Bearstead is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Alternative names: Bearsted, Bersted
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1563
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Leeds
- Maidstone All Saints
- Boxley
- Thurnham
- Otham
- Hollingbourne
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BEARSTED, or Bersted, a parish in Maidstone district, Kent; on a tributary of the Medway river, 2½ miles E by S of Maidstone r. station. It has a post office under Maidstone.
Acres, 610. Real property, £2,636. Pop., 638. Houses, 132. The property is divided among a few. Some lands here were held by the Bertie family before the reign of Henry II.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £191. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is perpendicular English; and has a tower with three rude figures, said to refer to the name Bearsted.
There is a large national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Kent, Bersted
England, Kent, Bearsted – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bearsted, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Bearsted – Church records ( 6 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1599-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1563-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bearsted (Kent)
Bearsted (Kent) parish register extracts, 1563-1812
Author: Tyler, Frank Watt
Bearsted, Kent Count, England, parish register transcripts : christenings, 1655-1847; marriages, 1563-1837; burials, 1563-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bearsted (Kent); Mulvey, R., Mrs.
Parish chest records for Bearsted, 1566-1953
Author: Bearsted (Kent)
Parish registers for Bearsted, 1563-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bearsted (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish registers
Author: Kent Family History Society; Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)
England, Kent, Bearsted – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Bearsted or Bearstead, Kent, Eng
Parish register printouts of Bearsted, Kent, England ; marriages, 1563-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Bearsted, Kent, England, christenings, 1563-1847
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Kent, Bearsted – Land and property ( 1 )
Harnett collection, 1876, 1891
England, Kent, Bearsted – Probate records ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Bearsted, 1566-1953
Author: Bearsted (Kent)
England, Kent, Bearsted – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Bearsted, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish chest records for Bearsted, 1566-1953
Author: Bearsted (Kent)
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Maidstone
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
- Diocese: Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Sutton
- Poor Law Union: Maidstone
- Hundred: Eyhorne
- Province: Canterbury
