Preston next Faversham, Kent Family History Guide

Preston next Faversham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names: Preston St Catherine, Preston near Faversham, Preston by Faversham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PRESTON-NEXT-FAVERSHAM, a parish in Faversham district, Kent; on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, at Faversham r. station, adjacent on the S to Faversham. Post-town, Faversham.

Acres, 1,547. Real property, £6,327. Pop. in 1851, 1,135; in 1861, 1,535. Houses, 297. The increase of pop. arose from employments in connection with F. r. station.

The manor was originally called Coppanstone; was given, in the 9th century, by King Kenulf, to Christchurch, Canterbury; and afterwards took the name of Priest’s Townor Preston. Preston House is the seat of G. Hilton, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £324. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English; has a small tower; and contains a fine monument of Roger Boyle, and some brasses. Charities, £17.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Kent, Preston-next-Faversham – Church records ( 4 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1910
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Preston-next-Faversham (Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for The Brents, 1881-1907
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of The Brents (Kent)

Parish registers for Preston-next-Faversham, 1559-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Preston-next-Faversham (Kent)

Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)

England, Kent, Preston-next-Faversham – Land and property ( 5 )
Beale and Pattenson manuscripts, 1497-1787

Deeds (Preston-next-Faversham), 1347-1451

Deeds and correspondence, 1712-1835

Kent deeds, 1774-1897

Manor of Westwood, 1319
Author: Manor of Westwood (Kent)

England, Kent, Preston-next-Faversham – Manors ( 4 )
Beale and Pattenson manuscripts, 1497-1787

Manor of Westwood, 1319
Author: Manor of Westwood (Kent)

Survey by tenements, 1319-1320
Author: Manor of Westwood (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Tyrwhitt-Drake manuscripts, 1150-1923
Author: Kent Archives Office

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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