England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Gillingham lies in north central Kent, indeed it forms part of Kent's northern coast, in this case with the Medway Estuary. Gillingham is located about 2 miles north of the port & military centre of Chatham. Gillingham itself was a port in its own right with quays on the Medway and a mixture of trade and naval activity. Gillingham is located on and around the A289 road which loops northwards from the A2 (London to Canterbury) road and accesses the docks. Gillingham has a long and continuing involvement in military affairs, in the Middle Ages it is alleged a massacre of 600 noblemen, the retinue of King Alfred were murdered by the Danes under Earl Godwin. Subsequently it and neighbouring Chatham were attacked by the Dutch fleet in Stuart times. Modern Gillingham has spread dramatically and is now contiguous with both Chatham & Rochester, plus several former villages into the Medway conurbation. At the time of this transcript Gillingham was a separate and large village & port, its economy dominated by the port and a hinterland with a mixed farming economy including arable, pastoral and hop growing. As a coastal settlement Gillingham is drained by just small streams entering the Medway. Gillingham is sited at sea level but rising to 30 metres above the sea around the church, the land is gently rolling inland of the town. Gillingham parish was one of the larger in the area, it covered around 4,500 acres, the population showed fairly rapid growth through the period of this transcript, Gillingham almost trebled in size to a population of around 6,700 parishioners. In Domesday Book Gillingham was largely held by the Archbishop of Canterbury with a small holding for Bishop Odo of Bayeux, it could offer 20 ploughs, small meadows, woodlands and pastures plus 2 mils and 3 fisheries. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 13th July 1754 - 31st August 1770 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/19 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | Heavy soiling, in particular to the top left entry of each double spread, when combined with a tricky hand makes it likely there will be some misreads |
2 | 2nd September 1770 - 29th September 1783 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/20a | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 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 tricky hand continues into this register making for
a possibility of a few misreads NB this register is bound with its successor into a single archival deposit |
3 | 18th October 1783 - 11th February 1790 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/20b | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is bound with its predecessor into a single archival deposit |
4 | 22nd January 1791 - 26th December 1804 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/21 | 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 |
5 | 1st January 1805 - 25th December 1812 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/22 | 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 |
6 | 19th January 1813 - 17th September 1820 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/22 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
7 | 18th September 1820 - 25th July 1831 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/23 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
8 | 8th August 1831 - 26th June 1837 | Medway Archives Centre - Reference - P153/1/24 | 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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All Saints
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Frindsbury
All Saints
Chatham St Mary |
Rainham St
Margaret
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Boxley
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Boxley All
Saints
Bredhurst St Peter |
Bredhurst
St Peter
Detling St Margaret |
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