Little Chart is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church: St. Mary
The original church of Little Chart St Mary the Virgin and the Holy Rood was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb in 1944.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHART (Little), a parish in West Ashford district, Kent; 2 miles SW of Charing, and 2½ N of Pluckley r. station. Post town, Charing, under Ashford.
Acres, 1,578. Real property, £2,416. Pop., 304. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £298. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is old but good, and has a tower.
There is a Roman Catholic chapel. Charities, £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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.
Paine Edward, Little Chart, Kent, paper maker, Dec. 1, 1821.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Kent, Little Chart – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Little Chart, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Little Chart – Church records ( 6 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1813; Bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chart (Kent)
Little Chart, Kent County, England, parish register transcripts : christenings, 1556-1717, marriages, 1562-1719, burials, 1564-1720
Author: Mulvey, R., Mrs.
Parish chest records for Little Chart, Kent, 1621-1895
Author: Little Chart (Kent)
The parish registers of Little Chart, 1538-1813
Author: Wilkie, Christopher Hales
Parish registers of Little Chart, 1538-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chart (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
England, Kent, Little Chart – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Little Chart, Kent, England
England, Kent, Little Chart – Land and property ( 1 )
Darell of Calehill manuscripts, 1150-1882, 1379-1718
England, Kent, Little Chart – Manors ( 2 )
Darell of Calehill manuscripts, 1150-1882, 1379-1718
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, Little Chart – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Darell of Calehill manuscripts, 1150-1882, 1379-1718
Author: Kent Archives Office
Manorial records of Pevington, 1825-1910
Author: Manor of Pevington. Court (Kent)
England, Kent, Little Chart – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Little Chart, Kent, 1621-1895
Author: Little Chart (Kent)
England, Kent, Little Chart – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Little Chart, Kent, 1621-1895
Author: Little Chart (Kent)
England, Kent, Little Chart – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Little Chart, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish chest records for Little Chart, Kent, 1621-1895
Author: Little Chart (Kent)
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Maps
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Administration
- Civil Registration District: West Ashford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Canterbury, Post-1863 – East Charing
- Poor Law Union: West Ashford
- Hundred: Calehill
- Province: Canterbury