Boughton Monchelsea, Kent

Historical Description

Boughton-Monchelsea, a parish in Kent, near the Weald, 4 miles S by E of Maidstone station on the L.C. & D.R. and S.E.R. It has a post office; money order office, Maidstone; telegraph office, Linton. The parish comprises 2383 acres; population of the civil parish, 1116; of the ecclesiastical, 1117. The manor belonged anciently to the Monchelseas of Swanscombe. Kentish rag is extensively worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £306 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is very good; it was enlarged and restored in 1874.

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	Boughton-Monchelsea St. Peter
Hundred	Eyhorne
Lathe	Aylesford
Poor Law union	Maidstone

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

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1551.

Findmypast have the following online for Boughton Monchelsea, SS Peter & Augustine: baptisms 1563-1919, marriages 1560-1919, burials 1560-1899

Churches

Church of England

St. Peter (parish church)

The church of St. Peter is of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, with remains of Norman work, and has a central tower containing 6 bells; there are monuments to the Powell family: the edifice was restored and enlarged by the late William Moore esq. at a cost of £3,000, and has several stained windows: it affords 400 sittings, 300 being free.

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 Boughton Monchelsea from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Boughton-Monchelsea (St. Peter))

Maps

Online maps of Boughton Monchelsea 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:

Visitations Heraldic

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

District	Maidstone
County	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Postal district	ME17
Post Town	Maidstone