Hoo St Mary, Kent

Historical Description

Hoo St Mary, a village and a parish in Kent The village stands 1½ mile S of the Thames, 2 miles from Shamal Street station on the S.E.R., and 6½ NE of Rochester, and occupies a comparatively high site, with a belt of marsh between it and the Thames. Acreage, 1946 of land and 925 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 290. The Earl of Jersey is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; value, £400. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a tower, and has been restored.

Administration

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

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Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Hoo St Mary: baptisms 1695-1915, marriages 1695-1935, burials 1695-1978

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 Hoo St Mary from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hoo (St. Mary))

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.