Crockenhill, Kent
Historical Description
Crockenhill, an ecclesiastical parish formed from the civil parishes of Eynesford, St Mary-Cray, and Sutton at Hone, Kent, 1 mile from Swanley Junction on the L.C. & D.R., and 6½ miles ESE of Bromley. It has a post and money order office under Swanley Junction (S.O.); telegraph office, Swanley Junction. The chapelry was constituted in 1852. Population, 1785. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £295 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is in the Early English style. There are six almshouses.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1852
Findmypast have the following online for Crockenhill, All Souls: baptisms 1852-1914, marriages 1838-1935, burials 1852-1964
Churches
Church of England
All Souls (parish church)
The church of All Souls, erected in 1851, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western bell cot containing one bell: there are several stained memorial windows, and sittings for about 300 persons.
Maps
Online maps of Crockenhill are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.