Fawkham Kent Family History Guide

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Fawkham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1568
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1718

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Hartley
  • Farningham
  • Horton Kirby
  • Kingsdown with Mappiscombe
  • Longfield
  • Ash

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FAWKHAM, a parish in Dartford district, Kent; adjacent to the Mid Kent railway, 2¾ miles W of Meopham r. station, and 5½ SE of Dartford. It has a post-office under Dartford.

Acres, 1, 195. Real property, £1, 700. Pop., 233. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided Part of the land is common.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £252. Patron, alternately P. Pusey, Esq. and T. Adams, Esq. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Fawkham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Fawkham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Fawkham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fawkham, 1718-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawkham (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Fawkham, St. Mary parish registers : images of registers 1568-1983
Author: North West Kent Family History Society

Parish registers for Fawkham, 1568-1949
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawkham (Kent)

The parish registers of Fawkham, Kent
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fawkham (Kent); Colyer-Fergusson, Thomas

England, Kent, Fawkham – Land and property ( 1 )
Deeds etc., of Fawkham, 16th century

England, Kent, Fawkham – Manors ( 1 )
Manorial records, 1508-1599
Author: Manor of Fawkham (Kent); Kent Archives Office

England, Kent, Fawkham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Fawkham, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Dartford
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester
  • Diocese: Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1862 – Rochester, Post-1861 – Cobham
  • Poor Law Union: Dartford
  • Hundred: Axton, Dartford and Wilmington
  • Province: Canterbury