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Statistical SummaryAcres: 1,034OS co-ordinates: TR 193422 Latitude: 51:8.2430N Longitude: 1:8.0733E Parish Church: St. Martin Registers commence: 1541 Other Denominations: None Markets: Fairs: October 16 at Acrise Mill Newspapers: Electoral Place: Maidstone, for whole of West Kent Courts: County Court, assizes, quarter sessions petty sessions at Maidstone and Canterbury Jails: County Jail at Maidstone Bordering parishes: Elham, Wootton, Swingfield, Alkham, Hawkinge, Paddlesworth, Lyminge Hospitals: None Amenities: Post town is Elham Registration District: Elham Poor Law Union: Elham Workhouse: ~1777 at Elham, 1835+ at Etchinghill, Lyminge |
Diocese: Canterbury Archdeaconry: Canterbury Deanery: Elham Probate pre-1859: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Lathe: Shepway Hundred: Folkestone 1 anciently Loningborough Population in 1851, 198.1 Houses, 34. 1 Domesday Reference: Taxable value 1 unchanged units; taxed on 1.0. Value to lord in 1066 £2. Value to lord c. 1070 £1.5. Value to lord in 1086 £3. 5 villagers, 5 smallholders, 2 ploughlands (land for), 1.5 lord's plough teams, 1 men's plough teams. Woodland 10 swine render. 1 church. Principal landholder: Ansketil of Rots (Lord 1086) Bishop Odo of Bayeux (Chief Tenant 1086). |
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AcriseAcrise is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury and in the deanery of Elham. The church is named for St. Martin with registers commencing 1541. Acrise, a parish in Elham district, Kent; 5 miles north-north-west of Folkestone rail station. Post town, Elham under Canterbury. Acres, 1,034. Real property in 1860, £1,196. Population in 1861, 173. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £171 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq.. The church has a Norman chancel-arch, and is very good. The East Kent hounds meet at Acrise; and a fair is held on 16 October at Acrise Mill. 1 1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870). Acrise Bibliography-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates. [Note: The following volumes can be found on archive.org: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]
Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org. Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852). Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005). URL: British History Online. Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908). URL: British History Online Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 39', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I. Published:(1906), pp. 315-323. URL: British History Online. Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III. Published:(1904), pp. 296-302. URL: British History Online. Location of RecordsThe following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive. There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England. This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues. If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number. Census
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- RG 34: Marriage registers of British embassies, English churches and chaplains abroad, notification of marriages of servicemen during service abroad, and documents deposited for safekeeping (1861-1921).
- RG 35: Foreign Deaths. Incomplete collection of certificates of British military deaths in France and Belgium, 1914 to 1921; certificates issued by foreign authorities and churches, entries in the registers of British embassies, English churches and chaplains (1791-1921)
- RG 36: Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Protectorates etc of Africa and Asia - Nyasaland, Kenya, Somaliland, Uganda, Sudan, Palestine, Sarawak, Malaya, including Johore and Selangor, British North Borneo (1895-1965)
- BT Series: 158, 159, 160. Registries of Shipping and Seamen Births, Deaths and Marriages of Passengers at Sea(1854-1908); Deaths of British Nationals at sea (1875-1888); Births of British Nationals at sea (1875-1891), respectively.
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Total Population
1801 - 160
1811 - 194
1821 - 186
1831 - 194
1841 - 207
1851 - 198
1861 - 173
1871 - 142
1881 - 219
1891 - 195
1901 - 174
1911 - 146
1921 - 183
Acrise Distance to
London 59.0 mi.
Canterbury 9.8 mi.
Ashford 11.8 mi.
Bromley 51.8 mi.
Chatham 30.3 mi.
Cranbrook mi.
Dartford 26.3 mi.
Deptford 55.9 mi.
Dover 7.5 mi.
Faversham 16.3 mi.
Folkestone 3.9 mi.
Gravesend 39.0 mi.
Greenwich 54.2 mi.
Hythe 5.3 mi.
Margate 20.0 mi.
Milton Regis 22.6 mi.
Queenborough 25.5 mi.
Ramsgate 18.1 mi.
Rochester 33.4 mi.
Sandwich 13.2 mi.
Sheerness 26.9 mi.
Tenterden 20.0 mi.
Tunbridge 37.9 mi.
Woolwich 52.5 mi.
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