Goodnestone (near Faversham) Kent Family History Guide

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Goodnestone (near Faversham) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names:

  • Goodnestone near Graveney
  • Goodnestone next Faversham
  • Goodnestone St Bartholomew

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1567

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GOODNESTONE, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; adjacent to the Chatham and Margate railway, 2 miles E of Faversham. Post town, Faversham.

Acres, 334. Real property, £1, 036. Pop., 78. Houses, 12. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage united with the vicarage of Graveney, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £400. Patrons, the Archbishop of Canterbury and J. H. Lade, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and there are alms-houses-with £45.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Goodnestone (near Faversham) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Monumental inscriptions in the Methodist Chapel & Graveyard, Boughton-Under-Blean …
Author: Neame, Alan

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

England, Kent, Goodnestone (near Faversham) – Church records ( 1 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1567-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Goodnestone (near Faversham, Kent)

England, Kent, Goodnestone (near Faversham) – Manors ( 2 )
Deeds and estate papers of the Brook Bridges estates, 1491-1913, 1745-1782
Author: Kent Archives Office

Manorial records, 1707-1753
Author: Manor of Saltwood (Kent); Kent Archives Office

England, Kent, Goodnestone (near Faversham) – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Deeds and estate papers of the Brook Bridges estates, 1491-1913, 1745-1782
Author: Kent Archives Office

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, Goodnestone (near Faversham) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Goodnestone (near Faversham), 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Faversham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Ospringe
  • Poor Law Union: Faversham
  • Hundred: Faversham
  • Province: Canterbury