Sheldwich, Kent Family History Guide

Sheldwich is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names: Sheldwick

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Sheldwick, a parish, with a village, in Faversham district, Kent; 2¾ miles S of Faversham r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Sheldwick-Lees, under Faversham.

Acres, 1,896. Real property, £3,199. Pop., 616. Houses, 119. The manor, with Lees Court, belongs to Lord Sondes.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £209. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of C. The church is later English.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and national schools.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Kent, Sheldwich – Church records ( 5 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1904
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sheldwich (Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1563-1904
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sheldwich (Kent)

Parish registers for Sheldwich, 1558-1951
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sheldwich (Kent)

The parish registers of St. James, Sheldwich, Kent
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sheldwich (Kent); Neame, Alan

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

England, Kent, Sheldwich – Land and property ( 4 )
Deeds and maps of parishes in Kent county, 1826-1871

Deeds and maps of Selling and Sheldwich, 1786-1817

Leaveland, Sheldwich & Upchurch

Title deeds of Badlesmere and Sheldwich, 1729-1842

England, Kent, Sheldwich – Maps ( 1 )
Deeds and maps of parishes in Kent county, 1826-1871

England, Kent, Sheldwich – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Sheldwich, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for the parish of Throwley, 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