England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Brookland lies in the extreme south of Kent forming a short stretch of the border with neighbouring Sussex. Brookland is located about 5 miles northeast of the market town of Rye in Sussex and sits adjacent to the A259 road which connects Rye with Romney and onwards to Folkestone. Most of Brookland lies to the south of the A259 grouped around the church but it has spread across in recent times too. Brookland sits in a much man-modified landscape of Romney Marsh, lying at or even below sea level the reclaimed land would have been dominated by grazing cattle on the rich pastures drained by the Sewers (as these drains are known locally. Local drainage funnels water from the marsh to reach the nearby English Channel, westwards and then south via the White Kemp Sewer to join the River Rother at Rye and thence to the Channel. Brookland sits at just 3 metres above the sea and within 3 miles there is scarcely a contour (other than that of zero) to be seen before land rises to the west onto the former island of Oxney. Brookland parish was relatively small for its area, covering just over 1,800 acres; its shape, however, is notable being extended on a northeast to southwest axis like its neighbours to catch a share of the local land types. Brookland parish would have supported a population of around 450 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Brookland in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 23rd November 1754 - 20th October 1812 | Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference
- P49/1/A/3 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 5 Register - the condition of this register is such that the transcript carries a "health warning" as to the likelihood of being substantially incorrect | Poor handwriting throughout and bad fading prior to 1780 make for a very challenging read given the overexposed media available in Maidstone. Many errors could have been expected had there not been an almost complete set of AT & BTs available to rescue some order |
2 | 27th April 1813 - 28th June 1837 | Kent History & Library Centre - Maidstone - Reference - P49/1/D/1 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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