Sturry is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1560
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Hackington
- Canterbury St Mary North Gate
- Westbere
- Chislet
- Fordwich
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STURRY, a parish and a sub-district in Blean district, Kent. The parish lies on the river Stour, and on the Ashford and Ramsgate railway, 2½ miles NE of Canterbury; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Canterbury. Acres, 3,089. Real property, £5,284. Pop., 1,044. Houses, 240. The property is subdivided.
The manor was given by Ethelbert to St. Augustine’s abbey.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £255. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is partly Norman, chiefly later English, and all good. There are a national school, and charities £40.
The sub-district contains 6 parishes, 2 villes, and 2 Canterbury precincts. Pop., 6,467. Houses, 1,381.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Sturry – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions : abt. 1700-1900
The monumental inscriptions from the church and churchyard of St. Nicholas, Sturry, Kent
Author: Mustard, Margaret; Akhurst, Nora
England, Kent, Sturry – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sturry, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Sturry – Church records ( 7 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1560-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sturry (Kent)
Miscellaneous civil records, 1577-1969
Author: Sturry (Kent)
Parish chest records, 1592-1917
Author: Sturry (Kent)
Parish register extracts, 1560-1898
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sturry (Kent)
Parish registers for Sturry, 1538-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sturry (Kent)
Parish registers for Sturry, 1538-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sturry (Kent)
Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
England, Kent, Sturry – History ( 2 )
Fordwich : the lost port : with further articles on Sturry
Sturry : the changing scene
England, Kent, Sturry – Land and property ( 2 )
Deed of Sturry, 1557
Manorial roll and deeds, 1641-1855
Author: Manor of Westwell (Kent)
England, Kent, Sturry – Manors ( 1 )
Deeds, estate and official papers of Dover and district, dating from ca. 1600, 1737-1858
Author: Kent Archives Office
England, Kent, Sturry – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Darell of Calehill manuscripts, 1150-1882, 1379-1718
Author: Kent Archives Office
England, Kent, Sturry – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1592-1917
Author: Sturry (Kent)
England, Kent, Sturry – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 4 )
East Kent settlement certificates
Author: Field, E. H.
Miscellaneous civil records, 1577-1969
Author: Sturry (Kent)
Parish chest records, 1592-1917
Author: Sturry (Kent)
Poor law and order : Westbere and Sturry, 1700-1750
Author: Coton, Betty
England, Kent, Sturry – Public records ( 1 )
Miscellaneous civil records, 1577-1969
Author: Sturry (Kent)
England, Kent, Sturry – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the borough of Roushbourne, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Land tax assessments for the parish of Strood Intra, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Blean
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Canterbury
- Poor Law Union: Blean
- Hundred: Bleangate
- Province: Canterbury
