Snave Kent Family History Guide

Snave is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Augustine

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1619
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1563

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SNAVE, a parish in Romney-Marsh district, Kent; 2¾ miles E of Appledore r. station, and 5 NW of New Romney. Post town, New Romney, under Folkestone.

Acres, 1,494. Real property, £3,621. Pop., 97. Houses, 20. The property is much subdivided.

The living is annexed to Snargate. The church is good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SNAVE (St. Augustine), a parish, in the union and liberty of Romney-Marsh, though locally in the hundreds of Aloesbridge, Ham, and Newchurch, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 4½ miles (N. W. by N.) from New Romney; containing 91 inhabitants.

It comprises by estimation 1455 acres, of which 200 are arable.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 7. 11., with the rectory of Snargate annexed; net income, £244; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a spacious edifice of stone, with a handsome tower.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Kent, Snave – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Monumental inscriptions from the church and churchyard of St. Augustine, Snave
Author: Harrington, Duncan W.; Kent Family History Society

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

England, Kent, Snave – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Romney Marsh census index 1851, piece no. HO107/1634
Author: Folkestone & District Family History Society

England, Kent, Snave – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
Romney Marsh surname census index 1891, piece no. RG12/0754 & RG12/0755
Author: Folkestone & District Family History Society

England, Kent, Snave – Church records ( 5 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1890
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Snave (Kent)

Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1914
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Snargate (Kent)

Parish chest records, 1678-1925
Author: Snave (Kent)

Parish registers for Snave, 1619-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Snave (Kent); Kent Archives Office

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

England, Kent, Snave – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1678-1925
Author: Snave (Kent)

England, Kent, Snave – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1678-1925
Author: Snave (Kent)

England, Kent, Snave – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Snave, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Administration

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