Kent Census

1851, other indexes

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North West Kent Family History Society		www.nwkfhs.org.uk
These indexes were originally published 1988-99 as booklets, showing for each individual their full name, age & folio reference. These booklets are now out of print but were republished as microfiche that can still be purchased direct from the Society - details on the Society website, under 'Publications'. From 2005 the Society is making the data available on CD-Rom, with linked page images. The original N.W.Kent FHS. volume numbers are shown in the table below.
	Map Volume Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Gr III.1 Greenwich Deptford St Paul & St Nicholas 1584-85 31,817 VII.1 Greenwich 1586-87 34,780 II. Woolwich 1588-89 32,179 Le IV. Lewisham All 1590-91 34,743 Br I. Bromley All 1606 17,731 Da V. Dartford All 1607 27,119 Sv VI.2 Sevenoaks All 1613 22,022 Total  200,391
1 Now also available on CD-Rom, with linked image pages. 2 Cooperative effort with Matthew Copus (see separate section, below).

North West Kent Family History Society		www.nwkfhs.org.uk
The Society's 'Search Service', postal requests only please to Mrs L. Meaden, 7 Middle Lane, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0BB. Please send s.a.e. or 2 IRC's. No charge but donations welcome.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population NA North Aylesford Some1 1609 8,588 Ml Malling Some2 1612 5,620 Total  14,208
1 Northfleet sub-district, i.e. Chalk, Cobham, Denton, Ifield, Luddesdown, Meopham, Northfleet, Nursted, Shorne. 2 Wrotham sub-district, i.e. Addington, Ightham, Offham, Stansted, Trottiscliffe, Wrotham.

Matthew Copus		matthew-copus@blueyonder.co.uk
Complete household, full name & age. Postal & email enquiries only please, to Mr M. Copus, 307 Dale Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6QR. No fee for initial enquiry by email. This is a card index, so computer printouts are not available. However in some instances it's more accurate than the online indexes, or may include further details helping to pin down an entry for a given person, e.g. under an unusual spelling variant. Matthew can if required provide a digital copy of an image.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Gv Gravesend All 1608 16,633 NA North Aylesford All 1609 16,569 Ho Hoo All 1609 2,845 Me Medway Rochester 1610 10,872 Ml Malling All 1612 19,579 Sv Sevenoaks All 1613 22,022 To Tonbridge All 1614-15 28,545 Md Maidstone All 1616-17 36,097 Ti Ticehurst Two1 1639   Total  c.153,000
1 Ticehurst RD is mainly in Sussex but includes two parishes in Kent: Frant & Lamberhurst. Index coverage also includes parts of the RDs of Ticehurst, Uckfield and East Grinstead, along or near the border with S.W.Kent. Total Kent+Sussex coverage is c.168,000 people.

Medway Archives		http://cityark.medway.gov.uk
Unpublished card index at Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, Civic Centre, Strood, Rochester, Kent ME2 4AU
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population NA North Aylesford Some1 1609 6,752 Ho Hoo All 1609 2,845 Me Medway Rochester & Chatham 1610-11 33,271 Total  42,868
1 Cliffe-at-Hoo, Frindsbury, Strood, Halling.

Gillingham Library
Unpublished card index at Gillingham Central Library, High Street, Gillingham, ME7 1BG.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Me Medway Gillingham 1611 9,525 Total  9,525

Tom Wood
Surname only (full household); postal enquiries only to Mr T. Wood, 4 Georgian Houses, Ludborough Road, North Thoresby, Grimsby  DN36 5RF. Also covers 1891 Sheppey & Milton
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Sh Sheppey All 1628 13,385 Total  13,385

Geoff Swinfield		enquiries@gsgs.co.uk
Dr G. Swinfield, 42 Lower Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 7NG. Index contains head of household only (full name).
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Hl Hollingbourn All 1618 13,751 Cr Cranbrook All 1619 13,069 Te Tenterden All 1620 11,279 WA West Ashford All 1621 13,314 EA East Ashford All 1622 11,960 Br Bridge All 1623 11,164 Bl Blean All 1625 14,661 Fv Faversham All 1626 16,684 Ea Eastry Most1 1631 15,479 Total  121,361
1 Covered to folio 550, i.e. all apart from Deal & Walmer parishes.

Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies
'The 1851 Census Index of Kent - Volume 1, Thanet Registration District'. Booklet compiled by G.M. Swinfield and pub. 1984 by the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies, Canterbury. Now out of print but available for reference at libraries & record offices, including the Family Records Centre. Surname only.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Th Thanet All 1629-30 31,798 Total  31,798

Kent Family History Society		www.kfhs.org.uk
These indexes are published on microfiche or CD-Rom, and are all available for purchase.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population To Tonbridge Some1 1614 13,698 Cr Cranbrook All2 1619 13,069 Md Maidstone Maidstone only3 1617 20,740 Mi Milton Two4 1627 751 WA West Ashford Ashford only5 1621 5,007 EA East Ashford Chilham only6 1622 1,247 Bl Blean All7 1625 14,661 Ca Canterbury Canterbury8 1624 14,100 Ea Eastry All9,10 1631 25,162 Do Dover Some11 1632 21,568 Total  130,003
1 m/fiche #1869 (surnames A-L) & #1889 (surnames M-Z). Covers Bidborough, Ashurst, Speldhurst & part of Tonbridge parish (i.e. Southborough & part of Tunbridge Wells). Index originally compiled by Matthew Copus (see above). 2 All included on CD-Rom13, also available separately as m/fiche #1950 (Benenden), #1951 (Cranbrook), #1952 (Frittenden), #1953 (Goudhurst), #1954 (Hawkhurst), #1955 (Sandhurst). 3 m/fiche #2010, also included on CD-Rom13. 4 m/fiche #2017 (Lower Halstow, includes 1861-71), #2019 (Upchurch, includes 1841-91). Both also included on CD-Rom13. 5 m/fiche #1525 6 m/fiche #1663, includes PR's 1800-51. 7 m/fiche #1959, also CD-Rom06 (which includes Deal, in Eastry R.D.). Full transcript with overall index, includes the city of Canterbury parishes in the detached part of Blean (see map). 8 m/fiche #2021, also included on Cd-Rom13. 9 Cd-Rom13 covers the whole of Eastry R.D, as well as Canterbury R.D. 1851 and various other parishes (>94,000 records). 10 M/fiche #2022 covers most Eastry parishes (Ash, Betteshanger, Barfrestone, Chillenden, Elmstone, Eastry, Eythorne, Goodnestone, Gt Mongeham, Ham, Little mongeham, Northbourne, Nonington, Preston, Sandwich, Shoulden, Staple, Stourmouth, Sutton, Tilmanstone, Walmer, Wingham, Woodnesborough, Worth); remainder covered by #1853 (Deal), #844 (Ripple), #847 (Sutton); Deal can also be found on the Eastry CD-Rom. 11 Separate microfiche indexes covering all years 1841-81: #834 (Poulton & River), #835 (Whitfield), #836 (Guston), #837 (St Margaret at Cliffe), #838 (Westcliffe), #839 (Oxney), #840 (East Langdon), #841 (West Langdon), #845 (Ringwould), #846 (Kingsdown). These are mostly(?) handwritten transcripts with surname indexes. Also, m/fiche #1835 covers Guston, Hougham, Buckland, Dover St James & Dover St Mary.

Martyn Webster
'Alphabetical Index to the 1851 Census for Dover, Kent'. Published privately on microfiche in seven parts, 1993-97. Coverage is Surname, Forename, Age and Birthplace. Arranged alphabetically by surname. Copy available at Family Records Centre (& other libraries?)
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population Do Dover Some1 1632 22,293 Total  22,293
1 Part 1 (Charlton by Dover & Guston), Part 2 (Dover Castle etc. & East Cliffe), Part 3 (Hougham & Western Heights, Part 4 (Buckland & Union Workhouse), Part 5 (Dover St James), Part 6 (Dover St Mary), Part 7 (Overall surname index).

Folkestone & District Family History Society		www.folkfhs.org.uk
Indexes published on microfiche, diskette and CD-Rom. Coverage is Surname, Forename, Relationship, Status, Age and Where born. Arranged alphabetically by surname.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population El Elham All1 1633 18,870 RM Romney Marsh All2 1634 5,437 Total  24,307
1 m/fiche MF003 (Hythe), MF004 ('Elham & surrounding villages'), MF005 ('Folkestone including Shorncliffe Barracks'). 2 m/fiche MF002 (all parishes in Romney Marsh Registration District, separate alphabetical sequence for each parish). Note - also available on 3.5" diskette. Both Registration Districts also available together on a single CD-Rom (CD-1).

Folkestone Library
Unpublished index at Folkestone Library, 2 Grace Hill, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1HD.
	Map Reg.District Parishes H.O.107 Population El Elham All 1633 18,870 RM Romney Marsh All 1634 5,437 Total  24,307

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7 Sep 2005, update Jul 2018