Chislet
Chislet is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Westbere. The church is named for St. Mary the Virgin with registers commencing 1538.
Chislet, a parish in Blean district, Kent, on a branch of the river Stour, and on the Ashford and Ramsgate railway, 1 mile northwest of Grove Ferry rail station, and 6 miles northeast of Canterbury. It has a post office under Canterbury. Acres, 6,835; of which 160 are water. Real property in 1860, £13,552. Population in 1861, 1,072. Houses, 239. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belongs to the see of Canterbury. Chislett Court is a chief residence.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £231 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is modern, and in the early English style.
There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a free school, and charities £110. 1
1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).
Chislet 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.]
- General references to Chislet: vol. , pp.
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Location of Records
The 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 of England | Non-Conformist | Parish chest | Workhouse and Poor Law | Land | Assizes and Sessions | School
Census
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The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU |
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6 June 1841 |
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30 Mar 1851 |
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30 Mar 1851 census name index & images |
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7 Apr 1861 |
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2 Apr 1871 |
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3 Apr 1881 |
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5 Apr 1891 |
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31 Mar 1901 |
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2 Apr 1911 |
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2 Apr 1911 |
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Church Records, Church of England
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Parish Register |
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Bishop's transcripts |
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CMB transcripts |
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Parish Registers, transcribed by Thomas Colyer-Fergusson |
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Church Records, Non-Conformist
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Particular Baptist Chapel, Nonconformist Return |
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Methodist Church Registers |
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Parish chest records
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Parish Council Minutes |
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Removal orders out of Chislet |
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Settlement Examinations, Minute book |
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Overseers' Accounts |
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Return of Churchwardens, constables and defaulters | |
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Tithe Apportionment Files |
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Poor Rate books |
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Workhouse and Poor Law Records
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Admission & Discharge books |
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Guardians' Minutes |
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Ledgers |
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Births |
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Deaths |
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Religious creed registers |
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Apprentice Register |
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Registers of lunatics |
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Letters books |
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Vaccination registers, Bromley area |
1899-1930 |
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Land Records
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Land tax assessments |
1780-1831 |
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Land tax assessments |
1875-1876 |
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Land tax assessments |
1889-1890
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Rates and Duties - Houses, Windows, Lights |
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Manorial Court rolls |
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War Damage Files |
1939-1962 |
Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, no.: Finding Aid at CKS-DRb/RW 123 |
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Assizes and Sessions Records (poor laws, jail terms, oaths, and other municipal and public records)
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Hearth tax |
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Victuallers Recognizances |
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Churchwarden's Presentments |
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Parish rate books |
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School Records
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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
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- 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)
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- 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
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- Surveyor's Accounts
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- Bishops' Visitations
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Directories
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Total Population
1801 - 848
1811 - 912
1821 - 1,135
1831 - 1,145
1841 - 1,097
1851 - 1,139
1861 - 1,072
1871 - 1,114
1881 - 1,124
1891 - 1,019
1901 - 978
1911 - 951
1921 - 1,080
Chislet Distance to
London 56.8 mi.
Canterbury 6.6 mi.
Ashford 19.3 mi.
Bromley 51.0 mi.
Chatham 28.6 mi.
Cranbrook 32.9 mi.
Dartford 43.8 mi.
Deptford 54.0 mi.
Dover 15.3 mi.
Faversham 13.2 mi.
Folkestone 17.4 mi.
Gravesend 35.9 mi.
Greenwich 52.2 mi.
Hythe 19.0 mi.
Maidstone 29.1 mi.
Margate 8.9 mi.
Milton Regis 19.9 mi.
Queenborough 19.9 mi.
Ramsgate 9.9 mi.
Rochester 31.1 mi.
Sandwich 7.8 mi.
Sheerness 20.4 mi.
Tenterden 28.6 mi.
Tunbridge 42.7 mi.
Woolwich 49.9 mi.
Directories
Municipal & Public Records
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- Masters Index
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Wills & Estate Records
- AD index 1448-1857
- CC index 1448-1857
- PCC 1338-1858
- PPR 1858-1925
- Depositions
Court Records
- Quarter Sessions
- Transportations
- Tithe Apportionment c1830s
- Protestation Rolls c1641-1643
- Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy 1662
- Oaths of Allegiance c1720s
Military Records
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- Parish Map
- Hasted's History
- Victoria County History
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Tax Lists
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- Hearth Tax
- Window Tax
- Hair Powder Tax
- Land Tax Assessments 1780-1831
- Land Tax Assessments 1799-1805
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