Orlestone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1553
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1562
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Shadoxhurst
- Warehorne
- Snave
- Ruckinge
- Woodchurch
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ORLESTONE, a hamlet and a parish in East Ashford district, Kent. The hamlet lies ¾ of a mile N of Ham-Street r. station, 2 N of the Grand Military canal, and 5 S by W of Ashford; and has a cattle fair on the last Thursday of Aug.
The parish contains also the village of Ham-Street, which has a post-office under Ashford. Acres, 1,825. Real property, £2, 114. Pop., 390. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to T. Thornhill, Esq. There are brick-fields and extensive woods.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £165. Patron, T. Thornhill, Esq. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Orlestone – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Orlestone, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Orlestone – Church records ( 7 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1562-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Orlestone (Kent)
Births and baptisms, 1805-1837
Author: Ham Street Chapel (Orlestone, Kent : Wesleyan)
Births and baptisms, 1805-1837
Author: Ham Street Chapel (Orlestone, Kent : Wesleyan)
Parish chest records, 1663-1894
Author: Orlestone (Kent)
Parish register extracts, 1562-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Orlestone (Kent)
Parish registers for Orlestone, 1754-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Orlestone (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
England, Kent, Orlestone – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Orlestone, Ham Street Wesleyan, Kent, Eng
Parish register printouts of Orlestone, Kent, England (Wesleyan, Ham Street) ; christenings, 1805, 1807-1808, 1810-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Kent, Orlestone – Land and property ( 1 )
Various deeds of Ashford, Brookland, Kennington and Olestone, ca. 1650-1900
England, Kent, Orlestone – Manors ( 1 )
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
England, Kent, Orlestone – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Sir Henry Farnham-Burke collection, 1325-1834 : manorial documents
Author: Manor of Brabourne. Court (Kent); Manor of Swanscombe. Court (Kent); Manor of Goddington alias Gouldington. Court (Cheldfield, Kent); Manor of Sore alias Hore. Court (Wrotham, Kent); Manor of Norsted. Court (Chelsfield, Kent)
England, Kent, Orlestone – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1663-1894
Author: Orlestone (Kent)
England, Kent, Orlestone – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Ruckinge and Orlestone, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Land tax assessments for the parishes of Warehorne, Orleston, and Shadoxhurst, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Administration
- County: Kent
- Civil Registration District: East Ashford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Lympne, Post -1863 – North Lympne
- Poor Law Union: East Ashford
- Hundred: Ham; Romney Marsh Liberty
- Province: Canterbury