St. Martin, Chelsfield, Kent

Description

The church of St. Martin is of flint and stone, chiefly in the Early English style, but the nave is in part Norman, and two Norman windows remain: on the south side is the small chapel of St. John, and there is a tower with spire containing 5 bells, cast in 1672 and rehung in 1880: there is a brass to Robert le Brun, rector, 1417, another to Wm. Robroke, rector, 1420, to three George Smiths, rectors 1570-1650, an elaborate monument to Peter Collett, 1607, and a brass to Alice Bray, 1510: the church affords 250 sittings.

Church Records

The register of St. Martin dates from the year 1538.

Findmypast have the following online for Chelsfield, St Martin of Tours: baptisms 1558-1812, marriages 1558-1812, burials 1558-1851