Swalecliffe Kent Family History Guide

Swalecliffe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Kent.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Herne Bay Christ Church
  • Herne
  • Whitstable
  • Hackington
  • Blean
  • Dunkirk

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWALECLIFF, a parish in Blean district, Kent; on the coast, 2 miles E by N of Whitstable r. station. Post town, Whitstable, under Canterbury.

Acres, 1,297; of which 335 are water. Real property, £1,754. Pop., 168. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £315. Patron, Earl Cowper.

There are a slightly endowed school, and a coastguard station.

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, Swalecliff

England, Kent, Swalecliffe – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions : abt. 1700-1900

St. John the Baptist, Swalecliffe, Kent : monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard
Author: Kent Family History Society

England, Kent, Swalecliffe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Swalecliffe, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Kent, Swalecliffe – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeacon’s transcripts, 1560-1812; Bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1881
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swalecliffe (Kent)

Parish registers for Swalecliffe, 1558-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swalecliffe (Kent)

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

England, Kent, Swalecliffe – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
A Selection of Kent parish register transcripts
Author: Kent Family History Society. Global Branch (England)

England, Kent, Swalecliffe – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Swalecliff, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent); Kent Archives Office

Administration

  • Civil Registration District: Blean
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury
  • Diocese: Canterbury
  • Rural Deanery: Westbere
  • Poor Law Union: Blean
  • Hundred: Bleangate
  • Province: Canterbury