Lower Halstow

[Adrianne]

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

[Necromancer]

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
   ===========                          =========================   ====================
 
 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 ...

[Adrianne]

Thanks ScRoppers, didn't realise it would be the name of the parish too!

[Necromancer]

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

[casalguidi]

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

[domino]

Have you tried Medway City ark? I think I have seen High halstow on there, not too sure about Lower though....
Good luck......Iris 

[Adrianne]

Thank you, everyone!!

Yes, I knew about High Halstow. I have a married couple, him from Lower Halstow, her from High Halstow

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

[atth2o]

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

[bearkat]

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.