Stelling Kent Family History Guide

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Stelling is a chapelry of Upper Hardres Ancient Parish in Kent.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1557
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STELLING, a parish in Elham district, Kent; on Stone-street, 6 miles S by W of Canterbury r. station. It has fairs on Ascension-day and 12 Nov.; and its Post town is Stelling-Minnis, under Canterbury.

Acres, 1,325. Real property, £1,509. Pop., 309. Houses, 48. The property is subdivided.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Upper Hardres. The church is good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

STELLING (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Elham, partly in the hundred of Loningborough, but chiefly in that of Stouting, lathe of Shepway E. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Canterbury; containing 341 inhabitants.

The parish comprises by admeasurement 1250 acres, of which 762 are arable, 250 pasture, 100 woodland, 30 appropriated to hops, and 100 common. The ancient Stane-street runs along the western boundary.

The living is annexed to the rectory of Upper Hardres: the tithes have been commuted for £257. 10., and the glebe contains 8 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Stelling – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Stelling Minnis, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Stelling, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Stelling – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stelling (Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1557-1677
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stelling (Kent)

Parish registers for Stelling, 1557-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stelling (Kent)

England, Kent, Stelling – Land and property ( 2 )
Deeds of Dane Farm near Barham, 1720-1845

Deeds of Petham and Waltham etc., 1691-1888

England, Kent, Stelling – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Elham, Acrise, Stelling and Upper Hardes, 1780- 1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for the parish of Stelling, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Elham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1873 – Bridge, Post-1872 – West Bridge
  • Poor Law Union: Elham
  • Hundred: Stowting
  • Province: Canterbury