Hoo or Hoo St Werburgh, Kent
Historical Description
Hoo or Hoo St Werburgh, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands near the Medway, 2 miles from Sharnal Street station on the S.E.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Rochester. Acreage, 4491; population, 1400. The manor belonged formerly to Earl Godwin and the Bishops of Bayeux, belongs now to the Earl of Jersey, and gives him the title of Baron. Salt marshes intersected by creeks are on the Medway, and there are a quay, a pottery, and tile works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; value, £316 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The church is ancient but good, has a fine spire which serves as a landmark, and contains several brasses and wood carvings. There are the Hoo Workhouse and charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Hundred | Hoo | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | Hoo |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Hoo St Werburghmarriages 1588-1837, burials 1677-1994
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 or Hoo St Werburgh from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hoo, or St. Werburgh)
Maps
Online maps of Hoo or Hoo St Werburgh 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.