Cuxton, Kent Family History Guide

Cuxton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1719

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Cobham
  • Wouldham
  • Rochester St Margaret
  • Luddesdown
  • Strood St Nicholas
  • Halling

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Cuxton, a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent; on the river Medway, and the Strood and Maidstone railway, 2 ¾ miles SW by S of Strood. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Rochester.

Acres, 1,756; of which 70 are water. Real property, £2,189. Pop., 441. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £346. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is old, and was reported in 1859 to need repair.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Kent, Cuxton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cuxton, 1719-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cuxton (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Parish register transcripts, 1560-1914
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cuxton (Kent); Kent Archives Office

The parish registers of Cuxton, Kent
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cuxton (Kent); Colyer-Fergusson, Thomas

England, Kent, Cuxton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Cuxton, Kent, Eng

England, Kent, Cuxton – Manors ( 1 )
Marsham manuscripts, 16th-18th century : manorial and literary documents
Author: Manor of Boxley (Kent); Manor of Cuxton. Court (Kent); Manor of Paddlesworth and Pottins (Kent); Kent Archives Office

England, Kent, Cuxton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Cuxton, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: North Aylesford
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester
  • Diocese: Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Rochester
  • Poor Law Union: North Aylesford
  • Hundred: Shamwell
  • Province: Canterbury