Coldred, Kent
Historical Description
Coldred, a parish in Kent, 1 mile ESE of Shepherdswell station on the L.C. & D.R., and 5 miles NNW of Dover. Post town, Dover; money order and telegraph office, Siberts-wold. Acreage, 1552; population, 161. Ceolred, king of Mercia, is said to have fought a battle here in 715 with Ina. A Roman entrenchment, enclosing about 2 acres of land, encircles the church, and was found, at the cutting of a road through it, to have a well about 300 feet deep. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Sibertswold, in the diocese of Canterbury; joint net value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has been repaired, but beyond the bell-turret has no features of architectural interest.
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 | Coldred St. Pancras | |
| Hundred | Bewsborough | |
| Lathe | St. Augustine | |
| Poor Law union | Dover |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1560; marriages from 1562.
Findmypast have the following online for Coldred, St Pancras: baptisms 1560-1909, marriages 1562-1934, burials 1561-1993
Churches
Church of England
St. Pancras (parish church)
The church of St. Pancras is an ancient building of flint and concrete in the Early Norman and Early English styles, with considerable remains of Anglo-Saxon work, and has a western bell gable, containing one bell: in the chancel is a brass to the Fyntch family, dated 1615: the east window contains some glass of the 16th century: the church was restored in 1890 and again in 1911, and affords 88 sittings.
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 Coldred from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Coldred (St. Pancras))
Maps
Online maps of Coldred 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.