Biddenden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Bible Christian Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BIDDENDEN, a village and a parish in Tenterden district, Kent. The village stands 4 miles S of Headcorn r. station, and 5½ NE of Cranbrook; and has a post office under Staplehurst, and fairs on 6 April and 8 Nov. The parish comprises 7,208 acres. Real property, £6,933. Pop., 1,412. Houses, 281. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward III., to Sir Walter Manney; and passed to the Hendens.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £436. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has features from early English to late perpendicular; and was restored in 1857. National schools have £20 a year from an old endowment; a curious charity, furnishing a distribution of stamped cakes to all comers on Easter Sunday, has £30; and other charities have above £70.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Biddenden, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Church records ( 5 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1899
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Biddenden (Kent)
Biddenden (Kent) parish register extracts, 1611-1812
Author: Tyler, Frank Watt
Parish chest records for Biddenden, 1594-1953
Author: Biddenden (Kent)
Parish registers for Biddenden, 1533-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Biddenden (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
A Selection of Kent parish register transcripts
Author: Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Court records ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Biddenden, 1594-1953
Author: Biddenden (Kent)
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Land and property ( 8 )
Beale and Pattenson manuscripts, 1497-1787
Deeds and other papers presented by the National Provident Institution, 1578-1878
Author: Manor of Claypetts (Shadoxhurst, Kent)
Deeds of Hole Park Estate, 1658-1922
Deeds of Loose and Biddenden, 1580-1624
Deeds of property in Biddenden, 1727-1789
Deeds of Sissinghurst estate, Cranbrook, and East and West Barming, 1622-1712
J. Hickmott & Biddenden papers, 1626-1888
Title deeds of Biddenden, 1762-1920
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Manors ( 3 )
Beale and Pattenson manuscripts, 1497-1787
Dering manuscripts : manorial documents, deeds, estate papers, etc., 1364-1690
Author: Manor of Eastbridge. Court (Kent); Manor of Orlestone (Kent); Manor of Pluckley. Court (Kent); Manor of Sherland (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Manorial records, 1647-1830
Author: Manor of Westwell, Biddenden and Smarden (Kent); Manor of Biddenden (Kent); Manor of Smarden (Kent); Manor of Westwell. Court (Kent); Kent Archives Office
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Biddenden, 1594-1953
Author: Biddenden (Kent)
United Kingdom, England, Kent, Biddenden – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Biddenden, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish chest records for Biddenden, 1594-1953
Author: Biddenden (Kent)
Administration
- County: Kent
- Civil Registration District: Tenterden
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Canterbury, Post-1863 – West Charing
- Poor Law Union: Tenterden
- Hundred: Berkeley (Kent)
- Province: Canterbury
