Sundridge is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1670
Nonconformists include: Calvinist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
- Brasted
- Chevening
- Ide Hill
- Knockholt
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SUNDRIDGE, a village and a parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent. The village stands 3¼ miles WSW of Sevenoaks r. station; has a post-office under Sevenoaks; and gives the title of Baron to the Duke of Argyle.
The parish contains Sevenoaks workhouse, includes most of Idehill chapelry, and comprises 4,041 acres. Real property, £6,705. Pop. in 1851, 1,642: in 1861, 1,495,- of whom 25 were in the workhouse. Houses, 251.
The manor belongs to Lord Amherst. There are several good residences and a paper mill.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £815. Patron, the Archbishop. The church is mainly later English. The churchyard contains the tomb of Bishop Porteus.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, two national schools, and charities £7.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Sundridge – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Ide Hill, Sundridge, Kent
Author: North West Kent Family History Society. Sevenoaks Branch; Ide Hill Society
England, Kent, Sundridge – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sundridge, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Sundridge – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
Sevenoaks union workhouse (Sundridge) : surname index of census returns, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891; surname index of births and baptisms, August 1846 to March 1922; surname index of deaths, April 1866 to October 1899, 1846-1922
Author: Lee, Ken; Sevenoaks Union Workhouse (Kent)
England, Kent, Sundridge – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sundridge, 1813-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sundridge (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish register transcripts, 1670-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Sundridge (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Wilmington (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Wimbledon (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wrotham (Kent)
Parish registers for Sundridge, 1562-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sundridge (Kent); Kent Archives Office
The parish registers of Sundridge, Kent, 1562-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sundridge (Kent); Colyer-Fergusson, Thomas
England, Kent, Sundridge – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Sundridge, Kent, Eng
England, Kent, Sundridge – Court records – Indexes ( 3 )
Index of Assizes, Quarter Sessions and Petty Sessions … for six parishes near Westerham and Edenbridge, Kent
Author: Cole, Lionel E. W.; North West Kent Family History Society; Great Britain. Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius (Kent); Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Great Britain. Court of Petty Sessions (Sevenoaks, Kent)
Index of assizes, quarter sessions and petty sessions, part 1 : for six parishes near Westerham and Edenbridge, Kent … 1560-1750
Author: Cole, Lionel E. W.; North West Kent Family History Society
Lionel Cole’s index of the quarter sessions of West Kent and petty sessions, Sevenoaks, 1750-1850 : covering the parishes of Westerham, Brasted, Sundridge, Edenbridge, hever and Chiddingstone, 1750-1850
Author: Cole, Lionel E. W.; North West Kent Family History Society
England, Kent, Sundridge – Land and property ( 3 )
Deeds of Greenwich, Sundridge and Chevening, 1262-1708
Deeds of various parishes in Kent, 1635-1803
Papers relating to Ide Hill Parsonage, 1808
England, Kent, Sundridge – Manors ( 1 )
Lennard manuscripts, 1310-1862
Author: Manor of Otford (Kent); Manor of Brasted (Kent); Manor of Knole (Sevenoaks, Kent); Manor of Kemsing (Kent); Manor of Seal (Kent)
England, Kent, Sundridge – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Admissions, discharges, births, deaths, and religious creed records for the workhouse at Sundridge, 1846-1932
Author: Sevenoaks Union Workhouse (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Sevenoaks union workhouse (Sundridge) : surname index of census returns, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891; surname index of births and baptisms, August 1846 to March 1922; surname index of deaths, April 1866 to October 1899, 1846-1922
Author: Lee, Ken; Sevenoaks Union Workhouse (Kent)
England, Kent, Sundridge – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Sundridge, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
England, Kent, Sundridge – Vital records – Indexes ( 1 )
Sevenoaks union workhouse (Sundridge) : surname index of census returns, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891; surname index of births and baptisms, August 1846 to March 1922; surname index of deaths, April 1866 to October 1899, 1846-1922
Author: Lee, Ken; Sevenoaks Union Workhouse (Kent)
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Sevenoaks
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon and Shoreham, Post-1844 – Search the courts of surrounding parishes
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Rochester, Post-1844 – Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Shoreham
- Poor Law Union: Sevenoaks
- Hundred: Codsheath
- Province: Canterbury
