Sittingbourne Genealogical Records
Sittingbourne 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.
A searchable database containing transcriptions of the baptism registers of Sittingbourne. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1562.
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.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.
Sittingbourne 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 database containing a transcription of the marriage registers of Sittingbourne. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1563.
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.
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.
Sittingbourne 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 burials in the churchyard of Sittingbourne. These records essentially record deaths in and around Sittingbourne between 1562 and 1922.
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.
Browsable images of summaries of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.
Sittingbourne 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 Sittingbourne
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.
The county paper of Kent, containing news by locale, adverts and family announcements.
Sittingbourne 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.
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.
Browsable images of administrations, inventories and wills.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne Taxation Records
A series of transcripts recording tax owed on land in select Kent parishes.
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.
Sittingbourne Land & Property Records
A series of transcripts recording tax owed on land in select Kent parishes.
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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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 Sittingbourne
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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne Church Records
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.
Browsable images of registers the recorded baptisms, marriages and burials in Kent. Names are not indexed.
Biographical Directories Covering Sittingbourne
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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Sittingbourne 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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Sittingbourne is seven miles from Faversham, consists principally of one long and wide street, which contains several good inns for the accommodation of travellers. "The inhabitants," says Hasted, "boast much of John Northwood, Esq. of Northwood, having entertained King Henry V. in his triumphant return from France, in the year 1420, at the Red-Lion Inn in this town; and though the entertainment was plentiful, and befitting his royal guest, yet such was the difference of times, that the whole expense of it amounted to no more than 9s. 9d. wine being then sold at twopence per pint, and other articles in proportion." The church is large and handsome, and had in it several ancient monuments; among which was that of Sir Richard Lovelace, Marshal of Calais, in the reign of Henry VIII. richly inlaid with brass; but this, with many others, was injured by a fire that burnt the inside and roof of the church in 1762. Lewis Theobald, a laborious editor of Shakspeare, was a native of Sittingbourne. His father, Peter Theobald, was an attorney of the place.
SITTINGBOURNE, situated on the former Watling Street, the Roman and modern high road from London to Dover; 39 miles from London, 10 south-east from Rochester, 7 west from Faversham and 16 west from Canterbury, with a station on the main line of the South Eastern and Chatham railway between them, whence a branch line runs over the Swale into the isle of Sheppy and through Queenborough to Sheerness. It is in the North Eastern division of the county, Milton hundred and union, lathe of Scray, Faversham petty sessional division, Sittingbourne county court district, rural deanery of Sittingbourne, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury.
Sittingbourne principally consists of one long street and is approached on the north side by a navigable creek of the Swale, leading up to Crown Quay, from which corn, wool, bricks and large quantities of material for the repair of the metropolitan roads are exported: there is a wide level road through the marshes to Sheerness: the town received from Queen Elizabeth two charters, by which it was incorporated and acquired the right of electing a municipal body and sending representatives to Parliament, as well as that of holding a weekly market and two fairs; but the two former privileges were never exercised. The town is now governed under the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), by an Urban District Council of nine members, which takes the place of a Local Board, formed in 1863. It is supplied with water from works at Keycol Hill, completed in 1870 and the property of the District Council; the capacity of reservoirs are respectively 300,000 and 147,000 gallons: the town is lighted with gas from works in Murston, by a company formed in 1877.
The church of St. Michael is of flint and stone in the Early English and later styles and has a western tower containing a clock and 8 bells: there are several stained windows and some monuments. In 1873 the church was restored and reseated at a cost of nearly £3,000: there are 620 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1561, marriages from 1562 and burials from 1571. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £183, with 1 ½ acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1898 by the Rev. Thomas Godfrey Law Lushington M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, and surrogate.
Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March 19, 1869. The church is of Kentish rag and Bath stone, in the Early English style and has a tower with one bell: there are 640 sittings, of which half are free. The register dates from the year 1869. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £225, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Hargreave Edward Trimmer M.A. of Keble College, Oxford.
The Catholic church in West street, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, erected in 1892, is a plain edifice of brick and will seat 150.
There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1866, with 750 sittings, a Congregational, erected in 1841, seating 500, also Primitive Methodist, Bible Christian and Wesleyan chapels.
The Cemetery of 6 acres contains two mortuary chapels and is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 members.
The Town Hall, erected in 1859, and originally the Corn Exchange, was purchased in 1878 by the old Local Board, enlarged, and a board room and offices provided: the hall will hold 600 persons, and has an illuminated clock.
The Masonic Hall, in Albany road, built in 1889, is a plain structure of brick, containing a meeting hall and club room.
Foresters’ Hall, East street, erected in 1892, is an edifice of brick, with stone dressings, it is licensed for theatrical performances, dancing, conceits and will hold 700 persons.
The Public Free Library in Crescent street, was established in 1888, under the “Public Libraries’ Act, 1885” (18 & 19 Vict. c. 70): the library consists of 5,000 volumes, presented by the now extinct Sittingbourne and Milton Book Society.
The Public Baths and Gymnasium in The Butts, were built in 1896 by public subscription, at a cost of £1,500.
The “Bull” is the principal hotel.
The A Squadron of the Royal East Kent (Duke of Connaught’s Own) imperial Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles), and the E Company of the 1st Volunteer Battalion.
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), have their headquarters in the town.
A corn market is held weekly on fridays, from 3 to 5 o’clock, at the Town Hall, and cattle sales, conducted by Mr. F. A. Bensted, are held every alternate monday in the Bull hotel meadow.
The trade here is derived chiefly from the manufacture and transit of bricks and cement (nearly 6,000 hands being employed in these two industries), the market, the supply of the neighbouring district, the shipping of corn, and import of coals. There are also corn mills: the extensive paper mills of Edward Lloyd Limited are partly in this and partly in Milton parish.
The poor have £4 10s. yearly, arising from land, and five seames (10 bushels) of boiling peas, in value about £12, are given yearly by the churchwardens to the poor on Christmas day.
A public recreation ground of 10 acres was laid out in 1880 by the late Local Board.
The area of Sittingbourne is 995 acres of land, 3 of water, 3 of tidal water and 19 of foreshore; rateable value, £30,801; the population in 1871 was 6,148, in 1881 7,856, in 1891 8,502, and in 1901 was 8,943.
The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. Michael (parish church), 4,932 and Holy Trinity, 4,011.
Petty Sessions are held at the Police court each monday at 10 o’clock; the magistrates also attend fridays, at 10 a.m.
The following places are included in the Petty Sessional division:-Bapchild, Bobbing, Bredgar, Borden, Eastchurch, Emley, Harty, Halstow the Lower, Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, Laysdown, Milstead, Milton near Sittingbourne, Minster in Sheppey, Murston, Newington next Sittingbourne, Rainham, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Tunstall & Upchurch.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
St. Michael’s Church, High street, Rev. Thomas Godfrey Law Lushington M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m.. & 3 or 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily at 8 & 8.30 p.m.
Mission room, Canterbury road, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
Holy Trinity, Dover street, Rev. Hargreave Edward Trimmer M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. & fri. 11 a.m.; daily, 10 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.
Sacred Heart, Catholic, West street, Rev. Eugene O’Sullivan; 8 & 10 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 a.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m.
Baptist, High street west, Rev. John Doubleday; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
Mission room, Bayford street, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.
Bible Christians, East street, Rev. Wm. Henry Gregory, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.
Congregational (Free Church), High street, Rev. John Preece Rawlings, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Shakespeare road, Rev. Thomas G. Dyke; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, High street, Rev. Wm. Rapson (supt.) & Rev. Arthur Clay Lywood; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.15 p.m.
Salvation Army Barracks, Shortlands road.
SCHOOLS
St. Michaels National, The Butts, built in 1847, & enlarged in 1892, for 580; average attendance, 215 boys, 215 girls & 130 infants.
St. Michael’s National (infants), Canterbury road, built in 1883, for 200 children; average attendance, 180.
Holy Trinity National, built in 1871 & enlarged in 1872, & again 1892 & 1893, for 600; average attendance, 180 boys, 180 girls & 170 infants.
Infants’ Pembury street, for 120 children; average attendance, 95.
Wesleyan (mixed), built in 1834, & enlarged 1873, for 430 children.
MILTON, in Aylesford lathe, rural deanery of Sittingbourne, archdeaconry of Maidstone and diocese of Canterbury, is a parish and head of a union and hundred. A court leet is also held yearly for the appointment of two high constables. The sanitary arrangements of the parish are under the management of the Milton Urban District Council of twelve members, created by the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which supersedes a board of improvement Commissioners, created by 1 Vict. c. 20. The district is divided into three wards. The town is supplied with water from works at Keycol hill and has a complete system of drainage, and is lighted with gas from works belonging to the District Council. The church of Holy Trinity, north of the town and partly surrounded with very fine trees, is an ancient building of flint and rough stone, chiefly in the Decorated style, and has an embattled western tower of unusually large dimensions, containing 5 bells, dated 1681; on the wall is a brass to Thomas Alefe and Margaret, his wife, 1529: there are marble tablets to the Woollett family, a floor stone to the Rev. John Yates, 21 years vicar of this parish, d. 26 Sept. 1826, and memorials to the Cockin, Creed, Romney, Chapman, Dyne and Finche and other families, and a brass with the effigy of a knight: the church affords 800 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1538; marriages from 1622. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £232, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and held since 1900 by the Rev. Thomas Thomas Lucius Morgan, of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. St. Paul’s chapel of ease is a structure of brick, overgrown with ivy, and consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, and a western doorway; the church possesses an alms dish presented by the Rev. W. Heygate, April 21, 1826, and said to have once belonged to the Cathedral of Worms: there are 500 sittings, of which 150 are free. St. Mary’s Church, Park road, erected in 1901, is a structure of red brick in the Gothic style of the 13th century: it consists at present only of chancel, vestries, and a portion of the nave and aisle: the Rev. Sidney B. Ritso M.A. has been curate in charge since 1889. Here is a Congregational chapel, built in 1793, and has 500 sittings; also Primitive Methodist chapel. The Town Hall, in High street, is a structure of brick, with a large clock projecting from the front of the building; the hall contains committee and anterooms and one for meetings and concerts &c. The court hall, in High street, is an ancient building used for the manor courts, which are held annually. St. Thomas’s almshouses in the Butts, erected in 1860, under a benefaction left in 1601 by Thomas Bradbury gent, of Milton, are for seven poor widows; Miss Hinde’s, in Cross street, are for 4 poor persons. A sum of £20, the interest on several charities, is distributed yearly to the poor at Christmas in bread and money. The market once held on Saturday, has been discontinued. The oyster fishery used to be carried on here; the produce was sent to the London market. At Chalkwell, in this parish, is a large tanyard. Lloyd’s Limited very extensive paper mills are partly in this parish; and there are several brick fields. Between 1869 and 1872 Roman leaden coffins, urns, and glass vessels were discovered near Bexhill. This place was “ancient demesne,” having been held by the Crown in the time of the Confessor, and the manor was subsequently held in dower by the Queens of England. Wenman Aubrey Wvkeham-Musgrave esq. of Thame Park, Oxon, is lord of the manor, Lord Harris G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. the trustees of the late William Whitehead Gascoyne esq. J.P. of Bapchild Court (d. 1897), Gerge Webb esq. and the trustees of Miss Hinde are the chief landowners. The area is 2,553 acres of land, 6 of water, 12 of tidal water and 41 of foreshore; rateable value, £25,259; the population in 1901 was 7,056, which includes 15 officers and 282 inmates in the workhouse.
The population of the wards in 1901 was: Central, 2,747; North 1,418; South 2,921.
MILTON UNION
Board day, Wednesday, at the Board room, at 11 am.
Milton Union includes the greater part of the hundred of Milton, consisting of the following parishes:-Bapchild, Bobbing, Borden, Bredgar, Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, Lower Halstow, Milstead, Milton, Murston, Newington, Rainham, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Tong, Tunstall & Upchurch. The population of the union in 1901 was 28,190; area, 31,827 acres; rateable value in 1902, £136,567.
The workhouse, & structure of brick, was erected in 1835, for 380 inmates.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
Holy Trinity & St. Paul’s Chapel of Rase, Rev. Thomas Thomas Lucius Morgan, vicar; Rev. Roland Genet Stafford B.A. curate; 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.
St. Mary’s, Park road, Rev. Sidney Baker Ritso M.A. curate in charge; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Congregational, Rev. Albert Ernest Snashall A.T.S.; 10.45 am & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.15 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Rev. Thomas G. Dyke; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
SCHOOLS
A School Board of 5 members was formed 28 Oct. 1875; William: James Harris, 76 High street, Sittingbourne, clerk to the board; Edward Knowles, High street, attendance officer.
Board (boys), built in 1848, for 770 boys, girls & infants; average attendance, 350 boys, 320 girls, 81 1st standard & 85 infants.
Grovehurst (mixed), built for 70 children; average attendance, 45.
St. Pauls (infants), built in 1873, for 70 children; average attendance, 57.
Most Common Surnames in Sittingbourne
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Milton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 113 | 1:70 | 0.77% | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas | 84 | 1:94 | 4.13% | 37 |
| 3 | Brown | 70 | 1:112 | 1.19% | 2 |
| 4 | Williams | 64 | 1:123 | 1.74% | 9 |
| 5 | Baker | 53 | 1:149 | 1.03% | 4 |
| 6 | Taylor | 52 | 1:151 | 0.97% | 3 |
| 7 | Hills | 45 | 1:175 | 2.13% | 34 |
| 8 | Young | 43 | 1:183 | 1.66% | 20 |
| 9 | Jarrett | 39 | 1:202 | 5.19% | 188 |
| 9 | Rossiter | 39 | 1:202 | 28.26% | 1,206 |
| 11 | Harris | 37 | 1:213 | 1.03% | 10 |
| 12 | Kemp | 35 | 1:225 | 1.98% | 52 |
| 12 | Wiles | 35 | 1:225 | 8.27% | 380 |
| 12 | Sellen | 35 | 1:225 | 17.33% | 871 |
| 15 | Sage | 34 | 1:232 | 10.76% | 553 |
| 15 | Croucher | 34 | 1:232 | 4.93% | 209 |
| 15 | Spice | 34 | 1:232 | 9.69% | 481 |
| 18 | Allen | 33 | 1:239 | 1.32% | 23 |
| 19 | Clark | 32 | 1:246 | 0.99% | 13 |
| 19 | Chapman | 32 | 1:246 | 1.06% | 14 |
| 19 | Millen | 32 | 1:246 | 9.30% | 497 |
| 22 | Johnson | 31 | 1:254 | 0.93% | 12 |
| 23 | Bennett | 29 | 1:271 | 1.52% | 42 |
| 23 | Collins | 29 | 1:271 | 1.10% | 17 |
| 25 | Martin | 28 | 1:281 | 0.56% | 6 |
| 26 | Turner | 27 | 1:292 | 0.91% | 15 |
| 26 | Shrubshall | 27 | 1:292 | 67.50% | 3,324 |
| 28 | Cooper | 26 | 1:303 | 1.01% | 21 |
| 28 | Marsh | 26 | 1:303 | 1.18% | 30 |
| 28 | Hubbard | 26 | 1:303 | 4.77% | 278 |
| 31 | Lee | 25 | 1:315 | 1.64% | 70 |
| 31 | Gibson | 25 | 1:315 | 3.22% | 175 |
| 31 | Payne | 25 | 1:315 | 1.51% | 59 |
| 34 | Foster | 24 | 1:328 | 1.64% | 79 |
| 34 | Rose | 24 | 1:328 | 2.12% | 114 |
| 34 | Mears | 24 | 1:328 | 12.90% | 935 |
| 34 | Goatham | 24 | 1:328 | 30.38% | 1,950 |
| 38 | Ellis | 23 | 1:342 | 1.59% | 80 |
| 38 | Russell | 23 | 1:342 | 0.88% | 19 |
| 38 | Wills | 23 | 1:342 | 6.05% | 447 |
| 41 | Anderson | 22 | 1:358 | 1.78% | 99 |
| 41 | Stone | 22 | 1:358 | 1.66% | 90 |
| 41 | Nicholls | 22 | 1:358 | 2.87% | 180 |
| 41 | Savage | 22 | 1:358 | 4.55% | 321 |
| 41 | Mount | 22 | 1:358 | 5.25% | 383 |
| 41 | Glandfield | 22 | 1:358 | 100.00% | 5,251 |
| 47 | Hall | 21 | 1:375 | 0.96% | 31 |
| 47 | Mitchell | 21 | 1:375 | 1.32% | 63 |
| 47 | Fisher | 21 | 1:375 | 1.96% | 122 |
| 47 | Read | 21 | 1:375 | 1.95% | 121 |
| 47 | Coleman | 21 | 1:375 | 1.98% | 125 |
| 47 | Gee | 21 | 1:375 | 14.19% | 1,131 |
| 53 | Wood | 20 | 1:394 | 0.39% | 5 |
| 53 | Bailey | 20 | 1:394 | 1.11% | 46 |
| 53 | Summers | 20 | 1:394 | 5.04% | 417 |
| 53 | Phipps | 20 | 1:394 | 6.78% | 588 |
| 53 | Blackman | 20 | 1:394 | 2.67% | 190 |
| 53 | Trowell | 20 | 1:394 | 10.10% | 886 |
| 59 | Butler | 19 | 1:414 | 1.28% | 75 |
| 59 | Cole | 19 | 1:414 | 1.41% | 88 |
| 59 | Dean | 19 | 1:414 | 2.93% | 230 |
| 59 | Masters | 19 | 1:414 | 3.37% | 270 |
| 59 | Austen | 19 | 1:414 | 1.65% | 109 |
| 59 | Pretty | 19 | 1:414 | 30.65% | 2,383 |
| 59 | Goodhew | 19 | 1:414 | 5.43% | 482 |
| 66 | Jackson | 18 | 1:437 | 1.17% | 67 |
| 66 | Cox | 18 | 1:437 | 1.02% | 53 |
| 66 | Frost | 18 | 1:437 | 3.70% | 316 |
| 66 | Horton | 18 | 1:437 | 1.88% | 137 |
| 66 | Burley | 18 | 1:437 | 10.78% | 1,020 |
| 66 | Copping | 18 | 1:437 | 17.65% | 1,555 |
| 66 | Shrubsall | 18 | 1:437 | 18.75% | 1,638 |
| 66 | Milway | 18 | 1:437 | 36.73% | 2,842 |
| 74 | Walker | 17 | 1:463 | 0.96% | 51 |
| 74 | Moore | 17 | 1:463 | 0.78% | 33 |
| 74 | Cook | 17 | 1:463 | 0.69% | 24 |
| 74 | Harvey | 17 | 1:463 | 1.26% | 87 |
| 74 | Grant | 17 | 1:463 | 2.13% | 169 |
| 74 | Andrews | 17 | 1:463 | 0.95% | 49 |
| 74 | Day | 17 | 1:463 | 0.95% | 48 |
| 74 | Britten | 17 | 1:463 | 22.97% | 2,053 |
| 74 | Brenchley | 17 | 1:463 | 3.53% | 324 |
| 74 | Goldfinch | 17 | 1:463 | 4.87% | 484 |
| 84 | Roberts | 16 | 1:492 | 0.82% | 40 |
| 84 | Hawkins | 16 | 1:492 | 1.37% | 107 |
| 84 | Reeves | 16 | 1:492 | 1.28% | 98 |
| 84 | Waters | 16 | 1:492 | 1.18% | 85 |
| 84 | Simmonds | 16 | 1:492 | 2.45% | 229 |
| 84 | Goldsmith | 16 | 1:492 | 1.77% | 143 |
| 84 | Coward | 16 | 1:492 | 16.84% | 1,650 |
| 84 | Hampshire | 16 | 1:492 | 11.19% | 1,175 |
| 84 | Winch | 16 | 1:492 | 6.90% | 779 |
| 84 | Tong | 16 | 1:492 | 6.06% | 655 |
| 84 | Crayford | 16 | 1:492 | 11.68% | 1,212 |
| 84 | Swinyard | 16 | 1:492 | 40.00% | 3,324 |
| 96 | King | 15 | 1:525 | 0.43% | 11 |
| 96 | Hunt | 15 | 1:525 | 0.98% | 68 |
| 96 | Rogers | 15 | 1:525 | 0.86% | 55 |
| 96 | Pearce | 15 | 1:525 | 1.36% | 118 |
| 96 | Elliott | 15 | 1:525 | 1.39% | 120 |
| 96 | Higgins | 15 | 1:525 | 2.11% | 201 |
| 96 | Austin | 15 | 1:525 | 1.22% | 101 |
| 96 | Carpenter | 15 | 1:525 | 1.97% | 182 |
| 96 | Tyler | 15 | 1:525 | 2.40% | 242 |
| 96 | Drake | 15 | 1:525 | 4.81% | 557 |
| 96 | Batchelor | 15 | 1:525 | 3.16% | 328 |
| 96 | Gates | 15 | 1:525 | 4.34% | 493 |
| 96 | Hooker | 15 | 1:525 | 2.64% | 264 |
| 96 | Turk | 15 | 1:525 | 8.43% | 973 |
| 96 | Broadbridge | 15 | 1:525 | 15.79% | 1,650 |
| 96 | Bottle | 15 | 1:525 | 7.11% | 842 |
| 96 | Crayden | 15 | 1:525 | 34.88% | 3,140 |
| 113 | Watson | 14 | 1:562 | 0.84% | 58 |
| 113 | Ward | 14 | 1:562 | 0.76% | 45 |
| 113 | Stevens | 14 | 1:562 | 0.62% | 29 |
| 113 | Brooks | 14 | 1:562 | 1.14% | 100 |
| 113 | Berry | 14 | 1:562 | 2.33% | 254 |
| 113 | Bishop | 14 | 1:562 | 1.07% | 91 |
| 113 | Whitehead | 14 | 1:562 | 1.38% | 128 |
| 113 | Barrett | 14 | 1:562 | 1.78% | 171 |
| 113 | Banks | 14 | 1:562 | 1.92% | 198 |
| 113 | French | 14 | 1:562 | 1.41% | 131 |
| 113 | Little | 14 | 1:562 | 4.64% | 573 |
| 113 | Reeve | 14 | 1:562 | 5.20% | 642 |
| 113 | Bean | 14 | 1:562 | 2.67% | 291 |
| 113 | Attwood | 14 | 1:562 | 4.17% | 514 |
| 113 | Snelling | 14 | 1:562 | 5.67% | 718 |
| 113 | Thacker | 14 | 1:562 | 22.95% | 2,406 |
| 113 | Kite | 14 | 1:562 | 6.31% | 808 |
| 113 | Irons | 14 | 1:562 | 15.38% | 1,719 |
| 113 | Mantle | 14 | 1:562 | 5.17% | 636 |
| 113 | Hollands | 14 | 1:562 | 1.83% | 181 |
| 113 | Jury | 14 | 1:562 | 4.28% | 533 |
| 113 | Port | 14 | 1:562 | 6.31% | 808 |
| 113 | Wyles | 14 | 1:562 | 8.97% | 1,083 |
| 113 | Dorrell | 14 | 1:562 | 21.21% | 2,268 |
| 113 | Kemsley | 14 | 1:562 | 4.61% | 570 |
| 113 | Rate | 14 | 1:562 | 53.85% | 4,646 |
| 113 | Gawler | 14 | 1:562 | 46.67% | 4,158 |
| 113 | Gouge | 14 | 1:562 | 26.42% | 2,676 |
| 141 | Jones | 13 | 1:606 | 0.31% | 7 |
| 141 | Robinson | 13 | 1:606 | 0.72% | 47 |
| 141 | Lewis | 13 | 1:606 | 0.86% | 72 |
| 141 | Carter | 13 | 1:606 | 0.62% | 36 |
| 141 | Barnes | 13 | 1:606 | 0.82% | 62 |
| 141 | Long | 13 | 1:606 | 1.41% | 140 |
| 141 | Hancock | 13 | 1:606 | 3.30% | 423 |
| 141 | Bartlett | 13 | 1:606 | 2.07% | 240 |
| 141 | Houghton | 13 | 1:606 | 8.97% | 1,155 |
| 141 | Daniels | 13 | 1:606 | 2.57% | 301 |
| 141 | Rouse | 13 | 1:606 | 5.80% | 804 |
| 141 | Champion | 13 | 1:606 | 4.63% | 614 |
| 141 | Kennett | 13 | 1:606 | 1.78% | 196 |
| 141 | Buss | 13 | 1:606 | 3.52% | 461 |
| 141 | Sills | 13 | 1:606 | 13.40% | 1,622 |
| 141 | Bones | 13 | 1:606 | 14.13% | 1,708 |
| 141 | Brightman | 13 | 1:606 | 16.67% | 1,967 |
| 141 | Filmer | 13 | 1:606 | 3.18% | 397 |
| 141 | Keel | 13 | 1:606 | 26.53% | 2,842 |
| 141 | Saywell | 13 | 1:606 | 11.21% | 1,396 |
| 141 | Furner | 13 | 1:606 | 24.07% | 2,637 |
| 141 | Hinge | 13 | 1:606 | 18.57% | 2,157 |
| 141 | Fever | 13 | 1:606 | 9.70% | 1,234 |
| 141 | Edmed | 13 | 1:606 | 12.62% | 1,542 |
| 141 | Towne | 13 | 1:606 | 61.90% | 5,415 |
| 141 | Elfick | 13 | 1:606 | 30.23% | 3,140 |
| 141 | Gorf | 13 | 1:606 | 72.22% | 6,047 |
| 168 | Thompson | 12 | 1:656 | 0.61% | 41 |
| 168 | Hughes | 12 | 1:656 | 0.82% | 78 |
| 168 | Phillips | 12 | 1:656 | 0.68% | 50 |
| 168 | Richards | 12 | 1:656 | 0.93% | 93 |
| 168 | Sutton | 12 | 1:656 | 0.88% | 84 |
| 168 | Hobbs | 12 | 1:656 | 1.80% | 220 |
| 168 | Pollard | 12 | 1:656 | 3.55% | 509 |
| 168 | Forster | 12 | 1:656 | 5.53% | 827 |
| 168 | Monk | 12 | 1:656 | 3.18% | 452 |
| 168 | Sampson | 12 | 1:656 | 5.17% | 779 |
| 168 | Bushell | 12 | 1:656 | 1.88% | 236 |
| 168 | Russel | 12 | 1:656 | 14.29% | 1,853 |
| 168 | Ashdown | 12 | 1:656 | 1.59% | 184 |
| 168 | Hadlow | 12 | 1:656 | 2.94% | 398 |
| 168 | Boulding | 12 | 1:656 | 12.00% | 1,591 |
| 168 | Prentis | 12 | 1:656 | 25.53% | 2,923 |
| 168 | Neves | 12 | 1:656 | 20.34% | 2,465 |
| 168 | Feakins | 12 | 1:656 | 13.19% | 1,719 |
| 168 | Trinkown | 12 | 1:656 | 100.00% | 8,042 |
| 187 | Green | 11 | 1:716 | 0.48% | 28 |
| 187 | Morris | 11 | 1:716 | 0.72% | 69 |
| 187 | Mills | 11 | 1:716 | 0.55% | 38 |
| 187 | Freeman | 11 | 1:716 | 1.56% | 203 |
| 187 | Gilbert | 11 | 1:716 | 0.81% | 86 |
| 187 | Willis | 11 | 1:716 | 1.36% | 167 |
| 187 | Jarvis | 11 | 1:716 | 0.98% | 115 |
| 187 | Hurst | 11 | 1:716 | 3.30% | 518 |
| 187 | Peters | 11 | 1:716 | 1.91% | 260 |
| 187 | Randall | 11 | 1:716 | 1.77% | 243 |
| 187 | Gardiner | 11 | 1:716 | 4.25% | 667 |
| 187 | Bower | 11 | 1:716 | 11.58% | 1,650 |
| 187 | Weller | 11 | 1:716 | 1.35% | 164 |
| 187 | Reece | 11 | 1:716 | 15.94% | 2,183 |
| 187 | Reader | 11 | 1:716 | 2.08% | 285 |
| 187 | Tidy | 11 | 1:716 | 5.12% | 832 |
| 187 | Warnes | 11 | 1:716 | 50.00% | 5,251 |
| 187 | Couchman | 11 | 1:716 | 1.81% | 249 |
| 187 | Champ | 11 | 1:716 | 8.53% | 1,267 |
| 187 | Pudney | 11 | 1:716 | 17.46% | 2,350 |
| 187 | Hinkley | 11 | 1:716 | 5.70% | 907 |
| 187 | Hickmott | 11 | 1:716 | 2.93% | 454 |
| 187 | Tumber | 11 | 1:716 | 6.75% | 1,046 |
| 187 | Gambell | 11 | 1:716 | 19.64% | 2,567 |
| 187 | Woodhurst | 11 | 1:716 | 68.75% | 6,630 |
| 187 | Iddenden | 11 | 1:716 | 19.30% | 2,530 |
| 187 | Streetfield | 11 | 1:716 | 42.31% | 4,646 |
| 187 | Lindrige | 11 | 1:716 | 100.00% | 8,577 |