Stansted is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Kent, created in 1844 from a chapelry in Wrotham Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Stanstead
Other places in the parish include: Fairseat
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1564
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1743
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Kemsing
- Platt
- Trottiscliffe
- Meopham
- Wrotham
- Ash
Parish History
Stansted
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STANSTEAD, a parish, with S. village and Fairseat hamlet, in Malling district, Kent; 5 miles SW by S of Meopham r. station, and 7 NE of Sevenoaks. Post town, Sevenoaks. Acres, 1,956. Real property, £2,371. Pop., 403. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £400. The church is good; and there is a parochial school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Fairseat
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Fairseat, a hamlet in Stanstead parish, Kent; 7 ½ miles NE of Sevenoaks.
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, Stansted
England, Kent, Stanstead – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Record of the monumental inscriptions for the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Stansted, Kent
Author: Meopham Housegroup (Kent); North West Kent Family History Society
England, Kent, Stanstead – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Stanstead, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Kent, Stanstead – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stanstead, 1813-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Parish register transcripts, 1670-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Sundridge (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Wilmington (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Wimbledon (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wrotham (Kent)
Parish registers for Stanstead, 1564-1952
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead (Kent); Kent Archives Office
The parish registers of Stansted, Kent, 1564-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead (Kent); Colyer-Fergusson, Thomas
England, Kent, Stanstead – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Stanstead, Kent, Eng
England, Kent, Stanstead – Land and property ( 2 )
Deeds presented by the District Education Officer, 1762
Manorial documents and deeds of Stansted etc., 1615-1710
England, Kent, Stanstead – Manors ( 2 )
James of Ightham manuscripts, 1568-1938, 1586-1938
Author: Kent Archives Office
Manorial documents and deeds of Stansted etc., 1615-1710
England, Kent, Stanstead – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers accounts, 1823-1899
Author: Stansted (Kent)
England, Kent, Stanstead – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Stanstead, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- Civil Registration District: Malling
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon and Shoreham, Post-1844 – Search the courts of surrounding parishes
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Rochester, Post-1844 – Canterbury
- Rural Deanery: Shoreham
- Poor Law Union: Malling
- Hundred: Wrotham
- Province: Canterbury
