Wychling, Kent Family History Guide

Wychling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names: Wichling, Witchling

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1577
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WITCHLING, or Wychling, a parish in Hollingbourn district, Kent; 5½ miles S by E of Sittingbourne r. station. Post town, Sittingbourne.

Acres, 1,309. Real property, £1,287. Pop., 147. Houses, 35. The manor belongs to Sir E. Filmer.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £300. Patron, H. M. Stockdale, Esq. The church is ancient.

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

Parish Records

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England, Kent, Wichling

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

England, Kent, Witchling – Church records ( 4 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1813; Bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Witchling (Kent)

Marriages at Wichling, 1577-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Witchling (Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1564-1834
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Witchling (Kent)

Parish registers for Witchling, 1577-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Witchling (Kent)

England, Kent, Witchling – Land and property ( 1 )
Title deeds of Witchling House estate, 1653-1907

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Hollingbourne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1891 – Sittingbourne, Post-1890 – Sutton
  • Poor Law Union: Hollingbourne
  • Hundred: Eyhorne
  • Province: Canterbury