Ashford Genealogical Records
Ashford Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of registers the recorded vaccinations against diseases. The registers include the receiver's date of birth, name of a parent, address and their parent's occupation.
A searchable transcript of Ashford baptism registers. The transcriptions essentially record births in and around Ashford between 1693 and 1925.
A searchable database containing transcriptions of the baptism registers of Ashford. These records detail relationships between parents and their children and may detail where they lived and how they made a living.
Over 130,000 extracted baptism from 207 parishes in Kent. The names of those involved can be searched via an index and are connected to images of the transcription notebooks.
Ashford Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of marriages from the parish registers of Ashford. They may list residence, marital status, witnesses and more.
A searchable transcript of the marriage registers of Ashford. Church marriage registers are the primary source for pre-1837 marriages. They may record the bride and groom's residence, the groom's occupation, parents' names, marital status and witnesses.
Over 55,000 extracted marriages from 207 parishes in Kent. The names of those involved can be searched via an index and are connected to images of the transcription notebooks.
Abstracts of marriages licences granted by the Diocese of Canterbury. These records can contain more details than marriage records, including details such as age, occupation, residence and names of parents or guardians.
Ashford Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of Ashford burial registers. They may list the age of the deceased, their residence and name of relations.
A searchable transcript of burials recorded at Ashford. These records essentially record deaths in and around Ashford between 1693 and 1906. Details may include the age of the deceased, their residence and name of relations.
Burial records covering those buried at St Francis of Assisi?, Ashford_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Over 100,000 extracted burials from the registers of 207 parishes in Kent. The names of those involved can be searched via an index and are connected to images of the transcription notebooks.
Ashford Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Browsable images of Kent electoral rolls poll books, which list those eligible to vote as well as lists of freemen, apprentices, burgess records and militia musters.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Ashford
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Hythe district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the Whitstable district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A conservative-oriented newspaper reporting on local news, births, marriages and deaths in the two counties.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the counties of Kent and Sussex. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A regional paper including news from the Kent area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Ashford Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Summaries of legacies and other details from wills relating to Ashford.
An index to probates and administrations held at Canterbury Probate Registry. Contains details on the testator, type of grant, residence, occupation and reference to order the original.
Abstracts and references to 10,000s of wills and probate documents, primarily from East Kent.
Browsable images of inventories. Also includes freeman papers for Queenborough.
Ashford Immigration & Travel Records
A small list of convicts transported to the colonies.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Ashford Military Records
A great deal of information relating to the regiment, including a thorough history, biographical details, photographs, information on honours etc.
A general history of the yeomanry, including extracts from original records
A volume from the most respected work concerning English history. It covers military history, country houses, industry, roads and a transcription of Domesday entries relating to Kent.
A finding aid for records detailing orders relating to ordinary rank men in the Royal West Kent Regiment.
Details of voluntary aid workers in Kent during WWI.
Ashford Court & Legal Records
Registers recording details of around 9,000 prisoners held in ships stationed in Kent. Records describe a convict's name, age, place of birth, physical description, offence, conviction, sentence, discharge and conduct report.
Over 70,000 browsable pages detailing the administration of poor law unions in Kent. Records contain details on births, marriages & deaths; punishments; admissions and discharges and more.
A name index to 1,000s of people mentioned in legal records relating to crime and administration. The records include settlements, removals and bastardy orders.
Legal records covering a variety of issues from land to bastardy.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Ashford Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Browsable images of registers that record owners and occupiers of land. Useful for tracing succession of freehold and tenancies.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Ashford Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Browsable images of registers that record owners and occupiers of land. Useful for tracing succession of freehold and tenancies.
Browsable images of Kent electoral rolls poll books, which list those eligible to vote as well as lists of freemen, apprentices, burgess records and militia musters.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Ashford Directories & Gazetteers
A gazetteer and directory of part of Kent.
A directory of settlements in Kent detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Ashford Cemeteries
Transcriptions of thousands of memorials and headstones found in Kent.
Photographs and descriptions of Kent's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Ashford Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Ashford Histories & Books
A sprawling work containing a detailed history of the county and each parish.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A volume from the most respected work concerning English history. It covers military history, country houses, industry, roads and a transcription of Domesday entries relating to Kent.
Photographs and images of churches in Kent.
Photographs of parish churches in Hampshire, with architectural details and extracts from the 1851 ecclesiastical census.
Ashford School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Ashford Occupation & Business Records
A calendar to licences granted by Diocese of Canterbury to teachers, physicians and apothecaries.
Articles detailing several smuggling gangs that operated in the county.
An introduction to smuggling in on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Histories of Kent pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Ashford
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Kent's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
A collection of pedigrees, family notes and historical extracts relating to Kent and its families.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Ashford Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Kent's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Kent's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Ashford Church Records
The parish registers of Ashford are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Over 180,000 extracted entries from the registers of 207 parishes in Kent. The names of those involved can be searched via an index and are connected to images of the transcription notebooks.
Extracts relating to the ecclesiastical history of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury.
Photographs of parish churches in Hampshire, with architectural details and extracts from the 1851 ecclesiastical census.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Biographical Directories Covering Ashford
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Ashford Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Ashford Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
Ashford, twelve miles from Hithe, is pleasantly situated on an eminence; the ground sloping on every side from the town. The houses are in general modern and well-built, and the High Street, which was new-paved a few years since, is of considerable width.
The Market-house stands in the centre of the town and the church and school on the south side.
The church is a large and handsome building, consisting of a nave, aisles, and three chantels, with a lofty and well-proportioned tower in the middle. It contains several ancient monuments and brasses, among which are some fine and interesting memorials to the family of Fogge, once of great celebrity in this neighbourhood, but now extinct. The free Grammar School of this place was founded by Sir Norton Knalchbull, in the reign of Charles I.
Here was formerly a weekly market, which is now fallen into disuse; but there are markets well-attended for the sale of livestock, on the first and third Tuesdays in every month. Ashford is remarkable for being well supplied with good fish of various kinds, and is in many other respects a desirable place of residence.
ASHFORD, which derives its name from its situation on the Esshe, or Esshet, the western branch of the Stour, is a market town and parish, on the road from London to Folkestone, with a junction station on the main line of the South Eastern and Chatham railway to Folkestone and Dover, and with branch lines to Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate, Maidstone and southwards to Hastings, Lydd and Dungeness. The former London, Chatham and Dover terminal station here is now (1903) closed. Ashford is 52 miles from London by road and 54 by railway, 20 by railway from Dover, 14 south-west from Canterbury, 30 south-west from Ramsgate, 34 south-west from Margate, 15 north-west from Folkestone, 31 south-west from Sandwich, 35 west from Deal, 11 north-west from Hythe, 16 north from Rye, 18 south-east from Maidstone by road, 31 east-by-north from Tunbridge Wells, 26 east from Tonbridge and 26 from Hastings; it is the head of a county court district and petty sessional division, in the Southern division of the county, hundreds of Ashford and of Chart and Long-bridge, lathe of Scray, West Ashford union and in the rural deanery of East Charing, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury.
In consequence of its position, as a central station, and the site of the principal locomotive and carriage works of the South Eastern and Chatham railway being located here, Ashford has become a place of considerable importance, and now comprises the old and new towns. The “Local Government Act, 1858” (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98), was adopted March 10, 1863, but the town is now governed by an Urban District Council constituted under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73); water is supplied from works the property of the Council, the pumping station being at Henwood; and gas by the Urban Council, who acquired the works, previously belonging to a company, in 1897; these works are close to the town and adjoin the railway. The water supply is obtained from wells at Henwood, with adits constructed in 1900, ab a cost of £8,000, and is delivered into two reservoirs, one having a capacity of 36,000 gallons, and the other, opened in 1898, of 280,000 gallons. The sewerage works were completed in 1888 at a cost of £14,000, and a sewage farm of about 8 acres formed, which, with receiving tanks, are ab Bybrook, half a mile north-east of the town; a pumping station has also been erected at South Ashford.
The church of St. Mary is a cruciform building of Kentish rag, mainly in the Perpendicular style, and has a central tower containing 10 bells and a clock with two dials and carillon chimes, erected in 1885 ab a cost of about £600, in 1898 one bell was re-cast and the whole rehung with new fittings, at a cost of £200; there are several brasses; some fine monuments to the Smythes of Westenhanger, and a number of memorial windows; the church was reconstructed in the reign of Edward IV. by Sir John Fogge; it has since been enlarged, and now affords 1,750 sittings, of which about 500 are free. The register, in which there are many curious entries, particularly during the Commonwealth dates from the year 1570. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, with 10 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Peter Francis Tindall M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, hon. canon of Canterbury, rural dean of East Charing and surrogate. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are owners of the great tithes.
Christ Church, South Ashford, a chapel of ease to the parish church, is of Kentish rag, in the Transition style, and has a turret containing one bell; it was erected in 1867 at a cost of about £4,500 and affords 600 sittings.
The Catholic church, dedicated to St. Teresa, and erected in 1865, was completed in 1892, and will seat 150 persons. There is a Congregational chapel, founded in 1662, and a Baptist in 1653, and Bible Christian and Wesleyan chapels, and a meeting house for the Society of Friends, seating 220. The Cemetery, situated about a quarter of a mile north of the church, contains about 9 acres of land, 5 acres of which were consecrated in 1858 and a further portion in 1886; a portion of the ground is appropriated for the use of Catholics; there are two mortuary chapels. The cemetery is under the control of the Urban, District Council acting as a burial board.
The Corn Exchange, erected about 1861, is used for various public purposes besides, those of a Corn Exchange; it will seat from 800 to 1,000 persons.
The Assembly or Public rooms, formerly used for concerts and other entertainments, and seating 400 persons, are now the property of the Ashford Urban Council, and are let to the Technical Education Committee of the Council, and used as a science and art school; the gas and water departments also have their offices here.
Whitfeld Hall, Bank street, erected as a memorial to Mr. Henry Whitfeld, and opened March, 1874, was enlarged in 1893, when a billiard room and gymnasium were added: the hall is used for public meetings and lectures, and will hold 250 persons; the Ashford Institute has the use of the hall.
Wellesley Hall, in Wellesley road, is used for concerts, entertainments and public meetings, and affords 200 sittings.
Ashford Fire Brigade, established in 1826, consists of 20 members, and has steam and manual engines, two fire escapes and a hose tender.
The Ashford Division of the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade has a station in High street.
The Swimming bath established by a Limited Liability Company in 1867 at a cost of about £700, and now the property of the Urban District Council, has an area of nearly one acre of water, varying from two to seven feet in depth.
Here are breweries, brick yards, a tan yard, iron foundry and agricultural implement works.
The two Flour Mills of Messrs. H. S. Pledge & Sons Limited, are fitted with the newest improvements in machinery.
The London and County Bank Limited and Lloyds Bank Limited (late Messrs. Pomfret, Burra and Co.), have banks here.
A market is held every Tuesday for corn and cattle, to which numbers of sheep and bullocks are brought from Romney Marsh and other districts. The market was first established in the reign of Edward I. Fairs are held on the 17th and 18th of May, 9th of September, 12Th 13th and 24th of October, for horses, cattle and pedlery.
Ashford Cottage Hospital, a structure of red brick, was erected in 1877 by William Pomfret Pomfret esq. in memory of his wife, at a cost of £3,000, exclusive of site; it was enlarged in 1900, and contains 20 beds and is supported by contributions; the number of patients in the year 1901 was 165.
The Isolation Hospital, Beaver, was built in 1902, at a cost of about £400; it has 8 beds and rooms for nurses.
Ashford Rural District Sanatorium, built in 1894 and since enlarged at a cost of £1,000, will hold 12 inmates.
The Almshouses, in Tufton street, were built in 1853 for four poor persons. The late Thomas Whitfeld esq. subsequently gave £100, which sum was invested in the purchase of ground in rear of the almshouses, producing a rental of £5 yearly; the trustees consist of the vicar and churchwardens and six ratepayers elected by the vestry. Robert Furley esq. of Ashford, who died in 1887, bequeathed £4 yearly, to be given on 2 Jan. to the occupants of the Almshouses. John Edward Munn esq. of Ashford, who died in 1893, gave the residue of his estate, now amounting in Consuls to £1,141 17s. 11d. for the same purpose. In 1897 the townspeople contributed a sum of £312 17s. in commemoration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee; this has been invested in India Stock, and the interest is to be applied to the maintenance of the almshouses.
Thomas Glover, Somerset herald and a laborious antiquary, was born in Ashford, 1543, and died 14 April, 1588; John Wallis D.D., F.R.S, the celebrated mathemathician, born 23 Nov. 1616, was also a native of this place, and died at Oxford, 28 Oct. 1703. The family of Osborne, Dukes of Leeds, were also of this town, which confers the title of baron on the family of Keppel, Earls of Albemarle.
George Elwick Jemmett esq. of Tonbridge, and William Francis Bond Jemmett esq. of Ashford, are lords of the manor of Ashford.
The principal landowners are Lord Hothfield, the trustees of Lord Gerard (a minor), and Col. John Leslie Toke, of Great Chart.
The area is 2,835 acres of land and 15 of water; rateable value, £63,233; the population in 1861 was. 6,950; in 1871, 8,458, in 1891, 10,728, and in 1901, 12,808; viz.: Central Ward, 5,489; North Ward, 2,873 and Southward 4,446.
Henwood and East Stour, half a mile north-east , Beaver, 1 mile south and Barrow Hill on the north adjoin the town; Millbank is 1 ½ miles south; Ripton is half a mile west; Sparrows Hall, half a mile north-west, and Bybrook, half a mile north on the road from Ashford to Canterbury.
The Railway Mechanics’ Institute here has a library exceeding 2,600 volumes; classes for instruction in machine construction and drawing, arithmetic, French and shorthand are held here.
EAST ASHFORD UNION
Board days, alternate mondays, at the Union, at 11 a.m.
The Union of East Ashford comprises the following parishes, viz.:-Aldington, Bilsdngton, Bircholt, Bennington, Boughton-Aluph, Brabourne, Brook, Challock, Chilham, Crundale, Eastwell, Godmersham, Hastingleigh, Hinxhill, Hurst, Kenningtan, Mersham, Molash or Moldash, Orlestone, Ruckinge, Sevington, Smeeth Warehorne, Willesborough & Wye. The population of the union in 1901 was 13,112; area, 54,800; rateable value in 1902, £86,100.
Workhouse, Willesborough, a structure of brick, erected in 1837, to hold 350 inmates, with administrative block & chapel, built in 1898.
WEST ASHFORD UNION
Board day, every alternate Wednesday, at the Workhouse at Westwell, at 12 o’clock.
The union comprises the following parishes:-Ashford, Bethersden, Charing, Egerton, Great Chart, Hothfield, Kingsnorth Little Chart, Pluckley-cum-Pevington, Shadoxhurst, Smarden & Westwell. The population of the union in 1901 was 20,559; area, 42,340 acres; rateable value in 1902, £128,756.
The Workhouse, Westwell, renovated in 1902 at a cost of £5,000, is a structure of brick, available for 240 inmates & containing an infirmary for 60 patients & a school for 33 children.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Canon Peter Francis Tindall M.A. vicar; Rev. Edward John Winstanley, curate; 10.45 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Christ Church, South Ashford, Rev. Alfred William Washington Palmer, curate in charge; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
St. Paul’s Mission Church, Forge lane, The Vicar; 6.30 p.m.
St. Teresa Catholic, Barrow hill, Rev. Charles Turner, priest; mass 8.30 & 11 a.m.; evening service with instruction at 6.30 p.m.; holy days, mass 8 a.m. service 7 p.m.; week days, mass 8; thurs, service 7 p.m.
Friends’ Meeting House, Hempsted street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. & fri. 8.15 p.m.
Baptist, Marsh street, Rev. John Whitaker; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. 7.30 p.m.
Baptist (Particular), Norwood street; 10.30 a.m. & 2 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.
Bible Christians, South Ashford, Rev. William Miller; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.
Congregational, Church road, Rev. Israel Phoebus Thimann A.T.S.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & wed. 8 p.m.
Congregational, Beaver; 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.
The Brethren, Whitfeld road, South Ashford; 6.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, Bank street (Kent Mission), Rev. Thomas J. Thorpe; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
SCHOOLS
Ashford Grammar School was partly built in 1635 by Sir Norton Knatchbull kt. & afterwards completed & endowed by Sir Norton Knatchbull kt. & bart. & his nephew & heir & Sir Thomas Knatchbull bart. with a salary to the master of £30 yearly, issuing & payable out of two pieces of marsh land in the parish of New-church: the old school premises were sold in 1875 & out of the proceeds of the sale, together with subscriptions, amounting in all to £4,000, the present school has been erected, a little distance from the town on the Hythe road, for 50 day boys & 50 boarders: the school has the Burra Entrance Scholarship, affording free education for 2 years, & an Entrance Scholarship for boarders only of £10 a year for a years: according to a scheme framed by the Endowed School Commissioners in 1879, the school is managed by a body of 13 governors, of which Sir Wyndham Knatchbull bart. is chairman; headmaster, Benjamin Snell M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; clerk to the governors, Horace Hamilton.
Ashford Technical Instruction Committee Science & Art Schools, Assembly rooms, High street; Edward Seagon, art master; Henry Elgar & Henry Froggatt M.A. science masters.
A School Board of 7 members was formed 22 October, 1877, & enlarged to 9 members in October, 1898; James Fraser, 87 High street, clerk to the board; attendance officer, Joseph Nightingale, 122 Christchurch road, South Ashford.
Board, Victoria road, South Ashford (boys), erected in 1895, for 340; average attendance, 240.
Board, Beaver road, South Ashford (girls & infants), built in 1879, & enlarged in 1902, for 446 girls & 340 infants; average attendance, 280 girls & 158 infants.
National, Barrow hill (boys, girls & infants), built in 1841, & the infants’ school enlarged in 1884; the school will now hold 241 boys, 150 girls & 185 infants; average attendance, 180 boys, 151 girls & 180 infants.
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co.’s Newtown (boys, girls & infants); the building, first used as a school in 1852, will hold 308 boys, 196 girls & 188 infants; average attendance, 298 boys, 193 girls & 188 infants.
British, West street (boys, girls & infants), built, with a master’s house, in 1861, enlarged in 1685; the school will now hold 188 boys, 154 girls & 180 infants; average attendance, 180 boys, 153 girls & 170 infants.
Catholic, Victoria road, South Ashford (mixed), erected in 1899, for 150 children; average attendance, 58.
Most Common Surnames in Ashford
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Chart and Longbridge Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 90 | 1:108 | 0.61% | 1 |
| 2 | Russell | 71 | 1:137 | 2.71% | 19 |
| 3 | Brown | 68 | 1:143 | 1.16% | 2 |
| 4 | Hills | 66 | 1:147 | 3.12% | 34 |
| 5 | Baker | 60 | 1:162 | 1.17% | 4 |
| 5 | Skinner | 60 | 1:162 | 3.58% | 57 |
| 7 | Jones | 59 | 1:165 | 1.41% | 7 |
| 8 | Howland | 52 | 1:187 | 12.47% | 387 |
| 9 | Young | 51 | 1:190 | 1.97% | 20 |
| 10 | Wood | 50 | 1:194 | 0.98% | 5 |
| 11 | Moore | 48 | 1:202 | 2.21% | 33 |
| 11 | Luckhurst | 48 | 1:202 | 10.30% | 338 |
| 13 | Barnes | 47 | 1:207 | 2.95% | 62 |
| 14 | Collins | 46 | 1:211 | 1.74% | 17 |
| 15 | Hughes | 44 | 1:221 | 3.01% | 78 |
| 16 | Edwards | 43 | 1:226 | 1.78% | 25 |
| 17 | Taylor | 42 | 1:231 | 0.78% | 3 |
| 17 | Davis | 42 | 1:231 | 1.60% | 18 |
| 17 | Austen | 42 | 1:231 | 3.64% | 109 |
| 20 | Barton | 41 | 1:237 | 3.43% | 104 |
| 21 | Williams | 40 | 1:243 | 1.09% | 9 |
| 21 | Stone | 40 | 1:243 | 3.01% | 90 |
| 23 | Brenchley | 39 | 1:249 | 8.11% | 324 |
| 24 | Law | 38 | 1:255 | 10.27% | 457 |
| 24 | Slingsby | 38 | 1:255 | 37.62% | 1,572 |
| 26 | Marsh | 37 | 1:262 | 1.68% | 30 |
| 27 | Wilson | 36 | 1:270 | 1.32% | 16 |
| 27 | Richardson | 36 | 1:270 | 2.45% | 77 |
| 27 | Andrews | 36 | 1:270 | 2.02% | 49 |
| 30 | Clark | 34 | 1:286 | 1.05% | 13 |
| 30 | Pearson | 34 | 1:286 | 2.83% | 103 |
| 30 | Tutt | 34 | 1:286 | 13.33% | 683 |
| 33 | Marshall | 33 | 1:294 | 2.39% | 83 |
| 33 | Hawkins | 33 | 1:294 | 2.83% | 107 |
| 33 | Finn | 33 | 1:294 | 5.42% | 249 |
| 33 | Laker | 33 | 1:294 | 12.45% | 652 |
| 33 | Chittenden | 33 | 1:294 | 6.47% | 300 |
| 38 | Bourne | 32 | 1:303 | 4.25% | 186 |
| 38 | Spicer | 32 | 1:303 | 5.87% | 278 |
| 38 | Cramp | 32 | 1:303 | 14.04% | 793 |
| 41 | Goldsmith | 31 | 1:313 | 3.44% | 143 |
| 41 | Swaffer | 31 | 1:313 | 20.67% | 1,121 |
| 43 | Green | 30 | 1:324 | 1.30% | 28 |
| 43 | Lee | 30 | 1:324 | 1.97% | 70 |
| 43 | Reeves | 30 | 1:324 | 2.40% | 98 |
| 43 | Foord | 30 | 1:324 | 7.01% | 373 |
| 47 | Cook | 29 | 1:335 | 1.18% | 24 |
| 47 | Tomsett | 29 | 1:335 | 20.42% | 1,182 |
| 49 | Hill | 28 | 1:347 | 1.77% | 64 |
| 49 | Chapman | 28 | 1:347 | 0.93% | 14 |
| 49 | Day | 28 | 1:347 | 1.56% | 48 |
| 49 | Butcher | 28 | 1:347 | 2.43% | 111 |
| 53 | Harris | 27 | 1:360 | 0.75% | 10 |
| 53 | Allen | 27 | 1:360 | 1.08% | 23 |
| 53 | Bennett | 27 | 1:360 | 1.41% | 42 |
| 53 | Webb | 27 | 1:360 | 1.07% | 22 |
| 53 | Williamson | 27 | 1:360 | 6.63% | 401 |
| 53 | Jarvis | 27 | 1:360 | 2.40% | 115 |
| 53 | Kennett | 27 | 1:360 | 3.69% | 196 |
| 53 | Pilcher | 27 | 1:360 | 2.90% | 138 |
| 53 | Elgar | 27 | 1:360 | 11.74% | 786 |
| 53 | Steddy | 27 | 1:360 | 42.19% | 2,324 |
| 63 | Watson | 26 | 1:373 | 1.57% | 58 |
| 63 | King | 26 | 1:373 | 0.74% | 11 |
| 63 | Giles | 26 | 1:373 | 3.09% | 159 |
| 63 | Epps | 26 | 1:373 | 4.88% | 282 |
| 67 | Wright | 25 | 1:388 | 1.07% | 26 |
| 67 | Wilkinson | 25 | 1:388 | 3.43% | 197 |
| 67 | Gilbert | 25 | 1:388 | 1.85% | 86 |
| 67 | Fuller | 25 | 1:388 | 1.68% | 73 |
| 67 | Thurston | 25 | 1:388 | 19.38% | 1,267 |
| 67 | Pay | 25 | 1:388 | 5.57% | 355 |
| 67 | Mummery | 25 | 1:388 | 9.36% | 646 |
| 67 | Tappenden | 25 | 1:388 | 11.96% | 848 |
| 75 | Turner | 24 | 1:404 | 0.81% | 15 |
| 75 | Hammond | 24 | 1:404 | 1.80% | 89 |
| 75 | Back | 24 | 1:404 | 6.61% | 469 |
| 78 | Cooper | 23 | 1:422 | 0.89% | 21 |
| 78 | Harrison | 23 | 1:422 | 1.84% | 97 |
| 78 | Savage | 23 | 1:422 | 4.76% | 321 |
| 78 | Head | 23 | 1:422 | 3.06% | 188 |
| 82 | Watts | 22 | 1:441 | 2.17% | 129 |
| 82 | Knowles | 22 | 1:441 | 4.23% | 295 |
| 82 | Perkins | 22 | 1:441 | 4.70% | 334 |
| 82 | Terry | 22 | 1:441 | 1.48% | 74 |
| 82 | Godden | 22 | 1:441 | 2.70% | 164 |
| 87 | Ward | 21 | 1:462 | 1.14% | 45 |
| 87 | Carter | 21 | 1:462 | 1.01% | 36 |
| 87 | Foster | 21 | 1:462 | 1.44% | 79 |
| 87 | Hayward | 21 | 1:462 | 1.76% | 106 |
| 87 | Cobb | 21 | 1:462 | 5.72% | 466 |
| 87 | Paine | 21 | 1:462 | 3.20% | 226 |
| 87 | Down | 21 | 1:462 | 5.25% | 413 |
| 87 | Ottaway | 21 | 1:462 | 9.46% | 808 |
| 87 | Huckstepp | 21 | 1:462 | 40.38% | 2,715 |
| 96 | Oliver | 20 | 1:485 | 2.41% | 161 |
| 96 | Champion | 20 | 1:485 | 7.12% | 614 |
| 96 | Joy | 20 | 1:485 | 5.18% | 434 |
| 96 | Tolhurst | 20 | 1:485 | 4.93% | 403 |
| 100 | Palmer | 19 | 1:511 | 1.08% | 53 |
| 100 | Hole | 19 | 1:511 | 22.35% | 1,836 |
| 100 | Millen | 19 | 1:511 | 5.52% | 497 |
| 103 | Johnson | 18 | 1:539 | 0.54% | 12 |
| 103 | James | 18 | 1:539 | 1.39% | 94 |
| 103 | Hart | 18 | 1:539 | 1.57% | 112 |
| 103 | Bishop | 18 | 1:539 | 1.37% | 91 |
| 103 | Briggs | 18 | 1:539 | 4.47% | 409 |
| 103 | Hollands | 18 | 1:539 | 2.35% | 181 |
| 103 | Boorman | 18 | 1:539 | 2.64% | 212 |
| 103 | Wraight | 18 | 1:539 | 2.96% | 251 |
| 103 | Spain | 18 | 1:539 | 4.16% | 368 |
| 103 | Filmer | 18 | 1:539 | 4.40% | 397 |
| 103 | Holdstock | 18 | 1:539 | 7.41% | 729 |
| 114 | West | 17 | 1:571 | 0.81% | 35 |
| 114 | Wells | 17 | 1:571 | 0.78% | 32 |
| 114 | Knott | 17 | 1:571 | 2.78% | 248 |
| 114 | Earl | 17 | 1:571 | 4.87% | 484 |
| 114 | Bean | 17 | 1:571 | 3.24% | 291 |
| 114 | Blackman | 17 | 1:571 | 2.27% | 190 |
| 114 | Ansell | 17 | 1:571 | 4.94% | 497 |
| 114 | Barling | 17 | 1:571 | 10.63% | 1,060 |
| 114 | Dryland | 17 | 1:571 | 16.50% | 1,542 |
| 123 | Roberts | 16 | 1:607 | 0.82% | 40 |
| 123 | Hunt | 16 | 1:607 | 1.04% | 68 |
| 123 | Sharp | 16 | 1:607 | 1.26% | 96 |
| 123 | Mercer | 16 | 1:607 | 1.88% | 156 |
| 123 | Jeffery | 16 | 1:607 | 2.21% | 199 |
| 123 | Carey | 16 | 1:607 | 4.32% | 457 |
| 123 | Leggett | 16 | 1:607 | 15.53% | 1,542 |
| 123 | Ashbee | 16 | 1:607 | 10.96% | 1,145 |
| 123 | Fordred | 16 | 1:607 | 29.63% | 2,637 |
| 132 | Bailey | 15 | 1:647 | 0.83% | 46 |
| 132 | Jenkins | 15 | 1:647 | 1.82% | 163 |
| 132 | Burton | 15 | 1:647 | 1.53% | 132 |
| 132 | George | 15 | 1:647 | 1.99% | 184 |
| 132 | Coleman | 15 | 1:647 | 1.41% | 125 |
| 132 | Gibbs | 15 | 1:647 | 1.72% | 150 |
| 132 | Horton | 15 | 1:647 | 1.57% | 137 |
| 132 | Garrett | 15 | 1:647 | 4.50% | 518 |
| 132 | Prior | 15 | 1:647 | 3.58% | 383 |
| 132 | Brooker | 15 | 1:647 | 1.87% | 168 |
| 132 | Penfold | 15 | 1:647 | 3.33% | 354 |
| 132 | Shorter | 15 | 1:647 | 3.98% | 452 |
| 132 | Cloke | 15 | 1:647 | 6.28% | 745 |
| 145 | White | 14 | 1:693 | 0.36% | 8 |
| 145 | Grant | 14 | 1:693 | 1.75% | 169 |
| 145 | Elliott | 14 | 1:693 | 1.30% | 120 |
| 145 | Hopkins | 14 | 1:693 | 1.55% | 144 |
| 145 | Miles | 14 | 1:693 | 0.99% | 81 |
| 145 | Fowler | 14 | 1:693 | 2.47% | 265 |
| 145 | Thorne | 14 | 1:693 | 5.71% | 724 |
| 145 | Browning | 14 | 1:693 | 2.07% | 215 |
| 145 | Walter | 14 | 1:693 | 2.13% | 226 |
| 145 | Ballard | 14 | 1:693 | 2.69% | 295 |
| 145 | Birchall | 14 | 1:693 | 25.45% | 2,602 |
| 145 | Niven | 14 | 1:693 | 53.85% | 4,646 |
| 145 | Funnell | 14 | 1:693 | 5.28% | 652 |
| 145 | Homewood | 14 | 1:693 | 3.00% | 337 |
| 145 | Dane | 14 | 1:693 | 8.75% | 1,060 |
| 145 | Pledge | 14 | 1:693 | 17.07% | 1,890 |
| 145 | Usherwood | 14 | 1:693 | 13.86% | 1,572 |
| 145 | Crothall | 14 | 1:693 | 20.00% | 2,157 |
| 163 | Hall | 13 | 1:747 | 0.59% | 31 |
| 163 | Mitchell | 13 | 1:747 | 0.82% | 63 |
| 163 | Mills | 13 | 1:747 | 0.65% | 38 |
| 163 | Pratt | 13 | 1:747 | 2.45% | 284 |
| 163 | Dodd | 13 | 1:747 | 2.59% | 303 |
| 163 | Vaughan | 13 | 1:747 | 3.29% | 421 |
| 163 | Best | 13 | 1:747 | 2.43% | 280 |
| 163 | Hook | 13 | 1:747 | 2.04% | 237 |
| 163 | Hopper | 13 | 1:747 | 1.90% | 211 |
| 163 | Crouch | 13 | 1:747 | 2.02% | 232 |
| 163 | Longley | 13 | 1:747 | 3.78% | 497 |
| 163 | Barham | 13 | 1:747 | 3.26% | 415 |
| 163 | Hockley | 13 | 1:747 | 15.85% | 1,890 |
| 163 | O'Venden | 13 | 1:747 | 2.44% | 282 |
| 163 | Hewison | 13 | 1:747 | 76.47% | 6,318 |
| 163 | Stace | 13 | 1:747 | 8.67% | 1,121 |
| 163 | Hyder | 13 | 1:747 | 11.71% | 1,439 |
| 163 | Pentecost | 13 | 1:747 | 19.12% | 2,209 |
| 163 | Furley | 13 | 1:747 | 27.66% | 2,923 |
| 163 | Adley | 13 | 1:747 | 10.66% | 1,327 |
| 163 | Breeds | 13 | 1:747 | 50.00% | 4,646 |
| 184 | Jackson | 12 | 1:809 | 0.78% | 67 |
| 184 | Lewis | 12 | 1:809 | 0.80% | 72 |
| 184 | Butler | 12 | 1:809 | 0.81% | 75 |
| 184 | Whitehead | 12 | 1:809 | 1.18% | 128 |
| 184 | Wilks | 12 | 1:809 | 10.08% | 1,363 |
| 184 | Friend | 12 | 1:809 | 1.56% | 178 |
| 184 | Wickens | 12 | 1:809 | 2.98% | 409 |
| 184 | Hyland | 12 | 1:809 | 5.15% | 775 |
| 184 | Sweetman | 12 | 1:809 | 22.22% | 2,637 |
| 184 | Everest | 12 | 1:809 | 2.49% | 322 |
| 184 | Spice | 12 | 1:809 | 3.42% | 481 |
| 184 | Link | 12 | 1:809 | 9.16% | 1,252 |
| 184 | Prebble | 12 | 1:809 | 3.96% | 571 |
| 184 | Excell | 12 | 1:809 | 6.22% | 907 |
| 184 | Eastes | 12 | 1:809 | 16.22% | 2,053 |
| 199 | Robinson | 11 | 1:882 | 0.61% | 47 |
| 199 | Price | 11 | 1:882 | 0.84% | 92 |
| 199 | Stevens | 11 | 1:882 | 0.49% | 29 |
| 199 | Saunders | 11 | 1:882 | 0.72% | 71 |
| 199 | Newton | 11 | 1:882 | 2.71% | 403 |
| 199 | Goodwin | 11 | 1:882 | 0.95% | 108 |
| 199 | Banks | 11 | 1:882 | 1.51% | 198 |
| 199 | Bowden | 11 | 1:882 | 8.09% | 1,218 |
| 199 | Salmon | 11 | 1:882 | 3.69% | 582 |
| 199 | Rolfe | 11 | 1:882 | 2.29% | 325 |
| 199 | Jacob | 11 | 1:882 | 9.73% | 1,422 |
| 199 | Burch | 11 | 1:882 | 3.85% | 602 |
| 199 | Samson | 11 | 1:882 | 3.93% | 617 |
| 199 | Baldock | 11 | 1:882 | 1.75% | 240 |
| 199 | Batt | 11 | 1:882 | 4.85% | 798 |
| 199 | Rossiter | 11 | 1:882 | 7.97% | 1,206 |
| 199 | Revell | 11 | 1:882 | 5.56% | 886 |
| 199 | Sankey | 11 | 1:882 | 15.28% | 2,102 |
| 199 | Tong | 11 | 1:882 | 4.17% | 655 |
| 199 | Hogben | 11 | 1:882 | 1.30% | 158 |
| 199 | Buss | 11 | 1:882 | 2.98% | 461 |
| 199 | Pilbeam | 11 | 1:882 | 8.66% | 1,291 |
| 199 | Brissenden | 11 | 1:882 | 8.94% | 1,320 |
| 199 | Bunyard | 11 | 1:882 | 14.29% | 1,989 |
| 199 | Worger | 11 | 1:882 | 27.50% | 3,324 |
| 199 | Igglesden | 11 | 1:882 | 15.28% | 2,102 |
| 199 | Lemar | 11 | 1:882 | 14.10% | 1,967 |