Beckenham St George is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church: St George
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1719
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BECKENHAM, a village and a parish in Bromley district, Kent.
The village stands on a small tributary of the Ravensbourne river, close to a junction of several railways, 3 miles SE of the Crystal Palace, and 2 W of Bromley; has stations on the railways, and a post office under London, SE.; and is rapidly becoming a suburb.
The parish comprises 3,875 acres. Real property, in 1865, about £40,000. Pop. in 1861, 2,124; in 1865, about 3,500. The property is subdivided.
Beckenham Place is the seat of A. Cator, Esq.: Kelsey Park, of P. R. Hoare, Esq.; Old Manor House, of H. Fortescue, Esq.; and Langley Park, of Goodheart Esq. Beckenham was the residence of Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, when visited by Henry VIII.; and Clay-Hill here was the residence of Edward King, author of the “Munimenta Antiqua,” who died in 1807.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £900. Patron, J. Cator, Esq. The church was built about the beginning of the 16th century; has a lofty white spire, rebuilt in 1796; and contains monuments of the Styles, the Burrells, the Hoares, and others, and a tablet to Captain Hedley Vicars, who fell at Sebastopol. The ancient lich-gate, for setting down corpses at funerals, still stands.
The p. curacies of a. St Paul and Shortlands are separate charges, both of them constituted in 1868.
There are endowed national schools with £42 a year, and other charities £68.
Dr. Assheton, prolocutor in convocation, who died in 1711, was rector.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Beckenham – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Memorial inscriptions of St. George, Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent
Penge : from a hamlet, once part of Battersea in Surrey, to a London suburb : a story of some of the people and the surrounding district
Author: Pullen, Doris E. (Doris Evelyn), 1920-
England, Kent, Beckenham – Census – 1821 ( 2 )
Census returns for Beckenham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Parish registers of Beckenham, 1772-1901
Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent County Archives Office; Central Library (Bromley, England)
England, Kent, Beckenham – Church history ( 2 )
A solid building-an open fellowship : a history of Beckenham Baptist Church, 1883-1983
Author: Phillips, Leonard W. J.; Gardiner, Robert J.
The story of Beckenham Methodist Church : the first hundred years, 1887-1987
Author: Waggett, Ralph
England, Kent, Beckenham – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Christ Church, Beckenham, 1875-1904
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Beckenham, 1898-1906
Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Bishop’s transcripts for St. George’s Church, Beckenham, 1718-1906
Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Shortlands, 1870-1904
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Shortlands, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Michael’s Church, Beckenham, 1903-1906
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Paul’s Church, Beckenham, 1871-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish registers of Beckenham, 1772-1901
Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Beckenham, Kent); Kent County Archives Office; Central Library (Bromley, England)
Parish registers of St. Michael’s, Beckenham, 1877-1894
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Beckenham, Kent)
St. George, Beckenham, transcript and index of burials
Author: Manning, Pat; North West Kent Family History Society; Church of England. St. George’s Church (Beckenham, Kent)
England, Kent, Beckenham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Beckenham, Kent, Eng
England, Kent, Beckenham – Directories ( 1 )
The Crystal Palace District handbook and directory for Sydenham, Forest-Hill, Penge, Dulwich and Beckenham
England, Kent, Beckenham – Heraldry ( 1 )
Heraldry in the churches of Beckenham : a fully illustrated and annotated account of all coats of arms in Beckenham churches today and in the past
Author: Christie-Murray, David (David Hugh Arthur), 1913-2010
England, Kent, Beckenham – History ( 1 )
Beckenham
Author: Inman, Eric R.; Tonkin, Nancy
England, Kent, Beckenham – Land and property ( 3 )
Deeds and documents of Beckenham, Herne, etc., 1648-1924
Deeds in Bromley, 1868
Manorial documents, deeds etc., of Kent, 1250-1927
England, Kent, Beckenham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Beckenham, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Bromley
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester, Post-1844 – Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Rochester, Post-1844 – Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Dartford, Post-1863 – West Dartford
- Poor Law Union: Bromley
- Hundred: Bromley and Beckenham
- Province: Canterbury