New Romney Genealogical Records

New Romney Birth & Baptism Records

England & Wales Birth Index (1837-2006)

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.

Romney Marsh Baptism Index (1750-1911)

A database containing thousands of baptisms from fifteen Kent parishes. The index includes parents' names, date of baptism and the parish of baptism.

Kent Bishop's Transcripts (1560-1911)

Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Kent Parish Registers (1538-1911)

Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.

Kent PR Index (1538-1870)

An index to around 40,000 various parish register extracts for Kent.

New Romney Marriage & Divorce Records

England & Wales Marriage Index (1837-2008)

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.

Canterbury Diocese Marriage Licences (1751-1837)

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.

Vicar General’s Office Marriage Licences (1600-1679)

Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.

Canterbury Diocese Marriage Licenses (1568-1750)

Abstracts of records that granted parties the right to marry. They list name, marital condition, residence, year of licence and a reference to order the original document. Coverage is for: 1568-1618, 1661-1700 and 1726-1750.

Kent Bishop's Transcripts (1560-1911)

Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

New Romney Death & Burial Records

England & Wales Death Index (1837-2006)

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.

Kent Bishop's Transcripts (1560-1911)

Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Kent Parish Registers (1538-1911)

Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.

Kent PR Index (1538-1870)

An index to around 40,000 various parish register extracts for Kent.

Deceased Online (1629-Present)

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.

New Romney Census & Population Lists

1939 Register (1939)

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.

England, Wales, IoM & Channel Islands 1911 Census (1911)

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.

Kent Hearth Tax (1664)

A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.

Kent Register of Electors (1570-1907)

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.

1901 British Census (1901)

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 New Romney

Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald (1909-1929)

A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Hythe district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.

Hastings and St Leonards Observer (1866-1941)

A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Hastings area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.

Dover Express (1858-1949)

A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Dover area.

Kent & Sussex Courier (1873-1939)

A conservative-oriented newspaper reporting on local news, births, marriages and deaths in the two counties.

Kent & Sussex Courier (1873-1950)

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.

New Romney Wills & Probate Records

England & Wales National Probate Calendar (1858-1966)

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.

Wills & Admons at Canterbury Probate Registry (1396-1650)

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.

Tyler's Index to Kent Wills (1460-1882)

Abstracts and references to 10,000s of wills and probate documents, primarily from East Kent.

Diocese of Rochester Wills and Probate (1662-1784)

Browsable images of inventories. Also includes freeman papers for Queenborough.

Archdeaconry of Rochester Wills and Probate (1635-1857)

Browsable images of administrations, inventories and wills.

New Romney Immigration & Travel Records

Prisoners Transported from Kent (1851-1852)

A small list of convicts transported to the colonies.

Passenger Lists Leaving UK (1890-1960)

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.

UK Incoming Passenger Lists (1878-1960)

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.

Victoria Assisted & Unassisted Passenger Lists (1839-1923)

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.

Alien Arrivals in England (1810-1869)

Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.

New Romney Military Records

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment (1914-1920)

A great deal of information relating to the regiment, including a thorough history, biographical details, photographs, information on honours etc.

West Kent Queen's Own Yeomanry (1794-1909)

A general history of the yeomanry, including extracts from original records

Victoria County History of Kent, Vol. 3 (43-1900)

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.

QORWKR Battalion Orders (1914-1916)

A finding aid for records detailing orders relating to ordinary rank men in the Royal West Kent Regiment.

Kent Voluntary Aid Detachments (1914-1918)

Details of voluntary aid workers in Kent during WWI.

Kentish Prison Hulk Registers (1811-1843)

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.

Kent Workhouse Records (1777-1911)

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.

Kent Quarter Sessions Index (1657-1804)

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.

Kent Quarter Sessions & Court Files (1558-1899)

Legal records covering a variety of issues from land to bastardy.

Act Books of the Archbishops of Canterbury (1663-1859)

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.

New Romney Taxation Records

Poll Book for the County of Kent (1832)

A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.

Kent Hearth Tax (1664)

A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.

Kent Land Tax Assessments (1689-1832)

Browsable images of registers that record owners and occupiers of land. Useful for tracing succession of freehold and tenancies.

Tithe Apportionments (1836-1856)

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.

Land Tax Redemption (1798-1811)

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.

New Romney Land & Property Records

Poll Book for the County of Kent (1832)

A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.

Kent Land Tax Assessments (1689-1832)

Browsable images of registers that record owners and occupiers of land. Useful for tracing succession of freehold and tenancies.

Kent Register of Electors (1570-1907)

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.

Tithe Apportionments (1836-1856)

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.

Land Tax Redemption (1798-1811)

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.

New Romney Directories & Gazetteers

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1938)

A directory of settlements in Kent detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1938)

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.

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1934)

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.

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1930)

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.

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1922)

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.

New Romney Cemeteries

Kent Monumental Inscriptions (1500-1920)

Transcriptions of thousands of memorials and headstones found in Kent.

Kent Church Monuments (1300-1900)

Photographs and descriptions of Kent's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.

Deceased Online (1629-Present)

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.

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Mausolea and Monuments (1500-Present)

Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.

New Romney Obituaries

iAnnounce Obituaries (2006-Present)

The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.

United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection (1882-Present)

A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.

Quakers Annual Monitor (1847-1848)

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.

Musgrave's Obituaries (1421-1800)

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.

British Medical Journal (1849-Present)

A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.

New Romney Histories & Books

History & Topographical Survey of Kent (1189-1801)

A sprawling work containing a detailed history of the county and each parish.

Victoria County History: Kent (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

Victoria County History of Kent, Vol. 3 (43-1900)

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.

Kent Church Photographs (1890-Present)

Photographs and images of churches in Kent.

Kent Church Photographs (1851-Present)

Photographs of parish churches in Hampshire, with architectural details and extracts from the 1851 ecclesiastical census.

New Romney School & Education Records

National School Admission & Log Books (1870-1914)

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.

Teacher's Registration Council Registers (1870-1948)

A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.

Oxford University Alumni (1500-1886)

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.

Cambridge University Alumni (1261-1900)

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.

Cambridge Alumni Database (1198-1910)

A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.

New Romney Occupation & Business Records

Canterbury Teaching and Medical Licences (1568-1646)

A calendar to licences granted by Diocese of Canterbury to teachers, physicians and apothecaries.

Smuggling in Kent (1697-1830)

Articles detailing several smuggling gangs that operated in the county.

Smuggling on the South East Coast (1675-1871)

An introduction to smuggling in on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.

Smuggling on the East Coast (1600-1892)

An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.

Kent Pub Histories (1820-Present)

Histories of Kent pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering New Romney

Victoria County History: Kent (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

Pedigrees of Kent Families (1066-1840)

Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Kent's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.

Tyler's Kent Families (1500-1900)

A collection of pedigrees, family notes and historical extracts relating to Kent and its families.

British & Irish Royal & Noble Genealogies (491-1603)

Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

New Romney Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Victoria County History: Kent (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

Pedigrees of Kent Families (1066-1840)

Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Kent's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.

Kent Church Monuments (1300-1900)

Photographs and descriptions of Kent's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.

British & Irish Royal & Noble Genealogies (491-1603)

Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

New Romney Church Records

Visitations of the Archdeacon of Canterbury (1557-1679)

Extracts relating to the ecclesiastical history of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury.

Kent Church Photographs (1851-Present)

Photographs of parish churches in Hampshire, with architectural details and extracts from the 1851 ecclesiastical census.

Kent Bishop's Transcripts (1560-1911)

Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Kent Parish Registers (1538-1911)

Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.

Act Books of the Archbishops of Canterbury (1663-1859)

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.

Biographical Directories Covering New Romney

Debrett's Peerage (1923)

A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.

Dod's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage of Britian (1902)

A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.

Dod's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage of Britian (1885)

A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

The Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1654-1930)

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.

New Romney Maps

Maps of Kent (1522-1922)

Digital images of maps covering the county.

UK Popular Edition Maps (1919-1926)

Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.

Ordnance Survey 1:10 Maps (1840-1890)

Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.

Tithe Apportionments (1836-1856)

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.

Parish Maps of Britain (1832)

Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.

New Romney Reference Works

England Research Guide (1538-Present)

A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.

Parish Register Abstract (1538-1812)

Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.

Building History Research Guide (1066-Present)

A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.

Surname Origins (1790-1911)

A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.

British Family Mottoes (1189-Present)

A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.

Historical Description

The town of New Romney is situated upon the English Channel, about five miles north of Dengeness, and two miles towards the southeast, from Old Ronntey. The greatest part of the town is within the liberty of the cinque ports, and of the corporation of the town and port of New Romney; another part is within the level of Romney Marsh, and the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of it; and the remainder is within the level of Walland Marsh, and the jurisdiction of the justices of the county.

New Romney was first incorporated by king Edward III.; and lastly by letters patent granted by Queen Elizabeth, 1562, by the style of the mayor, jurats, and commonalty of the town and port of New Romney : and the corporation at present consists of a mayor, ten jurats (the mayor being one) and fifteen commoners, or freemen, together with a chamberlain, recorder, and town-clerk.

This town, as one of the cinque ports, has the privilege of returning members to parliament; the right of election being in the mayor, jurats, and freemen, in all twenty-five.

New Romney appears to have been a place of considerable consequence at the time of making the Domesday Survey. It then contained one hundred and fifty six burgesses; in the reign of Edward I. when it became desolated by a dreadful tempest, which completely destroyed the haven, and altered the course of the river Rother, it is said to have been divided into twelve wards, and to have had five parish churches, a priory, and an hospital for the sick. Leland, who wrote in the reign of Henry VIII., says, "Rumeney is one of the V portes and hath been a netely good haven, ynsomuch that within remembrance of men, shyppes have cum hard up to the towne, and cast ancres yn one of the church yards. The se is now two miles from the town, so sore thereby now decayed that wher ther were iii great paroches and chirches sumlyme, is now scant one wel maynteined." The only church now remaining is very large and handsome, consisting of a nave, aisles, and chancel, with a square tower at the west end. The church is ancient, the pillars between the aisles being very large, with circular arches and Saxon, or Norman ornaments. The tower at the west end has several ranges of small circular arches on the sides; and at the bottom is a circular arch over a doorway with zigzag ornaments : throughout the church and chancels there are numerous monuments and memorials, but none of any great antiquity.

There was anciently a priory in New Romney, which was a cell to the foreign abbey of Pontiniac. There are but very small remains of the conventual buildings left.

An Hospital for lepers was founded here in the reign of Henry II. by Adam de Cherryng. Part of the building is still standing, at the east end of the town.

An Hospital and schoolhouse, situate in St. Nicholas parish, was founded and endowed by John Southland, in 1610, for the education of two poor children, and the maintenance of a schoolmaster, and "two couple of poor folk." The market is held on Saturdays, and there is a fair on the 21st of August.

Topography of Great Britain (1829) by George Alexander Cooke

NEW ROMNEY is a Cinque Port, small town, parish, municipal borough and the head of a county court district, and is the terminus of a branch line from Lydd, on the Appledore, Lydd & Dungeness section of the South Eastern railway, 14 miles south-east from Ashford, 5 north from Dungeness, 14 south-west from Folkestone, 26 south from Canterbury and 72 from London, in the Southern division of the county, lathe of Shepway, Romney Marsh union and in the rural deanery of South Lympne and archdeaconry of Canterbury. Romney was formerly a seaport, but the sea has gradually receded from it and is now about a mile distant: it appears at one time to have been a place of considerable importance and extent, since it contained, at the period of the Domesday Survey, five parish churches, a hospital, 12 wards and 156 burgesses: as one of the Cinque Ports, it continued to send two members, styled “Barons,” to Parliament from 1366 until the passing of the Reform Act, 1832, 2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. 45, when it was disfranchised. The town was first incorporated by Edward III. under the style of “The Barons of the Town and Port of Romney,” but a new charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth in the fifth year of her reign (1562-3) reconstituting the municipal body as “The Mayor, Jurats and Commonalty of the Town and Port of New Romney:” and in 1885 the town received a fresh charter of incorporation and is now governed under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, 45 and 46 Vict, c. 50, and of the Act 46 and 47 Vic. c. 18, s. 7 (June 30, 1885), the Corporation consisting of a mayor, four aldermen and 12 councillors. The most important records of the Cinque Porta, including the original charter of Charles II. are preserved at the Guildhall, New Romney. The estimated value of lands held by and belonging to the Corporation is about £350 yearly. Gas works were erected in 1854 on a site presented by the Corporation and the town was first lighted with gas in the same year, but new works were built in 1886 near the railway station. Water is obtained from a parish pump and private pumps.

By an Order of the County Council, under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), that portion of the parish of New Romney outside the municipal area has been formed into the civil parish of St. Martin.

The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient edifice of stone, and has a western tower, containing a clock and 8 bells: there are brasses with effigies and several stained windows; the church was partially restored in 1884 at a cost of about £700, and has 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a vicarage, united to the rectory of Hope All Saints, joint net yearly value £250, with 27 acres of glebe, in the alternate gift of the present vicar and the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1876 by the Rev. Richard Muspratt South M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. There are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels, and a meeting hall for Christadelphians. The Guildhall is used for municipal purposes and the sittings of the county court, and there are assembly rooms. The New Inn hotel is an interesting old house, well appointed, and the oldest established hotel in New Romney. A large stock fair is held on the 21st of August, principally for sheep and lambs. The Romney Marsh Rural District Isolation Hospital, a small iron building, was erected in 1893. Southland’s Hospital was founded in 1610, for the maintenance of a governor and four poor folk, by John Southland esq. of New Romney, who left lands for its support, together with a house for the governor and four almshouses, and an annual benefaction of £5 to the poor folk and £5 to repair the church, and he also provided for the education of two poor boys: the appointment of governor of the hospital was formerly vested in the bailiff of Romney Marsh, but an ad interim scheme for the government of this charity was issued by the Charity Commissioners in Dec. 1899, by which the government was transferred to a body of 9 trustees, appointed by the lords of the level, the council of the borough of New Romney and the Kent County Council. Thomas Baker, of New Romney, also left, in 1728, 23 acres of land, which produce about £51 yearly, to the inmates of the above four almshouses, and this is administered by the trustees of Southland’s Charity.

The principal landowners are Henry T. Tubbs esq. of Littlestone-on-Sea and Richd. Rothwell Daglish esq. J.P.

The land is mostly in pasture, being within the rich grazing district of Romney Marsh, but very considerable quantities of turnip seed, both common and swede, are grown here. The area of the parish and municipal borough is 1,314 acres of land, 37 of water and 223 of foreshore; rateable value, £5,779; the population in 1901 was 1,328, including 7 officers and 64 inmates in Romney Marsh workhouse.

St. Martins is a parish formed under the “local Government Act, 1897,” consisting of those portions of New Romney which are outside the borough.

LITTLESTONE-ON-SEA is an estate on the sea front, one mile from the town, and in 1886 was laid out for building purposes, so as in time to form a marine town; two large hotels, erected by the Littlestone Hotel Co. Limited, were opened in 1891; a fine stretch of sandy beach extends for some miles along the shore in either direction, and a drive extends for about 1 mile along the sea front.

The Littlestone Golf Links, enlarged in 1898 and 1900, are 3 ¾ miles in extent.

The Public Hall, the property of Mr. R. W. Perks M.P. is a structure of red brick, built in 1891, and will seat about 300 persons, and is used during the season for concerts, meetings &c.

In 1897 a granite drinking fountain was erected, at a cost of about £120, to commemorate the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria.

The Convalescent Home for Women and Girls, with a wing for mothers and infants, was erected here in 1902, at a cost of over £5,000. It contains 44 beds and 4 cots.

The area of St. Martins is 1,282 acres of land and 4 of water; rateable value, £1,327; the population in 1901 was 48.

Romney Marsh is an ancient liberty, governed by a separate Corporation consisting of a bailiff, jurats and commonalty. The lords, bailiff and jurats of the level of Romney Marsh are the drainage authorities and have the care of the sea wall, and their jurisdiction extends roughly from Hythe to the Romney and Appledore road, and is bounded landward by the Royal Military canal.

ROMNEY MARSH UNION

Board day, every alternate fri. at Workhouse at 10 a.m.

The union comprises Blackmanstone, Brenzett, Brookland, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Eastbridge, Fairfield, Hope All Saints, Ivychurch, Lydd, Midley, Newchurch, New & Old Romney, Orgarswick, St. Martins, St. Mary the Virgin, Snargate & Snave. The area of the union is 43,771 acres; rateable value in 1902 was £48,698; the population in 1901 was 6,566.

The Workhouse, formerly a private residence, was utilized for its present purposes about 1835; it will hold 100 inmates.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St. Nicholas Church, Rev. Richard Muspratt South M.A. vicar, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Baptist, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.; Rev. W. Harrison.

Wesleyan, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

National School (mixed), erected in 1820 & enlarged in 1889, for 237 children; average attendance, 185.

Kelly's Directory of Kent (1903)

Most Common Surnames in New Romney

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in St Martin Ivychurch Hundred
1Catt321:328.25%430
2Smith271:380.18%1
3Ramsden251:4117.73%1,192
4Hutchinson221:476.77%536
5Kennett151:682.05%196
5Dowle151:688.82%1,005
5Flisher151:6816.30%1,708
8Rand141:739.52%1,139
8Tunbridge141:7312.39%1,422
8Philcox141:7336.84%3,455
8Bilsby141:7387.50%6,630
12Humphrey131:791.50%151
12Cobb131:793.54%466
14Mann121:862.56%334
15Turner111:930.37%15
15Prior111:932.63%383
15Austen111:930.95%109
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54Ashdown61:1710.79%184
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66Evans51:2050.32%66
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77Cooper41:2570.16%21
77Harrison41:2570.32%97
77Miller41:2570.22%44
77Pearson41:2570.33%103
77Lawrence41:2570.27%76
77Kemp41:2570.23%52
77Glover41:2570.76%287
77Hobbs41:2570.60%220
77Sims41:2570.72%273
77Daniel41:2572.04%894
77Buck41:2572.34%1,003
77Bourne41:2570.53%186
77Masters41:2570.71%270
77Pascoe41:2575.97%2,240
77Stroud41:2571.16%497
77Buss41:2571.08%461
77Woollett41:2571.28%556
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100Jones31:3420.07%7
100Watson31:3420.18%58
100Baker31:3420.06%4
100Stokes31:3420.52%259
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100Beard31:3421.01%582
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