular carvings, representing the creation and fall of man. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a literary institute, and a national school. The artist Jansen resided much in Bridge;and painted here his protrait of the lady popularly called the "Star in the East". The district comprehends the sub-district of Barham, containing the parishes of Barham, Bridge, Patrixbourne, Beaksbourne, Bishopsbourne, Kingstone, Womenswould, Adisham, Ickham, Wickhambreux, Stodmarsh, Littlebourne, and Fordwich; and the sub-district of Chartham, containing the parishes of Chartham, Waltham, Petham, Upper Hardres, Lower Hardres, Nackington, Thanington, Milton Chapel and Harbledown, the extra parochial tracts of Mint and St. Nicholas Hospital, and part of the parish of Holy Cross Westgate. Acres, 41, 394. Poor rates in 1866, £8,219. Population in 1861, 11,316. Houses, 2,308. Marriages in 1866, 55; births, 344, of which 9 were illegitimate; deaths, 200, of which 54 were at ages under 5 years and 7 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 690; births 3,539; deaths, 2,041. The places of worship in 1851 were 23 of the Church of England, with 5,059 sittings; 1 of Independents with 160 sittings; 7 of Wesleyan Methodists with 680 sittings; and 2 of Primitive Methodists with 50 sittings. The schools were 20 public day schools, with 1,054 scholars; 17 private day schools, with 277 scholars; and 18 Sunday schools, with 830 scholars. The workhouse is in Bridge and cost £5,000. The hundred bears the name of Bridge and Petham; is in the lathe of St. Augustine and contains eight parishes. Acres 13,369. Population, 3,009. 1 1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). Bridge 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
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