North West Kent Parish Lists
North West Kent Parish Lists
These records were transcribed by the North West Kent Family History Society. The term, North West Kent, is used to describe areas within the London boroughs which were historically part of Kent; such as, Greenwich, Bexleyheath and Chislehurst.
Kent is a county in the south east of England and is one of the Home Counties. Known as the Garden of England, because of its many orchards and hop gardens, it is bordered by Greater London, Essex, Surrey and East Sussex. Historically it would also have been a coal mining county.
A full list of parishes/places covered by the records and the dates the records are available for is given below. The date ranges are those derived from the earliest and latest records and do not necessarily reflect a complete run of years.
North West Kent Baptisms
Place | Parish | Year from | Year to | Record count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bexley | St Mary | 1722 | 1835 | 4,875 |
Chelsfield | St Martin of Tours | 1558 | 1812 | 2,586 |
Chislehurst | St Nicholas | 1813 | 1857 | 3,201 |
Crayford | St Paulinus | 1706 | 1851 | 7,468 |
Darenth | St Margaret | 1683 | 1856 | 2,398 |
Deptford | St Nicholas | 1813 | 1939 | 8,981 |
Eltham | St John the Baptist | 1813 | 1917 | 6,341 |
Greenwich | St Alfege | 1707 | 1929 | 47,190 |
Knockholt | St Katherine | 1548 | 1919 | 5,706 |
Longfield | St Mary Magdalene | 1563 | 1901 | 1,304 |
Meopham | St John the Baptist | 1562 | 1916 | 13,930 |
North Cray | St James | 1783 | 1879 | 966 |
Southfleet | St Nicholas | 1558 | 1915 | 8,717 |
Stone Next Dartford | St Mary the Virgin | 1718 | 1955 | 12,150 |
Sutton-at-Hone | St John the Baptist | 1813 | 1840 | 793 |
Westerham | St Mary | 1560 | 1962 | 30,700 |
North West Kent Marriages
Place | Parish | Year from | Year to | Record count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bromley | St Peter & St Paul | 1735 | 1997 | 3,408 |
Darenth | St Margaret | 1610 | 1862 | 1,462 |
Greenwich | St Alfege | 1604 | 1898 | 33,281 |
Longfield | St Mary Magdalene | 1563 | 1840 | 746 |
Southfleet | St Nicholas | 1532 | 1932 | 5,311 |
Westerham | St Mary | 1559 | 1951 | 7,532 |
North West Kent Burials
Place | Burial Ground | Year from | Year to | Record count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beckenham | St George | 1813 | 1864 | 1,566 |
Bexley | St Mary | 1723 | 1848 | 4,651 |
Bexleyheath | Cemetery | 1879 | 1943 | 8,854 |
Bromley | St Peter & St Paul | 1813 | 1855 | 3,237 |
Charlton | St Luke | 1754 | 1963 | 4,039 |
Chelsfield | St Martin (of Tours) | 1558 | 1851 | 2,420 |
Chislehurst | St Nicholas | 1813 | 1898 | 2,395 |
Cudham | St Peter & St Paul | 1813 | 1851 | 445 |
Darenth | St Magaret | 1686 | 1812 | 1,143 |
Dartford | Holy Trinity | 1778 | 1926 | 19,737 |
Deptford | St Nicholas | 1802 | 1847 | 8,232 |
Downe | St Mary | 1813 | 1851 | 278 |
Farnborough | St Giles | 1813 | 1873 | 798 |
Gravesend | Municipal Cemetery | 1821 | 2010 | 50,009 |
Greenwich | St Alfege | 1696 | 1898 | 61,767 |
Hayes | St Mary | 1813 | 1851 | 369 |
Horton Kirby | St Mary the Virgin | 1813 | 1955 | 2,396 |
Keston |
| 1690 | 1943 | 1,993 |
Lee | St Margaret | 1580 | 1850 | 4,277 |
Longfield | St Mary Magdalene | 1558 | 1932 | 920 |
Meopham | St John the Baptist | 1573 | 1951 | 8,861 |
North Cray | St James | 1783 | 1918 | 944 |
Northfleet | Municipal Cemetery | 1893 | 1983 | 16,548 |
Orpington | All Saints | 1813 | 1851 | 650 |
Sidcup | Sidcup Cemetery | 1912 | 1962 | 6,159 |
Southfleet | St Nicholas | 1558 | 1915 | 6,621 |
Swanscombe | Municipal Cemetery | 1789 | 1993 | 13,262 |
Swanscombe | St Peter & St Paul | 1705 | 1883 | 5,499 |
St Mary Cray | St Mary | 1699 | 1941 | 2,799 |
St Paul's Cray | St Paulinus | 1813 | 1851 | 238 |
Westerham | St Mary | 1561 | 1981 | 21,933 |