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Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Eythorne lies in southeastern Kent about 7 miles north of the port of Dover. Eythorne is made up the main village of Eythorne and the smaller settlement, which contains the church, of Lower Eythorne, the two separated by the former Dover to Sandwich branch rail line - now a heritage line. The combination builds to a large village which sits in lanes a mile west of the A256 road which connects Dover with Sandwich. The area nearby was home to the east Kent coalfield but Eythorne had no mine, the nearest being at Tilmanstone about 2 miles northeast but which undoubtedly employed many Eythorne men, the remaining economy was based on agriculture the rolling chalk downland being used largely for pastoral farming. There is little surface drainage in Eythorne parish, the chalk being porous, however a dry valley heads northeastwards and eventually the North Stream runs upon the surface to reach the Stour near Sandwich and the North Sea through Pegwell Bay. Eythorne sits on something of a ridge at around 80 metres above the sea, Lower Eythorne being some 10 metres lower; the area around is gently rolling chalk downland with local heights reaching to almost 120 metres within a couple of miles. Eythorne parish was fairly typically sized for this area of Kent, it covered just over 1,300 acres and would have supported a population of about 400 parishioners. In Domesday times Eythorne was a possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury and could boast an impressive 43 ploughs as well as small meadow. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 25th March 1754 - 29th April 1812 | Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/151/1/5 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 15th March 1813 - 21st December 1836 | Canterbury Cathedral Archives - Reference - U3/151/1/6 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Nonington
St Mary
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Nonington
St Mary
Tilmanstone St Andrew |
Tilmanstone
St Andrew
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Barfrestone
St Nicholas
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Shepherdswell
St Andrew
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Coldred St
Pancras
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