Canterbury, Kent Family History Guide

Parishes in Canterbury

• Canterbury All Saints, Kent
• Canterbury Black Prince’s Chantry, Kent
• Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
• Canterbury East Bridge Hospital, Kent
• Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate, Kent
• Canterbury Old Castle, Kent
• Canterbury St Alphege, Kent
• Canterbury St Andrew, Kent
• Canterbury St Augustine, Kent
• Canterbury St Dunstan, Kent
• Canterbury St George the Martyr, Kent
• Canterbury St Gregory the Great, Kent
• Canterbury St John’s Hospital, Kent
• Canterbury St Margaret, Kent
• Canterbury St Martin, Kent
• Canterbury St Mary Bredin, Kent
• Canterbury St Mary Bredman, Kent
• Canterbury St Mary Magdalen, Kent
• Canterbury St Mary North Gate, Kent
• Canterbury St Mildred with St Mary de Castro, Kent
• Canterbury St Paul, Kent
• Canterbury St Peter, Kent
• Canterbury White Friars, Kent
• Canterbury the Archbishop’s Palace Precincts, Kent

History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CANTERBURY, a city in Kent, and a diocese in Kent and Surrey. The city partly forms a district of itself, and is partly in the districts of Bridge and Blean. It stands on Watling-street, the river Stour, and the London and Dover railway, 6 miles S by E of Whitstable, and 55 by road, but 65 by railway, ESE of London. Railways go from it in five directions, toward Whitstable, London, Ashford, Dover, and Ramsgate; and give it communication with all the principal towns in the kingdom. Its site is a valley, surrounded by hills; its appearance, as seen from any point, is highly picturesque; and its environs are diversified, and very pleasant.

History.—Canterbury rose prior to the era of authentic history; and comes into view as a British town under the name of Dwrhwern. The Romans made it one of their principal stations; rebuilt and strengthened it, over nearly the whole area occupied by the modern town; and called it Durovernum. The Saxons made it the capital of the kingdom of Kent; and called it Cantwarabyrig, “the stronghold of the men of Kent.” The arrival of Augustine in 597, followed by the conversion of Ethelbert, gave it consequence as the source of Christianity to England, and as the cradle of the metropolitical see. The Danes took it in 843, 852, 918, and 1,011; but were repelled by successively Elfleda and Canute. It had a castle before the Conquest; and was called Civitas Cantuariæ at Domesday, It had begun, at the fall of the heptarchy, to be eclipsed by Winchester and London; and it continued, for ages, to decrease in comparative importance; but, at the murder of Thomas à Becket in its cathedral in 1170, it burst into celebrity as one of the most notable towns in Europe. Pilgrims of all ranks, from all parts of Christendom, crowded to its gates; and the romancers placed it side by side with Cologne and Compostella. Henry II. visited it in 1172, 1179, and 1184; Richard I., in 1194; Richard II., in 1389; and Henry VIII., the emperor Charles V., and the Queen of France, in 1519. Elizabeth also visited in 1573; Charles I., in 1625; and Charles II., in 1660. Other historical notices will occur in our accounts of the ancient buildings.

Walls and Streets.—Walls most probably were built around the town by the Romans; walls certainly stood around it in the time of the Saxons; new walls and a ditch were formed in the time of Richard I.; and these were renovated, in 1374-81, by Archbishop Simon of Sudbury. The area within them has been found to contain many Roman bricks, pavements, vases, lachrymatories, and personal ornaments, at about 6 or 9 feet beneath the surface; and therefore was occupied by Roman houses. The walls were 6 feet thick, composed of large masses of chalk, cemented with a strong mortar, and lined and faced with flint; were surmounted by twentyone turrets, at equal distances; and had six gates. Portions of the walls, with two or three of the turrets, still stand in Broad-street. The west gate also still stands, contiguous to the river; and is a noble embattled structure, flanked by two lofty round towers. The ditch around the walls was originally 150 feet wide; but most of it is now built upon, or converted into gardens. Part of the present town is without the walls, and much is modern, handsome, and substantial; but most of it within the walls is ancient. The High-street presents gabled ends and projecting fronts. Alleys and lanes toward the cathedral and its precincts look antiquely picturesque. Mercery-lane, leading off the High-street, was named from the mercery-stalls at which pilgrims bought memorials of their visit, and contains some window arches of the “Checquers of the Hope,” noted by the lively and laughter-loving Chaucer; and the first opening west of this lane shows part of the court into which the pilgrims rode. An inn still standing, called the Red Lion, entertained the ambassadors of Charles V. in 1520; and another ancient but modernized inn, called the Star, in the suburb of St. Dunstan, on the way from the railway station to the centre of the city, was a hostel for pilgrims who arrived after the shutting of the gates at night fall. The city within the walls extends about ½ a mile from east to west, and somewhat more from north to south; and has an oval outline. “No city,” remarks Mr. Walcott, “can shew a greater number of churches, monuments, and sites of interest; and no city has done less to preserve them. Till within a hundred years, town walls, gates, towers, and old buildings, stood as in centuries since; but happily, a better feeling is now prevalent, and the good work of restoration and repair has been begun.”

Public Buildings.—The guildhall, at the corner of High-street and Guildhall-street, was built in 1439, and rebuilt in 1697; has been exteriorly modernized; and contains pieces of ancient armour, and some curious portraits. The court or sessions house is a modern structure, in the suburb of St. Augustine. The city jail is partly the upper portion of the west gate, partly a contiguous erection of 1826; and has capacity for 21 male and 4 female prisoners; but is fit only to be used as a lock-up, and for debtors. The county jail adjoins the court house, in the suburb of St. Augustine; is an erection of 1808, on the radiating plan, with the keeper’s house and chapel in the centre; and has capacity for 77 male and 30 female prisoners. The music hall is in St. Margaret-street. The theatre is in Guildhall-street; and was built in 1861. The royal cavalry barracks were built in 1794, form three sides of a square, and present a striking appearance. The old infantry barracks were built in 1798, with accommodation for 2,000 men; formed, for some time, a station for the horse and foot artillery; and are now to be used for depots of cavalry. The new infantry barracks were built in 1811. The keep of the ancient castle stands in Castle-street, adjacent to the site of one of the city gates; measures 88 feet by 80; and is now used as a gas work. The castle was taken, without resistance, in the time of King John, by Louis of France; became afterwards a prison; and was notable for the incarceration of Jews. The mound on which the donjon stood, now called the Dane John, has, along with part of the city walls, been converted into a city mall, 1,130 feet long, laid out in spiral walks and shrubberies, and commanding a grand view of the cathedral. An adjacent field, outside the walls, was the scene of the martyrdoms in the reign of Mary, and bears the name of the Martyrs’ field. The Archbishop’s palace, founded in the time of the Saxons, rebuilt by Lanfranc and extended by Hubert Walter and Stephen Langton, stood in Palace-street; but is now represented by little else than an arched doorway. This was the scene of the death of the Black Prince; of the prelude of the murder of Thomas à Becket; of the bridal feast of Edward I.; and of banquets to Henry VIII., Charles V., and Elizabeth. Other public buildings will be noticed in subsequent paragraphs.

The Cathedral.—A church was built, by St. Augustine, on the site of the cathedral; greatly injured by the Danes in 938; restored by Archbishop Ido, in 940-60; damaged again by the Danes in 1011, and almost destroyed by fire in 1067; and contained the bodies of St. Blaize, St. Wilfred, St. Dunstan, St. Alphege, and St. Andoen, the heads of St. within and St. Furseus, and the arm of St. Bartholomew. The present edifice was commenced in 1070-86 by Archbishop Lanfranc; extended, altered, and restored by successive prelates till 1495; and has undergone great, costly, recent renovations. It exhibits, in its various parts, all the styles of architecture, from early Norman to perpendicular; makes grand displays of them, both in their respective features, and in their junctions with one another; and is especially rich and large in transition-Norman and perpendicular English. It has a crypt, with vaulted roof 14 feet high, supported on massive pillars; and it stands aloft on a height of base and with a force of character unsurpassed in any other cathedral, dominating over the city around it like an abrupt, isolated, spiry hill over some miles of plain. It consists of a south porch; a nave of nine bays, with aisles; a central transept, with two chapels; a choir of six bays, with aisles; a choir transept, with two apsidal chapels in each wing; a presbytery of two bays, with aisles, and with northern and southern apsidal chapels; an eastern ambulatory, with aisles; a main apsidal chapel of four bays, with magnificent procession path and aisles; and a circular structure to the east of this, called À Becket’s Crown; and it has a central tower and two western towers. The nave is 178 feet long, 71 feet wide, and 80 feet high; the choir, 180 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 71 feet high; the central transept, 124 feet long; the choir transept, 154 feet long; the central tower, 35 feet square and 235 feet high; and the western towers, 130 feet high. The nave has no triforium; the main transept has no aisles; the choir is approached by noble flights of stairs, and offers the earliest instance of the pointed arch in England; the screen is of the 15th century, with niched imagery of founders and saints, and was recently restored; the throne was carved by Flemish workmen, and cost £1,200; the pulpit is of stone, by Butterfield of London, and was put up in 1846; the main apsidal chapel is approached by broad flights of stairs, contained the gorgeous shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, and has a curious mosaic pavement, with the signs of the zodiac; the central tower is of two stages, with octagonal turrets at the angles, and has been called “the glory of all towers;” and the western towers are each of six stages and much beauty, one of them rebuilt in 1840, at a cost of £25,000. Effigies, altar-tombs, and other monuments, in great variety, are dispersed through the various parts of the pile to the memory of the archbishops and other notable persons, including Henry IV., Queen Joan of Navarre, Edward the Black Prince, a Lady Mohun, a Countess of Athole, Admiral Sir G. Rooke, Sir John Boys, Hadrian Saravia, Orlando Gibbons, W. Shuckford, Odo Coligny, a Marquis of Dorset, and a Duke of Clarence.

The edifice served, throughout the Romish times, both as a cathedral and as a conventual church. A Benedictine priory stood connected with it; and was known as the convent of Christ’s Church. A massive wall surrounded the precincts, and served at once for defence and for seclusion. The passage from the priory led to the choir transept through a circular chamber, now used as a baptistery. The library is to the north of this; and occupies the site of the prior’s chapel. The chapter house stands parallel with the north side of the northwest transept; and is 87 feet long., 35 feet wide, and 52 feet high. The cloisters are on the north side of the nave; measure 144 feet by 144; and have eight bays on every side. “The space southward of the choir formed the cemetery, or God’s acre, sown with the seed of the resurrection. ‘The Oaks’ was the convent garden; the Norman doorway is in the precinct gate eastward of the choir. The ancient stone house on the left side turning round the Becket’s Crown formed the Honours, the guest hall (a nave and aisles 150 feet by 40 feet), for the reception of visitors. Considerable remains of the infirmary are observable; the chapel and common hall, of flint, with three tall pointed windows, built in 1342. Near it was St. Thomas’ well. At this point occurs ‘the Dark entry,’ a Norman cloister built by Prior Wibert about 1167, with a curious bell-shaped tower, which served as the monks’ conduit; above it is now the baptistery. On one side is the gate of the great cloisters. The arch and ruins towards the Green Court are those of La Gloriette, the prior’s rooms built by Prior Hathbrand, 1379. Passing the chapter, once the prior’s chapel library, the Priors or Court Gate, leads into the Green Court. On the east side is the deanery, built by Dean Godwin, 1570, after a fire on the site of the Prior’s lodgings. In it Hooper welcomed Queen Mary. At the north-east corner a large gateway opens into the follings or foreigns, the space beyond the conventual jurisdiction. On the north side, were the ancient dean’s great hall, water house, granary, refectory, frater-house, brew-house, bake-house, and domestic buildings, among which great part of the dormitory remains, with a gateway and steps. At the northwest angle is the Norman precinct gate of the priory, which stood on the south side of the court; the back entrance to it, or Larder Gate, still remains. At the south-west angle is the arched door which led to the palace. The strangers’ hall was on the west side. In the north-west angle is likewise the Norman staircase, with an open arcade which led into the north hall, 150 feet by 40 feet, allotted to the stewards of the prior court; the arches on which it was supported alone remain; above them the King’s school has been built by Mr. Austen, 1855. They form a passage into the Mint yard. It is the only staircase of the period known to be in existence. In the King’s school were educated Harvey, the physician, Lord Thurlow, and Lord Tenterden. Within the ancient almonry, on the north-west of the Green Court, stood the chantry of St. Thomas à Becket, which Henry VIII. converted into a mint, and Cardinal Pole made the King’s school. In the high wall, probably a portion of Lanfranc’s building, leading to the north-west entrance of the cathedral, are the remains of the covered way to the cloisters, by which the primates entered, but their ordinary approach was through a large gateway with a square tower of flint and ashlar.”

Ancient Monasteries.—An Abbey was founded by St. Augustine, outside the walls, in the eastern suburb of Longport. It was designed by him mainly as a mausoleum for bishops and kings; it became the burial place of himself and his successors, and of Ethelbert and his successors; it possessed much grandeur as an edifice, and great wealth and consequence as a monastery; it was always regarded as more sacred and important than the cathedral, till the latter outshone it by means of the glory of À Becket’s shrine; and it competed to the last with the convent of Christ Church in the splendours and fetes of its guest hall. The buildings of it were greatly injured at the Reformation; were, some time after, partly converted into a royal palace; were subsequently given to Lord Woton; were several times damaged by fire and by flood; were eventually degraded to the uses of a brewery; and were purchased, in 1844, by A. J. Beresford Hope, Esq., to give place to a Missionary college. Richard II. and his queen were guests in them, in their original condition; and Elizabeth, Charles I., Henrietta, and Charles II. were in them when a palace. Their guest hall seems to be preserved in the refectory of the Missionary college; but the only other portions of them which remain are some wall fragments of late Norman character, the cemetery gate built in the time of Richard II., and a superb great gateway built in 1287, flanked by two turrets and embattled. A ruined chapel, 31 feet by 21, at the north-east angle of the cemetery, was originally Ethelbert’s heathen place of worship; was changed, at his conversion, into a Christian church, dedicated to St. Pancras; and was rebuilt in 1387. A Dominican friary, in St. Peter’s-street, was founded in the time of Henry III.; and has left considerable remains. Part of it was formed into private dwellings and a wool house; part became a Baptist meeting house; and the refectory, with windows high in the wall, is now a Unitarian chapel, and was noted for the preaching of Defoe. A Franciscan friary, in the same vicinity, was founded in 1220; but has disappeared. Lord Badlesmere, steward of the household to Edward II., and many other men were buried in it. A priory of St. Gregory, for Augustinian black canons, in Northgate-street, was founded by Lanfranc; but also has disappeared. A house of the Knights-Templars stood near the Dominican friary; and, after the suppression of the Templars, was used by the priests of the Black Prince’s chantry. A Benedictine nunnery, in the eastern suburb, contiguous to Watling-street, about ¼ of a mile from the city walls, was founded by Archbishop Anselm; had, for one of its nuns, Elizabeth Barton, the “Maid of Kent,” after her removal from Aldington; and has left some small remains.

Churches.—The livings within the city are the rectory of All Saints, with the rectories of St. Mary-in-the-Castle and St. Mildred; the rectory of St. Alphage, with the vicarage of St. Mary-Northgate; the rectory of St. Andrew, with the rectory of St. Mary-Bredman; the vicarage of St. Dunstan; the rectory of St. George-the-Martyr, with the rectory of St. Mary-Magdalene; the vicarage of St. Gregory-the-Great; the rectory of St. Margaret; the rectory of St. Martin, with the vicarage of St. Paul; the vicarage of St. Mary-Bredin; and the rectory of St. Peter, with the vicarage of Holy Cross; and all are in the diocese of Canterbury. Value of All Saints, £150; of St. Alphage, £150; of St. Andrew, £203; of St. Dunstan, £120; of St. Peter, £120; of St. George-the-Martyr, £140; of St. Gregory-the-Great, not reported; of St. Margaret, £120; of St. Martin, £300; of St. Mary-Bredin, £149. Patron of All Saints, the Lord Chancellor; of St. Alphege, St. Dunstan, and St. Gregory-the-Great, the Archbishop of Canterbury; of St. Andrew, the Archbishop for two turns, and the Dean and Chapter for one; of St. George-the-Martyr, the Dean and Chapter; of St. Margaret, the Archdeacon; of St. Martin and St. Peter, the Archbishop and the Dean and Chapter alternately; of St. Mary-Bredin, the Rev. H. Lee Warner.

St. Mildred’s church occupies the site of a previous church; is partly later English; consists of three aisles and three chancels, with a square tower; includes Roman bricks in its walls; and contains monuments of the Attwoods, the Cranmers, and others. St. Alphage’s church, in Palace-street, is of considerable antiquity; consists of two aisles and two chancels, with a square tower; and has some curious epitaphs. St. Andrew’s church superseded a previous one about 1763; is a brick structure; and consists of two aisles and a chancel, with a steeple. St. Mary-Bredman’s church shows Norman features; and has a monument of Herne, the historian of Reculver. St. Dunstan’s church, without the walls, is a modernized ancient structure, with Norman features; consists of two aisles, a small western chancel, and two large eastern ones, with western tower and contiguous half-circular tower; and contains a piscina, a font, an ancient chantry, and the burial vault of the Ropers, with the head of Sir Thomas More. A brick gateway nearly opposite, now part of a brewery, is a remnant of the Ropers’ manor house, where Margaret, the learned daughter of Sir Thomas More, spent her married life. St. George’s church is a modernized, ancient Norman structure; consists of two chancels and two aisles, with a square tower and a narrow turret; and contains an ancient octagonal font and a brass of 1531. St. Mary-Magdalene’s church, in Burgate-street, shows Norman features, of the earliest Norman time; has a tower, added in 1503; and contains a fine, old, octangular, Norman font. St. Gregory’s church, without the walls, beyond Broad-street, is a modern edifice in the early English style, by Scott. St. Margaret’s church, in St. Margaret’s-street, has suffered much from mutilation; was partially restored in 1831; consists of three chancels and three aisles, with a square tower; and contains a monument of Somner, the city historian. St. Martin’s church, without the walls, on a hill, with a fine view, about ½ a mile from the cathedral, was originally the oratory of Queen Bertha; became the first church or cathedral of St. Augustine, and afterwards the church of a resident suffragan bishop; is a small rough-cast edifice, rebuilt at a remote date on the site of the original church, and including portions of that church’s walls, with Roman bricks and fragments of Roman mortar; was recently well restored, at the expense of the Hon. Daniel Finch, auditor of the cathedral; has modern stained glass windows, with subjects of its early history; and contains a large Norman font, traditionally alleged to have been that in which Ethelbert was baptized. Byzantine and Merovingian looped coins have been found in the churchyard. St. Paul’s church is early English; comprises two chancels and two aisles, with a rudely formed square tower; and contains a very curious pillared font, and a tomb of Admiral Rooke. St. Mary-Bredin’s church was originally Norman; was rebuilt in 1867, at a cost of £4,000; and is in the early English style, of flint with dressings of Bath stone. St. Peter’s church, at the corner of St. Peter’s-lane, has very thick walls, curious square columns, and an old square font. Holy Cross church, close to Westgate, was rebuilt about 1381; and consists of three aisles, and a chancel, with a square tower. A suite of Carmelite conventual buildings, comprising church, convent, and farm offices, after designs by Pugin, on a site of thirty acres, within a high brick wall enclosure, to cost £34,354 for the buildings alone, was contracted for in 1863 by Miss Hales, proprietress of Hales Place estate, (on which the Royal Agricultural Society of England held their show in 1860,) to be erected on her own grounds and at her own expense.

Schools.—The King’s school, already incidentally mentioned, was founded by Henry VIII., for the education of 50 scholars from all parts of the kingdom; and has about 24 scholarships or exhibitions in Cambridge university. A portion of its old buildings which still stood was taken down in 1863, to give place to new erections. The blue-coat school was founded by the city corporation out of a gift by Queen Elizabeth of an hospital and its lands; clothes, maintains, and educates 16 boys; and has an income of £475. The grey-coat school educates 30 boys and 30 girls; and is supported chiefly by the dean and chapter. St. Augustine’s missionary college, at St. Augustine’s Abbey, was incorporated in 1848; consists of warden, sub-warden, and six fellows; trains young men for the service of the Church of England in the distant dependencies of the empire; possesses endowments and exhibitions from a number of different benefactors; and forms a quadrangle, including hall, chapel, library, cloisters, and corridor, in the monastic style, by Butterfield. The philosophical institution, in Guildhall-street, was built by subscription, in 1826; is an ornamental edifice, with Ionic portico; and contains a museum with some interesting collections.

Eastbridge hospital was founded either by Lanfranc or by À Becket, originally to receive “wayfaring and hurt men;” maintains inmates, and gives outdoor relief; is connected with a school for 20 children, founded by Whitgift; and has an income of £512. St. John’s hospital was founded by Lanfranc; was recently restored; includes an ancient, arched, wooden gateway; and has an income of £485. Harbledown hospital also was founded by Lanfranc; possesses still its original chapel; and has an income of £280. Jesus’ hospital was founded in 1595, by Sir John Boys, for persons above 55 years of age; and has an income of £618. Maynard’s hospital was founded in the time of Henry II.; and has an income of £244. Cogan’s hospital, for clergymen’s widows, was founded in 1657; and has an income of £248. Hackington hospital has £26; Smith’s alms-houses, £260; Harris’s, £68. The Kent and Canterbury infirmary contains accommodation for about 200 patients; and is liberally supported by annual subscriptions. The total amount of endowed charities is £4,899.

Trade, &c.— Relic-making and the supplying of the wants of pilgrims were the only trade in the Romish times. Silk-weaving was introduced by refugee Walloons and French protestants after the Reformation. This flourished for a period; but gave place to the manufacture of cotton and silk; and that also has ceased. Some trade in wool is now carried on; but the chief source of industry is the export of agricultural produce, especially hops. Markets are held on Wednesday and Saturday; and a fair on 11 Oct. The city has a head post-office, two railway stations with telegraph, two banking offices, and several good inns; and publishes seven weekly newspapers. Raccs are run in April and August, over an uneven course of two miles, on Barnham downs.

The District.— The registration district contains the parishes of All Saints, St. Mildred, St. Alphage, St. Mary-Northgate, St. Andrew, and St. Mary-Bredman, St. George-the-Martyr, St. Mary-Magdalene, St. Margaret, St. Martin, St. Paul, St. Mary-Bredin, and St. Peter, part of the parish of Holy Cross, and the extra-parochial places of St. John’s Hospital precincts, Old Castle precincts, Eastbridge Hospital precincts, Black Prince’s Chantry precincts, and Whitefriars’ House. The return for St. Paul’s parish includes Longport, which is a borough under the old common law division of the county, and St. Augustine’s Abbey precinct, the precise limits of which are not known. Acres of the district, 3,121. Poor-rates in 1866, £6,986. Pop. in 1861, 16,643. Houses 2,919. Marriages in 1866, 164; births, 487,-of which 25 were illegitimate; deaths, 399, of which 118 were at ages under 5 years, and 11 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,548; births, 3,980; deaths, 3,517. The places of worship in 1851 were 13 of the Church of England, with 4,886 sittings; 1 of Independents, with 650 s.; 3 of Baptists, with 670 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 125 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 1,100 s.; 1 of Primitive Methodists, with 500 s.; 1 of Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion, with 275 s.; and 1 of Jews, with 53 s. The schools were 8 public day schools, with 1,292 scholars; 44 private day schools, with 867 s.; and 10 Sunday schools, with 1,044 s.

The Borough.— The city includes all the registration district, also parts of Holy Cross, Nackington, Thanington, Patrixbourne, Litthebourne, and Fordwich parishes in the district of Bridge; also Archbishop’s Palace and Christchurch precincts, Staplegate and St. Gregory villes, and parts of St. Dunstan and Hackington parishes in the district of Blean. It is a seat of sessions, a place of elections, the head of an excise collection, and a headquarters of militia. It received municipal privileges from Henry II., and an incorporation charter from Henry VI.; is governed by a mayor, a sheriff, six aldermen, and eighteen councillors; and sends two members to parliament. Real property, £51,590. Direct taxes, £11,498. Electors in 1861, 1,837. Pop., in 1841, 15,435; in 1861, 21,324. Houses, 3,908. The city gives the tithe of Viscount to the Manners-Suttons. Gostling and Somner, the antiquaries, Dean Nevile, Dr. Linacre, Aphra Behn, Marlowe, Richard the great Earl of Cork, and Lord Tenterden were natives.

The Diocese.— Canterbury, at once as a bishopric, as an archbishopric, and as the metropolitan see of England, dates from St. Augustine. Among its prelates were Dunstan, Theodore, Lanfranc, Anselm, Pascal II., À Becket, Langton, Bradwardine, Langham, Chichele, Warham, Cranmer, Pole, Parker, Whitgift, Land, Sancroft, Wake, Tillotson, Tenison, Secker, Sutton, and Howley. The archbishop ranks as first peer of the realm, next to the royal family; and places the crown on the sovereign’s head, at a coronation. His seats are Lambeth palace and Addington park; and his income is £15,000. His archiepiscopal jurisdiction extends over twenty suffragan bishops; and includes all Wales, and all England except the six northern counties.

The diocese includes all Kent, except the parishes of Charlton, Lee, Lewisham, Greenwich, Woolwich, Eltham, Plumstead, Deptford-St. Nicholas, part of Deptford-St. Paul, and the city and deanery of Rochester.

It includes likewise the part of Surrey comprising the parishes of Addington and Croydon, and the district of Lambeth Palace. Its pop., in 1861, was 474,603, inhabiting 88,073 houses.

It is divided into the archdeaconries of Canterbury and Maidstone. The chapter includes a dean with £2,000 a year, two archdeacons, six canons, and six minor canons. Eight deaneries are comprised in each of the two archdeaconries; and from eleven to thirty-one livings are in each deanery. Some of the livings have recently been raised in status, chiefly p. curacies raised to be vicarages, and are named as they now rank in the separate articles on them in our work; but all will be named here as they ranked in 1861.

The deanery of Canterbury includes the livings within Canterbury city; the rectories of Fordwich, Harbledown, Lower-Hardres, and Milton-next-Canterbury; the vicarages of Hackington, and Sturry; and the p. curacies of Nackington and Thannington.

The deanery of Bridge includes the rectories of Adisham, Bishopsbourne, Brook, Chartham, Chillenden, Crundall, Elmstone, Kingstone, Stourmouth, Upper Hardres, Ickham, and Wickhambreux; the vicarages of Ash, Boughton-Aluph, Chilham, Godmersham, Weld, Litthebourne, Patrixbourne, Bridge, Preston-next-Wingham, Waltham, and Petham; the p. curacies of Staple, Trinity-Ash, Barham, Moldash, Challock, Goodnestone-next-Wingham, Stelling, Nunington, Wingham, Womenswold, and Wye; and the donative of Stodmarsh.

The deanery of Dover includes the rectories of St. James-Dover, Charlton-near-Dover, Cheriton, Ewell-Temple, and Hawkinge; the vicarages of Alkham, Newington, Folkstone, Hougham, Lydden, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, River, and Westcliffe; and the p. curacies of Capel-le-Fern, Beauxfield, Buckland-near-Dover, St. Mary-Dover, Trinity-Dover, Christ-church-Folkstone, Christ-church-Hougham, Guston, Sandgate, and Swingfield.

The deanery of Elham includes the rectories of Acrise, Monks-Horton, Denton, Hastingleigh, Lyminge, Saltwood, St. Mary-Stowting, and Wootton; the vicarages of Elham, Brabourne, Elmsted, and Postling; and the p. curacies of Horton, Standford, Paddlesworth, and Hythe.

The deaneries of North and South Lympne include the rectories of Alding on, Bonnington, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Hinxhill, Ivy-Church, Ken-Ardington, Kingsnorth, Mersham, Orlestone, Old Romney, St. Mary-Romney-Marsh, Newchurch-Romney-Marsh, Ruckinge, Sevington, Shadoxhurst, Snargate, Snave, Warehorne, Wittrisham, and Woodchurch; the vicarages of Appledore, Brenzett, Brookland, Lydd, Lympne, St. Mary-Sellinge, Stone, and Willesborough; and the p. curacies of Smeeth, Bilsington, Ebony, and Fairfield.

The deanery of Ospringe includes the rectories of Badlesmere, Leaveland, Eastling, Hever, Luddenham, Norton, and Otterden; the vicarages of Boughton-under-Blean, Doddington, Faversham, Goodnestone, Graveney, Hernhill, Linstead, Newnham, Ospringe, Preston-by-Faversham, Selling, Sheldwick, Stalesfield, Teynham, and Throwley; the p. curacies of Isle of Harty, and Oure; and the donative of Davington.

The deanery of Sandwich includes the rectories of Barfrestone, Betshanger, Deal, Eythorne, Ham, Knowlton, East Langdon, Great Mongeham, Little Mongeham, Ringwould, Ripple, and St. Peter-Sandwich; the vicarages of Eastry, Northbourne, St. Clement-Sandwich, St. Mary-Sandwich, Sibbertswold, Coldred, Tilmanstone, Waldershare, and Woodnesborough; and the p. curacies of St. Andrew-Deal, St. George-Deal West Langdon, Shoulden, Kingsdown, Sutton-next-Dover, Walmer, and Worth.

The deanery of Westhere includes the rectories of Westhere and Swalecliffe; the vicarages of Chislet, Herne, St. Laurence-in-Thanet, St. John-Margate, Minster-Thanet, Monkton, St. Nicholas-at-Wade, St. Peter-in-Thanet, Ramsgate, Reculver, and Seasaltor; and the p. curacies of Herne Bay, Trinity-in-Thanet Trinity-in-Margate, Birchington, Acol, Broadstairs, Christchurch-Ramsgate, Hoath, and Whitstable.

The deanery of Dartford includes the rectories of Beckenham, Chelsfield, Chiselhurst, Crayford, Footscray, North Cray, St. Paul’s-Cray, and Keston; the vicarages of Addington, Bexley, Croydon, Cudham, Dartford, Erith, Hayes, Horton-Kirby, Orpington, Sutton-at-Home, West-Wickham, and Wilmington; and the p. curacies of Bexley-Heath, Bromley, Trinity-Bromley, Sidcup, St. Mary-Cray, Crocken-Hill, Southend-Croyden, Broadgreen-Croyden, Croyden-Common, Norwood-Croyden, South Norwood-Croyden, Shirley-Croyden, Downe, Farnborough, and Lamorbey.

The deanery of North Malling includes the rectories of Addington, Allington, Barming, Ditton, Hunton, Leybourne, Mereworth, Netthestead, West Barming, Offham, West Peckham, and Trotterscliffe; the vicarages of Birling, East Farleigh, West Farleigh, Hadlow, East Malling, West Malling, East Peckham, Ryarsh, Teston, Wateringbury, and Yalding; the p. curacies of New Hythe, Trinity-Peckham, and St. Margaret-Yalding, and the donative of Shipbourne.

The deanery of South Malling includes the rectories of Ashurst, Bidborough, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Hever, Horsemonden, Penshurst, and Speldhurst; the vicarages of Brenchley, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Pembury, Tudeley, and Tunbridge; and the p. curacies of Mark-Beech, Fordcomb, Groombridge, Rusthall, Capel, St. StephenTunbridge, Hildenborough, Southborough, Tunbridge-Wells, Trinity-Tunbridge-Wells, and Christchurch-Tunbridge-Wells.

The deanery of East Charing includes the rectories of Boughton-Malherbe, Great Chart, Little Chart, Eastwell, Pluckley, and Pevington; the vicarages of Ashford, Charing, Hothfield, Kennington, and Westwell; and the p. curacy of Egerton.

The deanery of West Charing includes the rectories of Biddenden, Frittenden, Newenden, Sandhurst, and Smarden; the vicarages of Benenden, Bethersden, Cranbrook, Headcorn, Rolvenden, and Tenterden; the p. curacies of Trinity-Cranbrook and Hawkhurst; and the donative of Smallhythe.

The deanery of Shoreham includes the rectories of Brasted, Chevening, Halstead, Ightham, Lullingstone, Sevenoaks, Stanstead, Sundridge, and Wrotham; the vicarages of Eynesford, Farningham, Kemsing, Shoreham, and Westerham; and the p. curacies of Edenbridge, Seal, Knockholt, Otford, Riverhead, Weald, Ide-Hill, Crockham-Hill, Woodlands, Platt, and Plaxtol.

The deanery of Sittingbourne includes the rectories of Eastchurch, Bicknor, Elmly, Kingsdown, Milkstead, Murston, Tunstall, Warden, and Witchling; the vicarages of Bapchild, Bobbing, Borden, Bredgar, Lower Halstow, Hartlip, Leysdown, Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Newingtonnext-Sittingbourne, Rainham, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Stockbury, Tong, and Upchurch; and the p. curacies of Iwade, Minster-in-Sheppey, Queen borough, and Sheerness-in-Minster.

The deanery of Sutton includes the rectories of Frinstead, Harrietsham, Langley, Otham, Staplehurst, Aldington, Ulcombe, and Wormshill; the vicarages of Bearsted, Boughton-Monchelsea, Boxley, Chart-by-Sutton, Debtling, Gondhurst, Hollingborne, Leuham, Linton, Marden, Sutton-Valence, and Thornham; and the p. curacies of Bredhurst, Kilndown, Hucking, Leeds, Bromfield, Loose, All Saints-Maidstone, Trinity-Maidstone, St. Peter-Maidstone, Tovil, and East Sutton.

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

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England, Kent, Canterbury – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 17 )
Catalogue of Canterbury Cathedral priory accounts and alter endowment charters
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of Canterbury city records
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of Canterbury Dean and Chapter manuscript music books
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of Canterbury Diocesan records
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of Kent parish registers
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of pre-1812 bishops transcripts
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of the archives of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, early – abt. 1900
Author: Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Canterbury; Bunce, C. R.

Catalogue of the Fordwich Borough records
Author: City of Canterbury Corporation Archives

Catalogue of unofficial deposites of church and public records
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

KAO–calendar of wills and court inventories, Consistory Court of Canterbury, 1396-1857
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch; Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury. Consistory Court

KAO–catalogue of Rochester Diocese BT’s, DRb/RT1 & 2
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

KAO–catalogue of the Cripps manuscript
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch; Cripps, Frederick

KAO–catalogue of turnpike records
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

KAO–County Council educational records
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

KAO–District Council catalogues
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

KAO–unofficial catalogues
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

Map catalogues
Author: Kent Archives Office. Canterbury Branch

England, Kent, Canterbury – Biography ( 1 )
The six preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, 1541-1982 : clerical lives from Tudor times to the present day
Author: Hill, Derek Ingram

England, Kent, Canterbury – Cemeteries ( 14 )
All Saints, Canterbury, monumental inscriptions from the churchyard
Author: Harrington, Duncan

The booke of regester of the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury for christninges, weddinges and buryalls, 1560-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908; Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Burials in the burial ground of the Society of Friends at Canterbury, Kent, 1865

The memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of Holy Cross, Westgate, Canterbury
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908; Church of England. Holy Cross Church (Westgate)

The memorial inscriptions of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The memorial inscriptions of the nonconformist burial ground in Wincheap, Canterbury
Author: Harrington, Duncan W.; Kent Family History Society

The Monumental inscriptions from the church and churchyard of Saint Martin Canterbury, Kent
Author: Harrington, Duncan W.; Kent Family History Society

The Monumental inscriptions from the church and churchyard of St. Dunstan’s, Canterbury, Kent
Author: Kent Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of St. Mildred’s Canterbury
Author: Church of England. St. Mildred’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Aveling, Henry F.

Monumental inscriptions, St. Margaret, Canterbury, Kent, England

Register of burials at the military cemetery of Canterbury, 1859-1958

St. Gregory the Great, Canterbury, monumental inscriptions in the closed churchyard
Author: Harrington, Duncan

St. Mary Northgate, churchyard MI’s
Author: Harrington, Duncan

St. Paul, Canterbury, monumental inscriptions from the church and churchyard
Author: Harrington, Duncan; Kent Family History Society

England, Kent, Canterbury – Census ( 3 )
Census returns for Canterbury, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Canterbury-St. Martin, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Staplegate, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church directories ( 1 )
Supplement to 1940 Diocesan directory
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church history ( 11 )
Canterbury Cathedral : past and present
Author: Robinson, Joseph Stanley

Canterbury cathedral : pictures in glass = tableux en verre = Bilder in Glas
Author: Catedral Gifts Ltd.

The Cathedral church of Canterbury : a description of its fabric and a brief history of the Archiepiscopal see
Author: Withers, Hartley

Christian firmness of the Huguenots; and a sketch of the history of the French Refuge Church of Canterbury
Author: Martin, J. A.

A chronicle of the archbishops of Canterbury
Author: McKilliam, Annie E

The church of St. Martin, Canterbury : an illustrated account of its history and fabric
Author: Routledge, C. F. (Charles Francis), 1838-

The history of St. Martins Church, Canterbury
Author: Routledge, C. F. (Charles Francis), 1838-

History of the Walloon & Huguenot church at Canterbury
Author: Cross, Francis William

The parish churches of the diocese of Canterbury, with descriptive notes : sketch of Canterbury Cathedral by Arnold Fairbairns
Author: Oyler, Thomas H.; Fairbairns, Arnold

Register book of christenings marriages and burialls in the parishe of St. Paule without the walles of the cittie of Canterburie 1562-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The story of Canterbury Methodism, 1750-1961
Author: Vickers, John A.

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church records ( 81 )
Archbishop’s parish register bills, 1603-1898
Author: Church of England. St. George the Martyr’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1560-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1612-1901
Author: Church of England. St. Mildred’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1560-1813; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1907
Author: Church of England. St. Dunstan’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1561-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1879
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1865
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalene’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1878
Author: Church of England. All Saints Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1880
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredman Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1898
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1604-1887
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Northgate (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1898
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1612-1922
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1564-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1898
Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1566-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1569-1868
Author: Church of England. Holy Cross Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1568-1813; Bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1900
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Archdeacons transcripts and bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary-Bredin Church, Canterbury, 1563-1912
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Baptisms, 1464-1837
Author: Independent Church. Guildhall Street (Canterbury)

Births and burials, 1780-1836
Author: St. Alphege’s Chapel (Canterbury, Kent : Baptist)

Births, baptisms and burials, 1799-1837
Author: St. Peter’s Street Chapel (Canterbury, Kent : Wesleyan)

Births, baptisms and burials, 1799-1855
Author: St. Peter’s Street Chapel (Canterbury, Kent : Wesleyan)

Bishop’s transcripts for Christ Church, Canterbury, 1813-1862
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Alphage’s Church, Canterbury, 1569-1903
Author: Church of England. St. Alphage’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Gregory the Great Church, Canterbury, 1852-1898
Author: Church of England. St. Gregory the Great Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Martin’s Church, Canterbury, 1577-1902
Author: Church of England. St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary Madgalene Church, Canterbury, 1813-1865
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalene’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

The booke of regester of the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury for christninges, weddinges and buryalls, 1560-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908; Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Canterbury garrison register of burials, 1808-1811

Canterbury parish register extracts, 1563-1870
Author: Church of England. St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. George the Martyr’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Canterbury, Blackfriars Baptist, births and burials, 1780-1836
Author: Rickard, Gillian

Church records for St. Thomas’ Catholic Church, Canterbury, 1838-1900
Author: Catholic Church. St. Thomas (Canterbury, Kent)

Church records, 1581-1747
Author: Walloon Church (Canterbury : French Protestant)

Church records, 1709-1744
Author: Malt House Chapel (Canterbury : French Protestant)

England, Kent, Canterbury, Register of Baptisms : Garrison Chapel, 1808-1958
Author: Church of England. Garrison Chapel (Canterbury); National Archives (Great Britain)

Extracts of marriage licenses, 1747-1840
Author: Church of England. Cathedral Church (Canterbury)

Grants of marriage licenses of the Peculiars of Canterbury, Kent, England, 1672-1859
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury

Interdict documents
Author: Barnes, Patricia M.; Powell, W. R. (William Raymond), 1920-

An inventory of the parish registers and other records in the diocese of Canterbury : with an introduction and appendix
Author: Woodruff, Charles Everleigh, 1855-

List of parishes in Canterbury Diocese before 1800

Marriage and general license registers for the Diocese of Canterbury, 1568-1924
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Marriage bonds and allegations, 1694-1882
Author: Church of England. Cathedral Church (Canterbury)

Marriage bonds, 1660-1688
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury

Migration to marry
Author: Davies, Peter J.

The names of them that were crystened, marryed, and buryed in the paryshe of Saynt Mary Magdalene in Canterbury, 1559-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

Our parish books, and what they tell us: Holy Cross, Westgate, Canterbury
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

Parish register extracts, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1558-1901
Author: Church of England. St. Mildred’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1563-1812
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1563-1887
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Northgate (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1566-1812
Author: Church of England. Holy Cross Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1574-1730
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1616-1865
Author: Church of England. All Saints Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, 1619-1812
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredman Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish register extracts, St. Alphage (Canterbury), 1801-1879
Author: Tyler, Frank Watt; Church of England. St. Alphage’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for All Saints’ Church, Canterbury, 1559-1891
Author: Church of England. All Saints Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for Christ Church, Canterbury, 1564-1961
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for Holy Cross Church, Canterbury, 1563-1951
Author: Church of England. Holy Cross Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Alphege’s Church, Canterbury, 1558-1951
Author: Church of England. St. Alphege’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Alphege and St. Mary and All Saints’ Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. All Saints Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Dunstan’s Church, Canterbury, 1559-1969
Author: Church of England. St. Dunstan’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. George the Martyr Church, Canterbury, 1538-1958
Author: Church of England. St. George the Martyr’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Margaret’s Church, Canterbury, 1653-1942
Author: Church of England. St. Margaret’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Martin’s Church, Canterbury, 1662-1951
Author: Church of England. St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Mary Magdalene Church, Canterbury, 1634-1866
Author: Church of England. St. Mary Magdalene’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Mary-Bredin Church, Canterbury, 1813-1898
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Mary-Bredman Church, Canterbury, 1558-1887
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredman Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Paul’s and St. Martin’s Church, Canterbury, 1802-1851
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s and St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Canterbury, Kent); Church of England. St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Parish registers for St. Paul’s Church, Canterbury, 1562-1970
Author: Church of England. St. Paul’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

The parish registers of St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, baptisms and burials, 1563-1812 and marriages, 1563-1754
Author: Tyler, Frank Watt; Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Peculiars of Canterbury marriage allegations indexes, 1660-1859
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury

Record of members, 1848-1860
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Canterbury Branch (Kent)

Register book of christenings marriages and burialls in the parishe of St. Paule without the walles of the cittie of Canterburie 1562-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The register book of the parish of St. George the Martyr within the city of Canterbury of christenings, marriages and burials, 1538-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The register booke of christeninges, marriages and burialls in Saint Dunstan’s, Canterbury, 1559-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The register booke of christninges, marriages and burialls within the precinct of the cathedrall and metropoliticall Church of Christe of Canterburie
Author: Hovenden, Robert, fl. 1873

The register books of christenings, marriages and burials in St. Dunstans Canterbury, 1559-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908; Church of England. St. Dunstan’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Register of baptisms, Garrison Chapel, Canterbury, 1856-1969
Author: Church of England. Garrison Chapel (Canterbury)

The register of St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, commonly called the black book
Author: Turner, George James; Canterbury, Eng. St. Augustine’s Abbey; Salter, H. E. (Herbert Edward)

The registers of the Wallon or Strangers’ Church in Canterbury
Author: Walloon Church (Canterbury : French Protestant); Hovenden, Robert, fl. 1873

The Regyster booke of chrystenynges, maryages and buryalls of the parish of St. Alphaege in the cyttye of Canterburye, 1558-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908; Church of England. St. Alphage’s Church (Canterbury, Kent)

Report : [Towne surname in] parish registers [and wills]
Author: Farrow, C. W. (Charles W.)

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

St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent County, England, parish register transcripts : christenings, 1563-1812, marriages, 1563-1608
Author: Church of England. St. Mary-Bredin Church (Canterbury, Kent); Mulvey, R., Mrs.

Union Chapel, Walling St., Canterbury, Kent, Lady Huntingdon Church register of births and baptisms, 1793-1837
Author: Union Chapel (Canterbury, Kent : Lady Huntingdon New Connexion)

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church records – Handbooks, manuals, etc. ( 1 )
Canterbury city parishes : a practical guide for the family historian
Author: Bourne, Susan

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church records – Indexes ( 21 )
Computer printout of Canterbury, Blackfriars General Baptist, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, Cathedral, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, Guildhall Street Independent and Presbyterian, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, Malt House French Huguenot, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Alphege, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Dunstan, Kent, England

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. George the Martyr, Kent, England

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Mary Bredin, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Mary Magdalene, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Paul, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Peter, Kent, England

Computer printout of Canterbury, St. Peters Street Wesleyan, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, Union Chapel Walting Street Lady Huntingdon, Kent, Eng

Computer printout of Canterbury, Walloon or Strangers Church, Kent, Eng

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England (Independent, Guildhall Street) ; christenings, 1646-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England (Lady Huntingdons, Union Chapel, Watling Street) ; christenings, 1793-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England (Saint Mary Bredin) ; marriages, 1563-1754
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England (Walloon or Strangers Church) ; christenings, 1581-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England (Wesleyan, Saint Peters Street) ; christenings 1798-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England, (Malt House, French Huguenot), christenings, 1709-1823
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Canterbury, Kent, England, (St. Mary Bredin) christenings, 1563-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Kent, Canterbury – Church records – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 4 )
Calendar of the extant act books of Detecta in the Diocese of Canterbury, 1559-1565
Author: Willis, Arthur J. (Arthur James); Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury

Catalogue of Canterbury Cathedral priory accounts and alter endowment charters
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

Catalogue of Canterbury Dean and Chapter manuscript music books
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

An inventory of the parish registers and other records in the Diocese of Canterbury with an introduction and appendix
Author: Woodruff, C. E. (Charles Eveleigh), 1855-

England, Kent, Canterbury – Court records ( 7 )
Calendar of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1676-1685 / 1860 Benton County, Missouri

Depositions list, 1474-1851
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury. District Probate Registry

Depositions list, 1560-1620
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury. Consistory Court

General sessions of the peace and gaol delivery held at the Guildhall Canterbury, 1751-1759 : for the city of Canterbury and county of the same
Author: Harrington, Duncan W.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury register “Scroope” (1620) : abstracts and index
Author: Morrison, J. H.

Sentences and complete index nominum : (probates and sentences) for the years 1630-1639
Author: Matthews, John; Matthews, George F.; Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court

Testamentary cause papers in the Canterbury Consistory Court, 1595-1646
Author: Willis, Arthur J. (Arthur James); Church of England. Diocese of Canterbury. Consistory Court

England, Kent, Canterbury – Description and travel ( 3 )
The authentic guide to the catherdral and city of Canterbury

A descriptive account of Canterbury

Goulden’s Canterbury guide
Author: Goulden, H. J.

England, Kent, Canterbury – Directories ( 5 )
“Canterbury, Kent” from Universal British directory of trade, commerce and manufacture

A directory for the city of Canterbury and its suburbs : containing situation, extent and population, representation, government of the city, relief of the poor and parish officers, public offices and officers, charities and charitable institutions, colleges, and public schools, churches and chapels, scientific, literary, and benefit societies, omnibuses, carriers, and conveyances, together with the names of the clergy, gentry, and residents, and lists of all professions, trades, and businesses, alphabetically arranged, forming a hand book for the city and suburbs
Author: Marten, Charles

Directory of Canterbury : and neighborhood, with Faversham, Herne Bay, Whitstable, and all villages within a circuit of six miles from Canterbury

Maidstone, Canterbury, Dover and Tunbridge Wells directory and court guide

Stapleton & co.’s topographical history and directory of Canterbury : Faversham, Herne-Bay, Sittingbourne, Whitstable, Boughton, Bridge, Fordwich, Greenstreet, Herne-Street, Milton, Ospringe, Sturry, Westbere including accurate and copious traditional, antiquarian, descriptive, historical, topographical, statistical, local, and interesting notices of the above places

England, Kent, Canterbury – Historical geography – Maps ( 1 )
Roman and medieval Canterbury
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

England, Kent, Canterbury – History ( 7 )
Canterbury under the Angevin Kings
Author: Urry, William

“Canterbury, Kent” from Universal British directory of trade, commerce and manufacture

Christian Canterbury : city of pilgrims
Author: Parker, Michael St. John

A descriptive account of Canterbury

History of the Westgate : all roads lead to Canterbury
Author: Bennett-Goldney, Francis

The register booke of christeninges, marriages and burialls in Saint Dunstan’s, Canterbury, 1559-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The story of Canterbury
Author: Taylor, G. R. Stirling

England, Kent, Canterbury – Jewish history ( 1 )
The Jews of Canterbury, 1760-1931
Author: Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

England, Kent, Canterbury – Land and property ( 18 )
Barton Estate in Canterbury and district, 1589-1911

Canterbury under the Angevin Kings
Author: Urry, William

Canterbury, lease for site of Archbishop’s palace, 1684, 1698, 1713

Catalogue of the archives of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, early – abt. 1900
Author: Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Canterbury; Bunce, C. R.

Deed of Canterbury, 1603

Deed of Canterbury, 1774

Deed of Canterbury, St. Alphage and St. Peter, 1671

Deeds for Canterbury and Deal, 1756-1789

Deeds of Canterbury and district, 1737-1929

Deeds of Canterbury and Hougham, 1792-1880

Deeds of Canterbury, 1684, 1727

Deeds of Canterbury, 1729-c. 1750

Deeds of properties in Canterbury, 1865-1899

Kent deeds, 1777-1892

T. S. Williams collection, 1671-1867

A terrier of Fleet, Lincolnshire, from a manuscript in the British museum
Author: Nielson, N.; Ballard, Adolphus

Title deed in St. Paul’s, Canterbury

Various deeds and papers of Kent, 1786-1900

England, Kent, Canterbury – Manors ( 2 )
Manorial records, 1527-1901
Author: Manor of Barton alias Longport (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Records of Scotney Castle estate, 1407-1949, 1637-1862
Author: Kent Archives Office

England, Kent, Canterbury – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Darell of Calehill manuscripts, 1150-1882, 1379-1718
Author: Kent Archives Office

East Kent, 1331-1775 : manorial documents and deeds, 1400-1741
Author: Manor of Boughton under Blean. Court (Kent); Manor of Chislet. Court (Kent); Manor of Shelvingford. Court (Kent); Manor of Westgate. Court (Kent); Manor of Goodnestone Heneker (Kent)

England, Kent, Canterbury – Military records ( 1 )
Canterbury lieutenancy papers 1802 & 1803 : indexes to the militia ballot list 1802 and Army of Reserve ballot list 1803
Author: Killick, Jennifer

England, Kent, Canterbury – Minorities – Genealogy ( 1 )
The Jews of Canterbury, 1760-1931
Author: Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

England, Kent, Canterbury – Newspapers ( 2 )
England, Kent, Canterbury : Family Notices, 1768-1867

England, Kent, Canterbury : Obituaries, 1859-1867

England, Kent, Canterbury – Obituaries ( 1 )
England, Kent, Canterbury : Obituaries, 1859-1867

England, Kent, Canterbury – Occupations ( 4 )
Canterbury masters and their apprentices, 1763-1777, with a few entries of 1758-1762
Author: Bartlett, A. E.

The freemen of Canterbury 1800-1835
Author: Corpe, Stella; Oakley, Anne M.; Kent Record Collections

Intrantes : a list of persons admitted to live and trade within the city of Canterbury, on payment of an annual fine, from 1392-1592
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

Marriage and general license registers for the Diocese of Canterbury, 1568-1924
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

England, Kent, Canterbury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Canterbury Court of Guardians : eighteenth century–a postscript
Author: Panton, F. H.

England, Kent, Canterbury – Probate records ( 13 )
Abstracts of probates, Feb. to Mar. 1804
Author: Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court

Dew wills and administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Author: Holworthy, Richard

English estates of American settlers, 1800-1858 : American wills and administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1800-1858
Author: Coldham, Peter Wilson

Genealogical abstracts of wills proved in the prerogative Court of Canterbury : register “Wootton” 1658
Author: Brigg, William B.A.

Hints for tracing an Anglo-American pedigree in the old country : with as list of wills from 1700 to 1725 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England, of testators living or dying in America and the West Indies
Author: Mathews, John

Index of wills proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Author: Ainsworth, John

Kent probate inventories in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1490-1854
Author: Rickard, Gillian

Prerogative Court of Canterbury, wills, sentences and probate acts, 1661-1670 (inclusive) : arranged and numbered in alphabetical order of testators, with separate indexes of places, ships, “stray names”, and trades and conditions
Author: Morrison, John H.

Probate records for Canterbury, 1592-1701
Author: Church of England. Archdeaconry of Canterbury. Court; Kent Archives Office

Probate records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1858
Author: Genealogical Society of Utah

Sentences and complete index nominum : (probates and sentences) for the years 1630-1639
Author: Matthews, John; Matthews, George F.; Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court

Testaments (and wills) 1614-1670
Author: Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court

Wayman wills and administrations preserved in the Prerogative court of Canterbury, 1383-1821
Author: Bloom, J. Harvey (James Harvey), b.1860

England, Kent, Canterbury – Probate records – Handbooks, manuals, etc. ( 1 )
The records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury : a provisional guide, pending preparation of a more complete guide to be published as a P.R.O. handbook
Author: Hoare, J. M.

England, Kent, Canterbury – Probate records – Indexes ( 1 )
Kent wills and administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1801-1803
Author: Rickard, Gillian

England, Kent, Canterbury – Public records – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 2 )
Catalogue of Canterbury city records
Author: Cathedral Archives and Library (Canterbury, Kent)

The freemen of Canterbury 1800-1835
Author: Corpe, Stella; Oakley, Anne M.; Kent Record Collections

England, Kent, Canterbury – Schools ( 2 )
King’s School, Canterbury : register 1859-1931, with alphabetical index.
Author: King’s School (Canterbury, Kent)

Schola regia cantuariensis : a history of Canterbury School. Commonly called the King’s School
Author: Woodruff, C. E. (Charles Eveleigh), 1855-; Cape, Harry James

England, Kent, Canterbury – Schools – Biography ( 1 )
King’s School, Canterbury : register 1859-1931, with alphabetical index.
Author: King’s School (Canterbury, Kent)

England, Kent, Canterbury – Taxation ( 5 )
Land tax assessments for Canterbury, 1826-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for Holy Cross-Westgate, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for St. Dunstan’s, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for the parish of St. Martins and Longport, 1780- 1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Land tax assessments for the parish of St. Mary, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

England, Kent, Canterbury – Vital records ( 1 )
Calendar of marriage licenses issued by the Faculty office. 1632-1714
Author: Canterbury, England (Province). Faculty office; Cokayne, George E (George Edward), 1825-1911; Fry, Edw. Alex. (Edward Alexander), 1854-1934

England, Kent, Canterbury – Voting registers ( 5 )
Canterbury Borough Poll Books for the years 1790 and 1796

The Canterbury Poll : taken the 17th day of March 1768 in the time of Thomas Parker mayor, John Taddy Gent, Sheriff
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent)

Freeman of Canterbury, 1392-1800
Author: Cowper, J. Meadows (Joseph Meadows), 1830-1908

The poll of the electors for members of Parliament to represent the city of Canterbury

The poll of the electors for members of Parliament to represent the city of Canterbury : in the county of Kent

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Adams William, St. Martin, Canterbury, Kent, miller, April 8, 1836.