Little Chart, Kent Family History Guide

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