Adisham, Kent Family History Guide

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Adisham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1569

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

  • Barham
  • Kingston
  • Littlebourne
  • Wingham
  • Ickham
  • Bekesbourne
  • Goodnestone
  • Nonington
  • Patrixbourne

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ADISHAM, a parish in Bridge district, Kent; on the Dover railway, 6 miles SE of Canterbury. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Wingham under Sandwich. Acres, 1,815. Real property, £3,004. Pop., 492. Houses, 84. The manor was given in 616 to Christ Church, Canterbury; and is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; and, till 1864, was united with the p. curacy of Staple. Value, £750. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is cruciform, and early English, with a central tower. Charities, £20.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Adisham, a parish in the hund. of Downshamford, lathe of St Augustine, Bridge union, Kent; 2¾ miles south-west by south from Wingham. Living, a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Staple, in the dio. of Canterbury, and exempt from the jurisdiction of the archdeacon; rated at £28 3s. 1½d.; gross in come £1,000. Patron, in 1835, the archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a large cruciform edifice, in the early style of English architecture. By the will of the Rev. John Palmer in 1817, half the interest of £400 is distributed to the poor of this parish. Pop., in 1801, 271; in 1831, 390. Houses 53. Acres 1,810. A. P. £1,903. Poor rates, in 1837, £384.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Adisham – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Adisham, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Adisham, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Adisham – Church records ( 5 )
Adisham (Kent) parish register extracts, 1538-1884
Author:    Tyler, Frank Watt; Church of England. Parish Church of Adisham (Kent)

Adisham register bills, 1813-1907
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Adisham (Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for Adisham, 1569-1907
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Adisham (Kent)

Parish chest records, 1672-1857
Author:    Adisham (Kent)

Parish registers for Adisham, 1538-1990
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Adisham (Kent)

England, Kent, Adisham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
East Kent, 1331-1775 : manorial documents and deeds, 1400-1741
Author:    Manor of Boughton under Blean. Court (Kent); Manor of Chislet. Court (Kent); Manor of Shelvingford. Court (Kent); Manor of Westgate. Court (Kent); Manor of Goodnestone Heneker (Kent)

England, Kent, Adisham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1672-1857
Author:    Adisham (Kent)

England, Kent, Adisham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Adisham, 1780-1828
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Kent
  • Civil Registration District: Bridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Bridge
  • Poor Law Union: Bridge
  • Hundred: Downhamford
  • Province: Canterbury