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East Malling Parish



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East Malling

East Malling is, ecclesiastically, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of North Malling.  The church is named for St. James with registers commencing 1570.

East Malling is a village and a parish in Malling district, Kent.  The village stands adjacent to the Otford and Maidstone branch of the Southeastern railway, 4 miles west-north-west of Maidstone;  and has a post office under Maidstone, and a fair on 15th July.  The parish contains also the hamlets of Larkfield and New Hythe.  Acres, 2,765.  Real property in 1860, £10,135;  of which £40 are in quarries, and £159 in railways.  Population in 1851, 1,741 and in 1861, 1,974.  Houses, 374.  The increase of population arose from the establishment of brickfields and cement works, and from the erection of cottages for the occupancy of labourers in Aylesford and Burham parishes.  The property is much subdivided.

Clare House is the seat of J.A. Wigan, Esq.;  and Bradbourne House is the seat of the Misses Twisden.  About 300 acres are under hops;  and there are two paper mills.>

The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of New Hythe, in the diocese of Canterbury.  Value, £757 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron, J.A. Wigan, Esq..  The church has portions from early English to late perpendicular;  comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower;  includes a decorated English chapel at the east end of the north aisle;  contains brasses of 1479 and 1522;  and was given by Archbishop Anselm to the nunnery of West Malling.  The chapel of New Hythe stands between New Hythe and Larkfield;  and is a small building, with attached schoolhouse.

There are two national schools, built at a cost of £2,200;  a free school, with £108 a year from endowment;  alms houses, with £78;  and other charities of £10.

Larkfield is a hamlet and a hundred in Kent.The hamlet is partially in East Malling parish;  lies 4 miles northwest of Maidstone;  and has a post office under Maidstone.  The hundred is in the lathe of Aylesford;  and contains the two Malling parishes, and twelve other parishes.  Acres, 22,017.  Population in 1851, 7,212.  Houses, 1,334.

New Hythe is an ecclesiastical chapelry in East Malling parish;  3 miles southwest of Aylesford rail station and 5 west of Maidstone.  It is annexed to the vicarage of East Malling, in the diocese of Canterbury.

Source:  John Marius Wilson, comp.  The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).


East Malling 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 East Malling: vol. , pp.
  • Currently in revision

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 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

Date The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue,
Kew, Richmond,
Surrey,
TW9 4DU
also available at:
East Malling Local Studies & Archives, Central Library, High Street, East Malling, BR1 1EX, tel. 020 8461 7170, Email: localstudies.library@East Malling.gov.uk
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and indexed online at:
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6 June 1841 Currently under revision  
30 Mar 1851 Currently under revision  
30 Mar 1851 census name index & images Currently under revision  
7 Apr 1861 Currently under revision  
2 Apr 1871 Currently under revision  
3 Apr 1881 Currently under revision  
5 Apr 1891 Currently under revision  
31 Mar 1901 Currently under revision  
2 Apr 1911 Currently under revision  
2 Apr 1911 RG 78/139 - Census Enumerator's Summary Books online only http://www.1911census.co.uk and other subscription sites none
 

Church Records, Church of England

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(Addresses)
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Parish Register   Currently under revision  
Bishop's transcripts   Currently under revision  
CMB transcripts   Currently under revision  
Parish Registers, transcribed by Thomas Colyer-Fergusson   Currently under revision  
 

Church Records, Non-Conformist

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(Addresses)
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Particular Baptist Chapel, Nonconformist Return   Currently under revision  
Methodist Church Registers   Currently under revision  
 

Parish chest records

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(Addresses)
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Parish Council Minutes   Currently under revision  
Removal orders out of East Malling   Currently under revision  
Settlement Examinations, Minute book   Currently under revision  
Overseers' Accounts   Currently under revision  
Return of Churchwardens, constables and defaulters     
Tithe Apportionment Files      
Poor Rate books   Currently under revision  
 

Workhouse and Poor Law Records

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(Addresses)
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Admission & Discharge books   This section currently under revision  
Guardians' Minutes      
Ledgers      
Births   Currently under revision  
Deaths   Currently under revision  
Religious creed registers   Currently under revision  
Apprentice Register      
Registers of lunatics      
Letters books      
Vaccination registers, East Malling area 1899-1930 Currently under revision  
 

Land Records

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(Addresses)
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Land tax assessments 1780-1831 Currently under revision  
Land tax assessments 1875-1876 Currently under revision  
Land tax assessments 1889-1890 Currently under revision  
Rates and Duties - Houses, Windows, Lights   Currently under revision  
Manorial Court rolls   Currently under revision  
War Damage Files 1939-1962 Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, no.: Finding Aid at CKS-DRb/RW 123 None
 

Assizes and Sessions Records
(poor laws, jail terms, oaths, and other municipal and public records)

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(Addresses)
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Hearth tax   Currently under revision  
Victuallers Recognizances   Currently under revision  
Churchwarden's Presentments   Currently under revision  
Parish rate books   Currently under revision  
 

School Records

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(Addresses)
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    Currently under revision  
       

Chronology

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Church Registers


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   -   1,302
1811   -   1,256
1821   -   1,403
1831   -   1,543
1841   -   1,578
1851   -   1,741
1861   -   1,974
1871   -   2,077
1881   -   2,383
1891   -   2,378
1901   -   2,391
1911   -   2,358
1921   -   2,401


East Malling Distance to

London 27.4 mi.
Canterbury 27.3 mi.
Ashford 20.8 mi.
Chatham 6.2 mi.
Cranbrook 13.7 mi.
Dartford 15.0 mi.
Deptford 24.5 mi.
Dover 39.2 mi.
Faversham 19.4 mi.
Folkestone 34.3 mi.
Gravesend 11.0 mi.
Greenwich 22.9 mi.
Hythe 31.9 mi.
Maidstone 3.9 mi.
Margate 41.2 mi.
Milton Regis 13.2 mi.
Queenborough 16.0 mi.
Ramsgate 42.5 mi.
Rochester 6.9 mi.
Sandwich 39.1 mi.
Sheerness 17.2 mi.
Tenterden 18.6 mi.
Tonbridge 9.7 mi.
Woolwich 21.6 mi.


Directories


Municipal & Public Records

  • Mayors
  • Town Clerks
  • Recorders
  • Chamberlains
  • M.P.s
  • Jurats, Aldermen and Common Councilmen
  • Electoral Register
  • Freeholders
  • Freemen Index
  • Freeman's Roll
  • Masters Index
  • Pubs, Taverns, Inns, Alehouses
  • 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
  • Protestation Rolls c1641-1643
  • Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy 1662
  • Oaths of Allegiance c1720s

Military Records


Land Records
& Maps

  • Parish Map
  • Feet of Fines
  • Victoria County History
  • Deeds, Mortgages, etc.
  • Rated Property Returns
  • Returns of owners of land, 1873
  • Manor Court Baron
  • Manor Tenancy Rolls
  • Manors, Castles & Holdings of Significance

Tax Lists


Other Records


Village Resources