Chalk, Kent Family History Guide
Chalk is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1661
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1719
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- East Tilbury
- Cobham
- Shorne
- Higham
- West Tilbury
- Denton
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHALK, a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent; on the river Thames and the North Kent railway, 2½ miles SE by E of Gravesend. It has a post office under Gravesend, and a fair on Whit-Monday. Acres, 2,246; of which 305 are water. Real property, with Denton, £5,177. Pop., 382. Houses, 74. The property is divided among a few. The surface is variously marshy and chalky. Gun flints of prime quality were formerly manufactured; and much fruit is sent to the London market. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of flint, very ancient and good; has two grotesque figures on the porch; and contains curious monuments and sedilia.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Kent
Civil Registration District: North Aylesford
Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester
Diocese: Rochester
Rural Deanery: Pre-1862 - Rochester, Post-1861 - Gravesend
Poor Law Union: North Aylesford
Hundred: Shamwell
Province: Canterbury