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EynsfordEynsford [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.]
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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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.
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.