Charlton in Dover, Kent

Historical Description

Charlton-in-Dover, a parish in Kent, on the river Dour, mostly within Dover borough, and near the Priory station of the L.C. & D.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Dover. Acreage, 381; population, 7839. The surface is hilly and picturesque. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury, in the gift of Keble College, Oxford; net value, £2 SO with residence. The parish church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, was rebuilt in 1893, the former building having become quite unsuitable for this large and populous parish. The Church of St Bartholomew was erected in 1877, and the portion of the parish of Charlton west of London Koad assigned to it.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient County	Kent
Ecclesiastical parish	Charlton St. Peter and St. Paul
Hundred	Bewsborough
Lathe	St. Augustine
Poor Law union	Dover

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Charlton by Dover, SS Peter & Paul: baptisms 1564-1912, marriages 1591-1928, burials 1565-1964

Findmypast have the following online for Charlton by Dover, St Bartholomew: marriages 1864-1928, burials 1889-1915

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Charlton in Dover from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Charlton (St. Peter and St. Paul))

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.