Frittenden, Kent

Historical Description

Frittenden, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 3 miles from Headcorn station on the S.E.R., and 4 NNE of Cranbrook, with a post and money order office under Staplehurst; telegraph office, Staplehurst. Acreage, 3509; population, 974. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £232 with residence. The present church was rebuilt in 1847-48, on the lines of the former building of the 14th century.

Administration

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

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

Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Frittenden, St Mary: baptisms 1563-1879, marriages 1560-1868, burials 1560-1875

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 Frittenden from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Frittenden 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.