Upchurch Kent Family History Guide

Upchurch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1633
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1560

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in Milton district, Kent; on the creeks of the Medway, 1¾ mile N of Newington r. station, and 5 E of Chatham. It has a wall letter-box under Sittingbourne.

Acres, 5,138; of which 1,520 are water. Real property, £5,564. Pop., 468. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. Low islets and peninsulæ, engirt by creeks, form much of the surface; bear the name of salterns or saltings; appear to have been the site of an extensive Roman pottery manufacture; and have yielded many pieces of Roman pottery and many Roman coins. There are also extensive gravel pits, abounding with fossils.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £243. Patron, All Souls College, Oxford. The church is chiefly decorated English; and has a spire, which serves as a landmark. Charities, £8.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Kent, Upchurch – Church records ( 4 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1560-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upchurch (Kent)

Parish chest records, 1691-1903
Author: Upchurch (Kent)

Parish registers for Upchurch, 1633-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upchurch (Kent); Kent Archives Office

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

England, Kent, Upchurch – Land and property ( 3 )
Deed of Upchurch and other parishes, 1841

Leaveland, Sheldwich & Upchurch

Tufton family manuscripts, ca. 1200-1942

England, Kent, Upchurch – Manors ( 1 )
Tufton family manuscripts, ca. 1200-1942

England, Kent, Upchurch – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1691-1903
Author: Upchurch (Kent)

England, Kent, Upchurch – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1691-1903
Author: Upchurch (Kent)

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

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Milton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Sittingbourne
  • Poor Law Union: Milton
  • Hundred: Milton
  • Province: Canterbury