England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Charing lies in central Kent about 6 miles northwest of the market town of Ashford. Charing is a large village which sits at the junction of the A20 (Maidstone to Ashford) road with the A252 which heads towards Canterbury. Most of the properties of the village lie within the "Y" shape of that fork but it has expanded outside that original span in more recent times. Charing is dominated by the site of the Archbishop's Palace, now a farm next to the church, this former palace is also believed to have been a residence of King John at one time. More modern developments passing nearby include the London to Dover rail line as well as the modern M20 motorway. Charing is also an important stopping point on the North Downs Way National Trail which passes along the old Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury just a half mile north. Whilst Charing's economy would have been underpinned by farming, a broad regime including the usual arable and pastures but also orchards and many hop gardens, was supplemented by quarrying of the local chalk from Charing Hill. Small tributaries drain southwards from Charing to the nearby River Great Stour which makes its way to the North Sea through Ashford & Canterbury to the port of Sandwich. Charing, sitting at the foot of the North Downs, is sited at around 100 metres above the sea but the Downs rise sharply to the north to twice that height within a mile. Charing parish was one of the larger in extent in this area, it covered over 4,500 acres and would have supported a population of around 1,200 parishioners. In Domesday times Charing was a possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury, boasting an impressive 31 ploughs, meadows & woodland (including no fewer than 26 swine render) and also possessed a mill making it a wealthy holding, indeed. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 21st April 1754 - 21st November 1812 | Kent History & Library Centre - Reference -
P78/1/A/4 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | The register suffers markedly from fading making for a difficult read at times, there are likely to be a few misreads as a consequence |
2 | 4th December 1813 - 4th March 1837 | Kent History & Library Centre - Reference -
P78/1/D/1 |
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading whilst less prevalent than in the previous register is still sufficient to produce a slight caveat as to the likelihood of misreads |
Lenham
St Mary
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Lenham
St Mary
Otterden St Lawrence |
Stalisfield
St Mary
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Lenham
St Mary
Egerton St James |
Westwell
St Mary
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Pluckley
St Nicholas
Little Chart St Mary |
Westwell
St Mary
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