Chelsfield, Kent Family History Guide
Chelsfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent. Farnborough is a chapelry of Chelsfield.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1757
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Halstead
- Farnborough
- Shoreham
- Cudham
- Lullingstone
- Orpington
- Knockholt
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHELSFIELD, a parish in Bromley district, Kent; 2 ½ miles E of Farnborough r. station, and 6 ½ SE of Bromley. Post-town, Farnborough Station. Acres, 3,280. Real property, £4,710. Pop., 784. Houses, 148. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Farnborough, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £876. Patron, All Souls College, Oxford. The church is early English; and has four brasses. Charities, £23.
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: Bromley
Probate Court: Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester, Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Diocese: Pre-1845 - Rochester, Post-1844 - Canterbury
Rural Deanery: Pre-1864 - Dartford, Post-1863 - West Dartford
Poor Law Union: Bromley
Hundred: Ruxley
Province: Canterbury