Appledore, Kent Family History Guide

Appledore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent. Ebony is a chapelry of Appledore

Alternative names: Appledore with Ebony

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1700
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

    Parish History

    The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

    APPLEDORE, a village and a parish in Tenterden district, Kent. The village stands on the Military canal, on a branch of the river Rother, on the W border of Romney marsh, 1½ mile W of a station of its own name on the Ashford and Hastings railway, and 6 ESE of Tenterden. It has a post office under Staplehurst; and it formerly had a weekly market, and still has a fair on the 4th Monday in June.

    It once was a seaport, on the quondam estuary of the Rother; and it was assailed by the Danes in the time of King Alfred, and by the French in 1380.

    The parish comprises 3,001 acres. Real property, £6,184. Pop. 640. Houses, 132. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is rich meadowy pasture. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; and includes the curacy of Ebony. Value, £200. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has a singular projection from the N side of the nave, and is a strange mixture of Norman, early English, and decorated; but has been greatly altered, and is in good condition.

    Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

    Parish Records

    FamilySearch

    England, Kent, Appledore – Census ( 1 )
    Census returns for Appledore, 1841-1891
    Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

    England, Kent, Appledore – Church records ( 6 )
    Appledore (Kent) parish register extracts, 1563-1812
    Author:    Tyler, Frank Watt

    Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1898
    Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Appledore (Kent)

    Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1566-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1898
    Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ebony (Kent)

    Parish chest records for Appledore, 1792-1900
    Author:    Appledore (Kent)

    Parish registers for Appledore, 1503-1990
    Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Appledore (Kent); Kent Archives Office

    Parish registers
    Author:    Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)

    England, Kent, Appledore – History ( 1 )
    A history of Appledore
    Author:    Winnifrith, John, Sir

    England, Kent, Appledore – Land and property ( 4 )
    Deeds etc., of Appledore, Egerton, etc., 1396-1822

    Deeds of Appledore, 1581-1871

    Deeds of Well House, Appledore, 1698-1941

    Title deeds of Kent, 1702-1953

    England, Kent, Appledore – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
    Parish chest records for Appledore, 1792-1900
    Author:    Appledore (Kent)

    England, Kent, Appledore – Taxation ( 3 )
    Land tax assessment for Appledore, 1780-1831
    Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

    Land tax assessments for Ivychurch, Appledore, and Brookland, 1780- 1831
    Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

    Parish chest records for Appledore, 1792-1900
    Author:    Appledore (Kent)

    Directories

    Universal British Directory 1791

    Is situated on the south side of the county, nine miles west from New Romney, and 54 from London, in the direct road to Tenterden, on the banks of the river Rother.  It had anciently a market, which has long been disused, but has a fair in July.  Here is a court-leet, which extends itself over Town-borough and Horse-borough.  It is said, the sea flowed up formerly as far as this town.

    Gentleman

    Butler Abraham, Esq. (F.)

    Clergy

    Rice Rev. –

    Traders &c.

    Adams Thomas, (F.) Grazier

    Boon James, (F.) Grazier

    Boon William, (F.) Grazier & Farmer

    Boon John, (F.) Grazier

    Boon Richard (F.) Grazier & Farmer

    Boasden John, Blacksmith

    Brown William, Carpenter

    Eve John, (F.) Grazier

    Geering Wm. (F.) Grazier & Farmer

    Hodges Joseph, (F.) Grazier

    Henley Samuel, (F.) Grazier

    Hollons Thomas, Taylor and Draper

    Hedger Daniel, Sadler

    Munk John, (F.) Grazier

    Munk George, (F.) Grazier

    Munk Jeffery, sen. (F.) Grazier

    Munk Jeffery, jun. (F.) Grazier

    Munk John, (F.) Carpenter

    Payne William, sen. (F.) Boot and Shoe-maker

    Payne William, jun. Boot and Shoe-maker

    Payne Edward, Peruke-maker

    Palmer Matthew, (F.) Mason

    Peckham William, Shopkeeper

    Russell Thomas, (F.) Victualler

    Relfe Joseph, Shopkeeper

    Stricklan William, sen. Grazier

    Stricklan William, jun. Grazier

    Stricklan Edward, Grazier

    Tilden Thomas, Grazier

    Tolhurst William, Taylor and Draper

    Wickhams Edward, Butcher

    Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Vol. 2.

    Maps

    Vision of Britain historical maps

    Administration

    • County: Kent
    • Civil Registration District: Tenterden
    • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
    • Diocese: Canterbury
    • Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 – Lympne, Post-1863 – North Lympne
    • Poor Law Union: Tenterden
    • Hundred: Blackbourne; Romney Marsh Liberty
    • Province: Canterbury