Westwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include: Protestant Dissenters and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WESTWELL, a village and a parish in West Ashford district, Kent.
The village stands 3¾ miles N by W of Ashford r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Ashford.
The parish includes two hamlets, contains West Ashford workhouse, and comprises 5,199 acres. Real property, £5,933. Pop., 999. Houses, 186.
The manor belonged to Christchurch, Canterbury; and passed to the Tuftons. Ripley Court was the seat of the Tuftons, but is now a farmhouse.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly early English, and has a tower and spire.
There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £27.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Westwell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Westwell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Westwell – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Westwell, 1564-1916
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwell (Kent)
Parish chest records, 1637-1953
Author: Westwell (Kent)
Parish register extracts, 1569-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwell (Kent)
Parish registers for Westwell, 1293-1959
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwell (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Westwell, Kent County, England, parish register transcripts : marriages, 1824-1851
Author: Mulvey, R., Mrs.
England, Kent, Westwell – Civil registration ( 1 )
Admission and discharge, death, birth and religious creed registers of the workhouse at Westwell, Kent, 1838-1914
Author: West Ashford Union (Kent); Kent Archives Office
England, Kent, Westwell – Land and property ( 4 )
Deeds of Tenterden, 1645-1877
Deeds of Westwell and Hothfield, 1644-1798
Deeds of Westwell etc., 1737
Deeds of Westwell, 1338, 1461
England, Kent, Westwell – Manors ( 4 )
Doubleday collection, 1353-post 1864 : manorial documents, maps, etc., of many parishes, 1399-1761
Author: Manor of Boughton Monchelsea (Kent); Manor of Deane (Westwell, Kent); Manor of Cocklescombe. Court (Wye, Kent); Manor of Newarbor (Sevington, Kent); Manor of Shorne (Kent)
Manorial records, 1647-1830
Author: Manor of Westwell, Biddenden and Smarden (Kent); Manor of Biddenden (Kent); Manor of Smarden (Kent); Manor of Westwell. Court (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Manorial roll and deeds, 1641-1855
Author: Manor of Westwell (Kent)
Sondes manuscripts, c.1300-1918, ca.1300-1812
Author: Manor of Darbies Court (Kent); Manor of Eversley (Kent); Manor of Faversham (Kent); Manor of Selling (Kent); Manor of Throwley (kent)
England, Kent, Westwell – Manors – Court records ( 4 )
Court papers, 1645-1697
Author: Manor of Westwell. Court (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Manorial records of Coles juxta Pett, 1389-1634
Author: Manor of Coles juxta Pett. Court (Kent)
Manorial records, 1389-1634
Author: Manor of Coles juxta Pett. Court (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Sir Henry Farnham-Burke collection, 1325-1834 : manorial documents
Author: Manor of Brabourne. Court (Kent); Manor of Swanscombe. Court (Kent); Manor of Goddington alias Gouldington. Court (Cheldfield, Kent); Manor of Sore alias Hore. Court (Wrotham, Kent); Manor of Norsted. Court (Chelsfield, Kent)
England, Kent, Westwell – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1637-1953
Author: Westwell (Kent)
England, Kent, Westwell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Admission and discharge, death, birth and religious creed registers of the workhouse at Westwell, Kent, 1838-1914
Author: West Ashford Union (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish chest records, 1637-1953
Author: Westwell (Kent)
England, Kent, Westwell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Westwell, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- Civil Registration District: East Ashford
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Canterbury (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, 1845-1864 – Canterbury, Post-1863 – East Charing
- Poor Law Union: West Ashford
- Hundred: Calehill; Wye
- Province: Canterbury