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Hi,
I'm looking for parish records for the village of Lower Halstow. Does anyone know which parish it's in and or whether the records have survived. I'm looking particularly for baptisms around 1800 - 1830.
Thanks
Adrianne
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Post 1837 it was in the Milton District, but ParLoc calls it just Halstow - a Parish in its own right ...
The following list of Parishes are within a
5 Mile Radius of Halstow, P, KEN, ENG.
Parish Name Type,County,Country,OsRef Distance & Direction
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Bapchild P KEN ENG TQ9262 4.9 South East
Bobbing P KEN ENG TQ8865 1.8 South East
Borden P KEN ENG TQ8862 3.3 South by South East
Bredgar P KEN ENG TQ8860 4.5 South by South East
Elmley P KEN ENG TQ9467 5.0 East
Halstow P KEN ENG TQ8667 0.0
Hartlip P KEN ENG TQ8364 2.6 South West
Iwade P KEN ENG TQ8967 1.9 East
Milton by Sittingbourne P KEN ENG TQ9064 3.1 South East
Murston P KEN ENG TQ9264 4.2 East by South East
Newington (Gillingham) P KEN ENG TQ8464 2.2 South by South West
Queenborough P KEN ENG TQ9172 4.4 North East
Rainham P KEN ENG TQ8165 3.3 West by South West
Sittingbourne P KEN ENG TQ9063 3.5 South East
Stockbury P KEN ENG TQ8461 3.9 South by South West
Tonge P KEN ENG TQ9365 4.5 East by South East
Tunstall P KEN ENG TQ8961 4.2 South by South East
Upchurch P KEN ENG TQ8467 1.2 West
Hopefully someone on here will know how to access the PRs as they arent on the IGI ...
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Thanks ScRoppers, didn't realise it would be the name of the parish too!
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No, there is a place called Lower Halstow - but in terms of an actual Parish name, its just Halstow according to ParLoc - so possibly an area within the Parish itself ?
Just noticed that there is a Parish 'High Halstow' on the IGI .... might be worth a prod ?
High Halstow
Baptisms Batch C131372 1735-1874
Marriages Batch M131372 1735-1836
Looking again, they arent close together tho .... sorry
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Lower Halstow is the name of the actual parish (church of St Margaret) in East Kent near Sittingbourne (High Halstow comes under West Kent) and the church records are at the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone. Sittingbourne library do hold copies of some parish registers for their area but I'm not sure whether they have those for Lower Halstow :-\
Some entries from the Lower Halstow registers have been transcribed and are available on CD from the Kent Family History Society too (bp 1692-1876 ............... m 1692-1837 ............ bur 1691-1812) http://www.kfhs.org.uk/public2.htm
and, of course, we can always hope that some kind Rootschatter may be able to help out if they have access to the baptisms etc. :-\
Casalguidi
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Have you tried Medway City ark? I think I have seen High halstow on there, not too sure about Lower though....
Good luck......Iris :)
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Thank you, everyone!!
Yes, I knew about High Halstow. I have a married couple, him from Lower Halstow, her from High Halstow :D
I've checked out the Cityark site before (Great site!!!!) and have found High Halstow but not Lower and why :(
It's great to know that records exist. Will just need to wait and see :)
Thanks again
Adrianne
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Hi Adrianne,
This is my understanding of why you will not find what you seek on the Medway CityArc site. If I am incorrect, someone will correct me and we will all be better informed.
Medway is a part of Kent that is self governed. Because of this you may not always find them included in data bases that the rest of Kent includes. Medway used to be the sub-districts of Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester and the parishes included within them. The CityArc site does include some Parishes that do surround these main Sub-districts.
High Halstow is part of the Hoo Registration District and Lower Halstow is part of the Milton Registration District. It looks like Hoo is included in the CityArc database but only the Parish of Rainham is included from the Milton Registration District as it was a boarding Parish.
For a better idea of the old Registration Districts, you can see maps of each at the following website: www.kent-opc.org.uk Another thought would be to contact the library in Halstow. I have found that the librarians are very helpful when you get stuck. It doesn't hurt to ask. Lower Halstow is known as Halstow now.
I hope that helps,
Nancy
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I think that Lower Halstow is in the Diocese of Canterbury whereas High Halstow is in the Diocese of Rochester.
This may explain why the records for High Halstow are with the Medway Archives.
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Lower Halstow has a website which includes the 1851 and 1901 census.
http://www.lowerhalstow.org.uk/census/index.asp
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Thanks everyone!
I have all the census information I can currently use for my guy in Lower Halstow. My problem is, without a birth record I don't know his mother's name so can't pinpoint his family. All I can do is make speculations and notice coincidences with family names :'(
Unless someone knows another way of finding a mother's name.... :-\
Adrianne
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Hi Adrianne
There appears to now be some records for Lower Halstow (baptisms for girls pre 1812) on the IGI http://www.familysearch.org - search by batch number C033828
Casalguidi :)
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Thanks Casalguidi :) :) :)
I had a look. No one with the surname I'm looking for (Wildish) :'(
Adrianne
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Hope these help.
Baptisms Lower Halstow.
Wildash Henrietta Frances 21/06/1868
Parents Henry & Effield -Brickmaker
Wildish Minnie 16/8/1874 - Brickmaker
Same parents
Wildish Emma 17/10/1869 Ditto
Same Parents
Wildish Effield 9/4/1871 Ditto
Same parents
Wildish Flora 6/10/1872 Ditto
Same parents
Parents
Wildish
Elizabeth Frances 6/9/1846 Henry& Hannah Brickmaker
Henry 6/2/1848 ditto Labourer
John 28/10/1849 ditto ditto
Harriett Anna 7/9/1851 ditto ditto
Wildish Parents
Alfred 15/5/1851 James & Mary Labourer
Parents
Wildish
Mary Ann 17/2/1846 John & Sarah Labourer
Sarah Ann 24/9/1847 Ditto Ditto
Parents
Wildish
John 28/1/1816 William & Sophia Labourer
Harry 14/12/1817 Ditto Husbandman
Thomas 12/3/1820 Ditto Labourer
Thomas 18/5/1823 Ditto Ditto
William 18/12/1825 Ditto Ditto
Victoria
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THANKYOU Victoria !!! ;D ;D ;D
You're amazing! Yes, the last family is them! I had a John bn c1817 to a William and one of John's daughter's has a middle name Sophia.
Thankyou, this info is very much appreciated ;D
Adrianne :D
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Your welcome, glad to help. :)
Victoria :)
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Hi Victoria :)
The family second from the bottom of the list is mine too! With an extra child I wasn't aware of :D
I was wondering... the source you obtained this info from, was it a transcription or the actual image. The reason I'm asking is that there is a Henry Wildish that keeps popping up along side my family and I had tentatively presumed :-\ that he was a brother of John. Is it possible that the Harry in the last family is actually a Henry??
Adrianne :D
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Hi Adrianne, :)
Men who were given name of Henry were sometimes called Harry, it has happened in our family. Will send you pm.
Victoria :)
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Just a note to maybe clear the confusion of why Rainham is included in the City Ark project.
Until 1929 Rainham was part of Milton District and therefore under the borough of Swale. Then we became part of Gillingham and therefore Medway. Quite a few of the road names in Rainham had to change as they already existed in Gillingham and as far as I am aware the only duplicate left is the High Street. Although I must admit we have always had a bit of an identity crisis as until the postcode system began most of our post went via Rainham in Essex before it was redirected to us!
Hope this may be of help to someone
Happy hunting
Tina ;)