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St. Martin, Eynsford Parish Church

Eynsford Parish



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Mrs. Debra Buchanan

Debra is taking lookup requests for baptisms at Eynsford post-1836.

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Statistical Summary

Acres:  
OS co-ordinates:  TQ 54187 65616
Latitude:  51:22.1207N
Longitude:  0:12.8169E

Parish Church:  St. Martin
Registers commence:  1538
Other Denominations:
  Baptist (built 1796)
Markets:
  Dartford cattle market, Tuesdays
Fairs:  Farningham fair Oct. 15, particularly for cart colts; Dartford fair Aug. 2
Newspapers:  
Judicial Circuit:  South Eastern
Division:  North Western
Electoral Place:  
Courts:  Petty sessions, County Court at Dartford
Jails:  County Jail at Maidstone (1818)
County Constabulary:  Dartford Division, Stations at Eynsford and Crockenhill
Bordering parishes:
  Farningham, Lullingstone, Kingsdown, Sutton at Hone, St. Mary Cray


Hospitals:
  West Kent General Hospital (1832) and Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital (1847) both at Maidstone; County Lunatic Asylum (1833) at Barming Heath
Amenities:
  railway station, a post office, two public schools, and charities worth £48

Registration District:
  Dartford 1 Jul 1837 to Dec 31 1979; from 1 Jan 1980 Gravesend
Poor Law Union:
  Dartford
Workhouse:  Up to 1834: A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded parish workhouse in operation at Eynsford for 15; as of 25th March 1835 workhouse at Dartford
Diocese:  Canterbury; later Rochester
Archdeaconry:  Maidstone; later Rochester
Deanery:  Rural deanery of East Dartford; later, rural deanery of Bromley
Probate:
   Pre-1845 Peculiar Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon and Shoreham; 1846-1857 Prerogative Court of Canterbury; 1858 onward Probate Registry
Lathe:  Sutton at Hone
Hundred:
   Axtane  Population in 1851, 1,323.  Houses, 261.1

Rainham 1856 Ordnance Survey
1856 Ordnance Survey. Click map for larger image.


Domesday Reference:
   Ralph Fitz Unspac [Ralph son of Unspac or Ospac] holds Ensford of the archbishop [by knight's service]. It was taxed at six suling. The arable land i s. In demesne there are five carucates and 29 villeins, with nine borders, having 15 carucates. There are 2 churches and nine servants, and two mills of 43 shillings, and 29 acres of meadow; wood for the pannage of 20 hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth 16 pound, and now it is worth 20 pounds.—Of this manor Richard de Tonebridge holds as much wood as 20 bogs may go out from, and one mill of five shillings, and one fishery in this lowy.

Principal landholder:
   Ralph Fitz Unspac [Ralph son of Unspac or Ospac]

Eynsford

Eynsford [by Order-in-Council of 30 December 1845] is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Maidstone. Formerly, it had been in the diocese of Rochester, in the archdeaconry of Rochester and St. Albans. The church is named for St. Martin with registers commencing 1538.

Eynsford, a village and a parish in Dartford district, Kent. The village stands on the river Darent, adjacent to the Seven Oaks branch of the London and Dover railway, 5-1/2 miles south of Dartford; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Dartford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Crockenhill. Acres, 3,503. Real property in 1860, £6,682. Population in 1851, 1,323; in 1861, 1,738. Houses, 261. The increase in population arose from house-extension at Crockenhill, and from the carrying on of railway works.

The manor belonged anciently to the archbishops of Canterbury; was held, under them, till the time of Edward I, by the family of Eynesford, or Ainsford; passed then to the great family of Criol; and went afterwards to numerous proprietors. A castle was built on it, by the Eynesfords [sic]; seems early to have fallen into decay; and is now represented by little more than the walls. These enclosed nearly an acre of ground; are of Norman architecture; consist of flints from the chalk, with intermixture of many Roman bricks; and include fragments of the keep. The moat has been converted into an orchard.

There are large paper mills, amid orchards and cherry gardens.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £410 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is chiefly early English; has a rich Norman west door; is cruciform; and has a later English north transept. The vicarage of Crockenhill is separate.

There are a Baptist chapel, two public schools, and charities £48.

Crockenhill, a chapelry in Eynesford [sic] and St. Mary Cray parishes, Kent; near the Mid Kent railway, 1-1/4 mile southwest of Sevenoaks Junction station, and 6-1/2 miles east-south-east of Bromley. Post town, Eynesford, under Dartford. Population in 1861, 677. Houses, 121. The chapelry was constituted in 1852. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £100 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is in the early English style.

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


Eynsford 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 Eynsford: 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:
Eynsford Local Studies & Archives, Central Library, High Street, Eynsford, BR1 1EX, tel. 020 8461 7170, Email: localstudies.library@Eynsford.gov.uk
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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 Eynsford   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

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(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, Eynsford 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)

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(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

Record Type Dates Archive 1
(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   -   841
1811   -   984
1821   -   1,077
1831   -   1,277
1841   -   1,313
1851   -   1,323
1861   -   1,738
1871   -   1,433
1881   -   1,700
1891   -   1,841
1901   -   2,004
1911   -   2,147
1921   -   2,567
The civil parish of the same name at the 1921 census was coextensive with such parish (or place).
The population in 1861 includes 330 railway labourers temporarily present.


Eynsford Distance to

London 33.4 mi.
Canterbury 37.6 mi.
Ashford 31.9 mi.
Chatham 13.7 mi.
Cranbrook 23.0 mi.
Dartford 5.1 mi.
Deptford 13.4 mi.
Dover 50.1 mi.
Faversham 29.3 mi.
Folkestone 45.3 mi.
Gravesend 8.8 mi.
Greenwich 11.9 mi.
Hythe 43.0 mi.
Maidstone 15.0 mi.
Margate 50.4 mi.
Milton Regis 22.4 mi.
Queenborough 23.4 mi.
Ramsgate 52.2 mi.
Rochester 11.3 mi.
Sandwich 49.3 mi.
Sheerness 23.8 mi.
Tenterden 29.0 mi.
Tonbridge 12.2 mi.
Woolwich 11.1 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