Milton-next-Gravesend

Milton-next-Gravesend was formerly, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Rochester, in the archdeaconry of Rochester and in the deanery of Rochester.  The parish church is named for St. Peter and St. Paul with original parish registers commencing 1558.

Milton-Gravesend is a parish in Gravesend district, Kent;  on the river Thames and the North Kent railway, wholly within Gravesend borough.  It adjoins Gravesend parish on the east;  was incorporated with Gravesend borough in the time of Elizabeth;  includes a larger and finer portion of Gravesend town than the portion within Gravesend parish;  contains many of the best houses, the custom house, the fort, the literary institution, the Royal Terrace pier, and other objects of main interest;  commands, from its higher thoroughfares, a rich view over the circumjacent portions of Kent, and a view of about 40 miles in reach along the north shore of the Thames;  and, as to all its principal features, has already been noticed in our article Gravesend.  Post town, Gravesend.  Acres, 858;  of which 155 are water.  Real property in 1860, £54,581;  of which £1,000 are in quarries, and £1,300 in gas works.  Population in 1851, 9,927;  in 1861, 10,897.  Houses, 1,842.

Two sections of the parish form the chapelries of Holy Trinity and Christchurch.

Holy Trinity was built and constituted in 1845, at a cost of £4,539.  Population of Holy Trinity, 3,642.  The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Rochester.  Value of Holy Trinity, £150.  Patron of Holy Trinity, alternately the Crown and the Bishop.

Christchurch was built during 1854 and constituted in 1856.  It is a Gothic edifice.  Population of Christchurch, 5,631.    The living is also a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Rochester.  Value of Christchurch £300.  Patron of Christchurch, the Rector of Milton.

The head living (the parish church), St. Peter and St. Paul, is a rectory, in the diocese of Rochester.  It is late decorated English; has a fine square tower;  and contains well-designed sedilia, and interesting corbels of the original roof.  Value of the rectory, £270 with a habitable glebe house.  Patron of the rectory, the Lord Chancellor two turns, and the Bishop of Rochester one turn.¹

¹ John Marius Wilson, comp.  The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

Milton-next-Gravesend 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 Milton-next-Gravesend: vol. , pp.
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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.

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