Plumstead
Plumstead [modernly pronounced "Plumpstead"] is a suburban town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Lewisham district, Kent. The town is suburban to Woolwich on the east; stands on the North Kent railway, near the river Thames, 10 miles east-by-south of St. Paul's, London; was once a market town.
The parish comprises 3,718 acres of land, and 344 of water. Real property in 1860, £47,403. Population in 1851, 8,373; in 1861, 24,502. Houses, 3,195. The increase of population arose chiefly from contiguity to Woolwich, and from large extension there of government employment.
The manor was given, in 960, by King Edgar, to Canterbury abbey; went, for a time, to Earl Godwin's son Tostan, and to Bishop Odo; passed, in the time of Henry VIII, to the Boughtons; and was given, in 1736, to Queen's College, Oxford. Lesnes or Lessness abbey estate, with interesting ruins 1-1/2 miles east of the parish church, belongs to Christ's hospital, London. Burrage Town estate, forming the west section of the parish, belongs to the Pattison family. Genteel residences and elegant villas are very numerous. A committee was formed in August 1866 to test the right over Plumstead common. The south portions of the parish are hilly, and have good views; but the north portions are chiefly marsh. Shooter's Hill is in the same range as Plumstead common. About 2,000 acres of the Plumstead and Erith marshes were inundated in the time of Henry VIII, and were not recovered till the time of James I. Powder magazines are on the Plumstead marshes; brickfields, tile kilns, sand pits and chalk pits, are near Plumstead common; market gardening is carried on; and sugar moulds are made.
The living is a vicarage, united with Arsenal chapel, in the diocese of London. Value, £873 with a habitable glebe house. Patron, the Rev. J. A. McAllister. The perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas is a separate benefice, of the value of £300, in the patronage of the Vicar.
St. James' chapel, on the Burrage Town estate, forms another charge, and is in the patronage of Mr. Pattison. St. Margaret's church, on Plumstead common, is a recent and handsome edifice. St. Nicholas' church is an old building, and has been much improved. St. James'chapel is neat and modern.
There are also neat and commodious dissenting chapels, national schools, and charities of £106.
The sub-district, includes also Charlton-next-Woolwich parish, and comprises 5,057 acres. Population in 1861, 32,974. Houses, 4,312. 1
1 John Marius Wilson, comp. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).
For further history of Plumstead and district see http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/plum_plc.htm and Ideal Homes, Suburbia in Focus, Plumstead.
Today, very few people that live in Plumstead today can claim to have any historical roots to this parish when it was part of Kent. Or why should they, since the Crimean war the main reason for Plumstead, was as homes for the Royal Arsenal (again, locally pronounced without the "n") workers. It was not until I started looking into my own family history that, to my surprise, my Devon grandfather's family had been knocking around this area for well over a century and a half. Also, by his marriage and by a strange trick of fate - WW1, her mother's family had came from North West Kent area. So, my ancestry can go back yet another hundred or so years but I am still working on this. So, although like most of the people here, I have no claim to be a true Man of Kent - that is, one born this side of the River Medway.
Today, Plumstead is hard to find let alone to define - just another part of another urban borough in the M25 zone. Plumstead bus Garage, operated by the red buses of Stagecoach on what is still called the Plumstead Road (A206), before it changes into Plumstead High Street, known as Plumstead Bridge, where, if you look really hard, you still can find the original bridge. Plumstead Railway Station (see photograph at link, above), unlike other suburban stations on the North West Kent Line, had very little impact in the development of the area. Not so for other forms of transport: The tram and, later, the trolleybus and motor bus routes were the main form of public transport. But, of course, the car has brought the major change to the area. The widening of roads and car parks has meant a lot of old Plumstead is simply no longer there. Click on the following links for further information concerning the Plumstead railway station and transportation history.
Plumstead as a village started at the other end of the High Street, from the railway station at the junction of Wickham Lane, known as the Corner. This is where you'll still find the parish church of St Nicholas (see photograph at link, above). More importantly, you'll also find the "Plum de feathers" across the road from St. Nicholas Church (see photograph at link, above).
The shopping area is on the junction of Lakedale Road, and Plumstead High Street. With its Fire Station on the corner, little has changed, apart from the Co-op and Beasley Brewery, since the horse trams trundled into the Tram Yard, behind the shops. What is new transpires as the result of WW2, then, any planers' plan. Unlike the faceless shops of Abbey Wood and Thamesmead.
I suppose I must mention Thamesmead, built on the Plumstead Marshes that had been occupied by the Royal Arsenal until the end of the 20th-century. The only thing now there is Bellmarsh, Her Majesty's Prison, and a housing estate. Don't ask me which one's which.
I suppose I must also mention Abbey Wood. So, I have. Started by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, the fingers of which stretched out throughout Kent life.
So this is Plumstead, from Eltham (Greenwich) Shooters Hill (the old A2 Roman Road) with its water tower, Plum Lane, down the slopes to Shrewsbury Park, upper Plumstead, onto Plumstead and Winns Common. Down the slopes again of Middle Plumstead. No sign now of the Work House. Then onto lower Plumstead. Neatly ends with the Southern Outfull pipe embankment to Crossness.
The parish of Plumstead is bounded by East Wickham (Welling) and Belvedere (Erith) to the east; Woolwich (Greenwich), to the west; and, the River Thames to the north. . It should be noted that, before the formation of the Greater London Council, the former London County Council borough of Woolwich consisted of lands on the opposite bank called North Woolwich and were considered to be part of the county of Kent and not of Essex.
Plumstead does not have its own postal area (zip code). It is shared with Woolwich in the SE18 area, Thamesmead in the SE28 area and in the DA28 area. Abbey Wood is SE2. The DA prefix in DA28 represents Dartford, Kent. The SE prefix in SE18, SE28 and SE2 represents the South East of London.
Records for Plumstead are kept at:
Greenwich Heritage Centre
Medway Council Archives
London Metropolitan Archives.
If anyone has Plumstead pictures, post cards or local family web site links that they would like to add to these pages, please contact me, at the email address above. You might also like to read more about Plumstead at Plumstead Stories.
Plumstead 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.]
- General references to Plumstead: vol. , pp.
- Currently in revision
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 Records
The 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 | Church of England | Non-Conformist | Parish chest | Workhouse and Poor Law | Land | Assizes and Sessions | School
Census
Date |
The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU
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LDS Family History Centre (Find a centre near you) and indexed online at: New FamilySearch.org |
6 June 1841 |
HO107/ |
0306876 |
30 Mar 1851 |
HO107/ ,p. 157-427 |
0174827 |
7 Apr 1861 |
RG 9/405-410 |
0542632 |
7 Apr 1861 |
RG 9/411-416 |
0542633 |
2 Apr 1871 |
RG10/786-787 |
0827741 |
2 Apr 1871 |
RG10/788-790 |
0827742 |
2 Apr 1871 |
RG10/791-793 |
0827743 |
2 Apr 1871 |
RG10/794-796 |
0827744 |
3 Apr 1881 |
RG11/749-752 |
1341176 |
3 Apr 1881 |
RG11/753-756 |
1341177 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted West |
RG12/535 |
6095645 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted West |
RG12/536 |
6095646 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted East |
RG12/537 |
6095647 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted East |
RG12/538 |
6095648 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted East |
RG12/539 |
6095649 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted East |
RG12/540 |
6095650 |
5 Apr 1891, Plumsted East |
RG12/541 |
6095651 |
31 Mar 1901 |
Currently under revision |
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2 Apr 1911 |
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2 Apr 1911 |
RG 78/139 - Census Enumerator's Summary Books online only http://www.1911census.co.uk and other subscription sites |
none |
Church Records, Church of England
Record Type |
Dates |
Archive 1 (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Parish Register |
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Currently under revision |
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Bishop's transcripts |
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Currently under revision |
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CMB transcripts |
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Currently under revision |
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Parish Registers, transcribed by Thomas Colyer-Fergusson |
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Currently under revision |
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Church Records, Non-Conformist
Record Type |
Dates |
Archive 1 (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Particular Baptist Chapel, Nonconformist Return |
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Currently under revision |
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Methodist Church Registers |
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Currently under revision |
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Parish chest records
Record Type |
Dates |
London Metropolitan Archives (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Parish Council Minutes |
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Currently under revision |
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Removal orders out of Plumstead & adjudication |
Jun 1928-Oct 1932 |
Lewisham Poor Law Union |
2422628 |
Removal orders into Plumstead |
Dec 1904-Jul 1912 |
Lewisham Poor Law Union |
2422626 |
Removal orders into Plumstead |
Jul 1912-Oct 1924 |
Lewisham Poor Law Union |
2422627 |
Removal orders into Plumstead |
Nov 1924-Jun 1926 |
Lewisham Poor Law Union |
2422628 |
Removal orders into Plumstead |
Jan 1929-Dec 1932 |
Lewisham Poor Law Union |
2422628 |
Settlement Examinations, Minute book |
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Currently under revision |
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Overseers' Accounts |
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Currently under revision |
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Return of Churchwardens, constables and defaulters | |
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Tithe Apportionment Files |
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Poor Rate books |
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Currently under revision |
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Workhouse and Poor Law Records
Lewisham Poor Law Union
Record Type |
Dates |
London Metropolitan Archives (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Admission & Discharge books |
1837-1847 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299449 & 0251798 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1848-1856 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299450 & 0251799 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1856-1865 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299451 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1865-1875 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299452 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1875-1885 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299453 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1885-1890 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299454 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1890-1894 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299477 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1894-1898 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299478 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1898-1902 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299479 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1902-1906 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299480 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1906-1909 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299481 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1909-1913 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299482 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1913-1919 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299483 |
Admission & Discharge books |
1919-1920 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299626 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Jan 1837-Feb 1838 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422656 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Feb 1838-Dec 1840; Oct 1843-Oct 1845 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422657 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Oct 1845-Mar 1847; Mar 1848-Sep 1851 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422658 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Sep 1851-May 1859 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422659 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
May 1859-Sep 1864; Oct 1865-May 1868 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422660 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Nov 1864-Dec 1870 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422703 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Mar 1866-Sep 1867; Apr 1869-Apr 1874 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422704 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Apr 1874-Aug 1881 |
Lewisham Union records |
2436658 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Sep 1881-Mar 1885 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422705 |
Admission & Discharge books, High Street Workhouse |
Aug 1908-Oct 1909 |
Lewisham Union records |
2436659 |
Admission & Discharge books, Infirmary |
1915-1918 1918-1922 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299544 2299545 |
Guardians' Minutes |
1836-1930 |
Lewisham Union records |
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Ledgers |
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Births |
1866-1909 |
Lewisham Union records |
2301921 |
Births, Infirmary, illegitimate children |
1911-1915 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299544 |
Deaths |
1883-1915 |
Lewisham Union records |
2301921 |
Deaths, Infirmary |
1906-1912, 1920-1922 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299544 |
Religious creed registers, High Street Workhouse |
Jan 1885-Jun 1889 |
Lewisham Union records |
2436659 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1869-1889 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299626 & 0251801 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1889-1896 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299484 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1889-1899 |
Lewisham Union records |
0251802 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1894-1900 |
Lewisham Union records |
0251800 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1896-1905 |
Lewisham Union records |
2301920 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1903-1910 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299542 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1911-1914 (A-S) |
Lewisham Union records |
2299542 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1911-1914 (S-Z) |
Lewisham Union records |
2301921 |
Religious creed registers, Infirmary, Lewisham Workhouse |
1894-1898 |
Lewisham Union records |
2301921 |
Religious creed registers, Infirmary, Lewisham Workhouse |
1900-1906 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299543 |
Religious creed registers, Infirmary, Lewisham Workhouse |
1907-1915 |
Lewisham Union records |
2301922 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1915-1925 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299545 |
Religious creed registers, Lewisham Workhouse |
1925-1931 |
Lewisham Union records |
2299546 |
Apprentice Register |
Mar 1872-Mar 1926 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422859 |
Apprentices & Servants Register |
Apr 1874-Jun 1917 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422859 |
Index to Registers of lunatics |
Jan 1893-Dec 1911; Dec 1911-Dec 1919; |
Lewisham Union records |
2422629; 2422653 |
Registers of lunatics, Asylums |
Jan 1893-Dec 1911 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422628 |
Registers of lunatics, Asylums |
Jan 1893-Dec 1919 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422629 |
Registers of lunatics, Asylums |
Dec 1919-Dec 1925 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422629 & 2422653 |
Registers of lunatics, Asylums |
Dec 1925-Aug 1930 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422653 |
Registers of lunatics, Workhouse, Males |
Nov 1894-Dec 1897 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422653 |
Registers of lunatics, Workhouse, Males |
Nov 1894-Oct 1908 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422654 |
Registers of lunatics, Workhouse, Males |
Sep 1908-Oct 1914 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422655 |
Registers of lunatics, Workhouse, Females |
Nov 1894-Nov 1904 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422655 |
Registers of lunatics, Workhouse, Females |
Dec 1904-Mar 1915 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422656 |
Index to Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
No dates specified |
Lewisham Union records |
2422833 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1883-Mar 1889 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422860 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1889-Mar 1894 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422861 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1893-Mar 1897 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422876 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1897-Mar 1900 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422877 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1899-Mar 1903 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422878 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1902-Mar 1905 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422791 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Mar 1904-Dec 1921 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422879 |
Registers of Children & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Jan 1917-Dec 1926 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422792 |
Registers of Children, Paupers & Persons chargeable to the Union |
Jan 1877-Mar 1883; Jun 1929-Oct 1930 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422859 |
Registers of Children Deserted |
Nov 1889-Apr 1927 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422859 |
Index to Children in schools, hospitals, insane asylums |
no dates specified |
Lewisham Union records |
2422834 |
Registers of Children & Persons in Hospitals |
Jan 1920-Dec 1931 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422833 |
Registers of Children transferred to Institutions |
Apr-Dec 1907 |
Lewisham Union records |
2422859 |
Registers of Paupers |
Jan 1926-Jun 1929 |
Lewisham Union records |
2436660 |
Letters books |
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Vaccination registers |
1899-1930 |
Currently under revision |
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Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Oct 1870-Jun 1871; Nov 1876-Jun 1877 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422747 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Jun 1877-Apr 1878 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422748 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Apr 1878-Feb 1879 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422749 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Feb 1879-Oct 1879 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422750 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Oct 1879-Jun 1880 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422751 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Jun 1880-Feb 1881 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422752 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Feb 1881-Oct 1881 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422753 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges |
Aug 1881-Mar 1885; Dec 1911-Jan 1912 |
Lewisham Workhouse |
2422754 |
Vagrants Admissions & Discharges, High Street Workhouse |
Jan-Mar 1912 |
Lewisham Union |
2436660 |
Woolwich Poor Law Union
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Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Nov 1896-Feb 1899 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419333 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Feb 1899-May 1900 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419369 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
May 1900-Sep 1901 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419370 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
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Woolwich Union records |
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Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Sep 1901-Nov 1902 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419371 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Nov 1902-Oct 1903 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419372 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Oct-Dec 1903; Jun-Dec 1904; Feb 1926-Jan 1927 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419373 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Jun-Dec 1905; Jul-Nov 1906; Jan-May 1927 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419374 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Nov 1906-Oct 1907; Mar-Apr 1908 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419375 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Apr-Oct 1908; Mar-Oct 1909 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419376 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Oct 1909-Dec 1910 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419377 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Dec 1910-Mar 1911; Oct 1911-Sep 1912 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419378 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Sep 1912-Mar 1913; Mar 1928-Sep 1930 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419379 |
Admission & Discharge books, Plumstead workhouse |
Feb 1930-Mar 1931 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419409 |
Admission & Discharge books, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes |
Mar 1902-Apr 1903 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419410 |
Admission & Discharge books, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes |
Apr 1903-Jul 1906 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419411 |
Admission & Discharge books, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes |
Jul 1906-Jan 1911 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419412 |
Admission & Discharge books, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes |
Jan 1911-Oct 1914 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419413 |
Admission & Discharge books, Woolwich Workhouse |
Apr 1931-Dec 1933 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417287 |
Admission & Discharge books, Woolwich Workhouse |
Dec 1933-Feb 1936 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417288 |
Admission & Discharge books, Woolwich Workhouse |
Feb 1936-Feb 1939 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417289 |
Guardians' Minutes |
1868-1930 |
Woolwich Union records |
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Ledgers |
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Baptisms, Union at St. Nicholas, Plumstead |
1885-1936 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Baptisms, Woolwich Union Chapel |
1877-1885 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Births |
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Woolwich Union records |
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Deaths, Woolwich Workhouse |
1932-1939 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Jul 1871-May 1877 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417294 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Aug 1876-Nov 1885 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417295 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Nov 1885-Apr 1892 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419327 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Oct 1890-Nov 1897 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419328 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Oct 1895-Nov 1904 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419329 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
May 1903-Mar 1909 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419330 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Sep 1907-May 1919 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419331 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Dec 1913-Apr 1931; Feb-Oct 1935 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419332 |
Religious creed registers, Plumstead Workhouse |
Oct 1935-Aug 1937 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419333 |
Religious creed registers |
1871-1884; 1883-1889; 1889-1894; 1894-1897; 1897-1901 |
Woolwich Union records |
0234498; 0234499; 0234500; 0234501; 0234502 |
Religious creed registers, Woolwich Workhouse |
Aug 1928-Sep 1940 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417290 |
Apprentice Register |
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Registers of Children, Roman Catholic Schools, Orphanages and other homes |
1881-1896; Aug 1880-Jun 1904; 1909-1926 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes |
1902-1914 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419410 |
Registers of Children, Goldie Leigh Cottage Homes, transferred to Leytonstone |
1914-1932 |
Woolwich Union records |
2419410 |
Registers of Children boarded out |
1916-1925 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children on board HMS Exmouth |
1873-1905 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children deserted |
1900-1931 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children, Metropolitan Asylum Board Homes |
Jul 1910-1932 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417293 |
Registers of Children, Outlying Establishments |
1906-1932 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children, Woolwich Workhouse & Receiving Homes |
1906-1931 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417294 |
Registers of Children, Woolwich Infirmary |
1914-1925 (A-C) |
Woolwich Union records |
2417292 |
Registers of Children, Woolwich Infirmary |
1914-1925 (C-Z); 1925-1931 (A-Z) |
Woolwich Union records |
2417293 |
Registers of lunatics |
1861-1925 |
Woolwich Union records |
2417287 |
Letters books |
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Vaccination registers |
1899-1930 |
Currently under revision |
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Land Records
Record Type |
Dates |
Kent Libraries & Archives, Maidstone (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Land tax assessments |
1780-1832 |
Q/RPL/298 |
1470394, Item 4 |
Land tax assessments |
1875-1876 |
Currently under revision |
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Land tax assessments |
1889-1890
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Currently under revision |
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Rates and Duties - Houses, Windows, Lights |
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Currently under revision |
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Manorial Court rolls |
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Currently under revision |
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War Damage Files |
1939-1962 |
Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent, no.: Finding Aid at CKS-DRb/RW 123 |
None |
Assizes and Sessions Records (poor laws, jail terms, oaths, and other municipal and public records)
Record Type |
Dates |
Archive 1 (Addresses) |
Corresponding LDS Family History Library film numbers (Find a centre near you) |
Hearth tax |
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Currently under revision |
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Victuallers Recognizances |
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Currently under revision |
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Churchwarden's Presentments |
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Currently under revision |
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Parish rate books |
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Currently under revision |
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School Records
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Chronology
Coming Soon
Church Registers
- Monumental Inscriptions
- Christenings 1558-1640
- Christenings 1641-1700
- Christenings 1702-1812
- Christenings 1813-1912
- Marriages 1558-1640
- Marriages 1641-1701
- Marriages 1702-1812
- Marriages 1813-1901
- Burials 1558-1640
- Burials 1641-1701
- Burials 1702-1812
- Burials 1813-1901
- IGI batch #s, Boyds, Pallots, BVRI, NBI
- RG 4: Non-parochial registers 1567 to 1858
- RG 5: Protestant Dissenters' Registry
- RG 5: Wesleyan Methodist Registers
- RG 6: Society of Friends
- Rg 7: Clandestine Marriages & Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint & the May Fair Chapel ranging from 1667-c1777
- RG 8: British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn (1749-1868); burials at Victoria Park Cemetery, the New Burial Ground, Southwark, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, Hackney, and the Bethnal Green Protestant Dissenters Burying Ground; registers of Chapels Royal at St. James's Palace, Whitehall, Windsor Castle; archive of the Russian Orthodox Church, London (1721-1927)
- RG 32: Overseas Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Abroad and on British & Foreign ships, of British subjects, nationals of the colonies, the Commonwealth and countries under British jurisdiction. Also Lundy Island Devon and Channel Island records (1831-1969). Some deaths of WWII personnel, prisoners of war, civilians, internees, deaths through aircraft lost in flight.
- RG 33: G.R.O. Overseas Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial of British Subjects including those onboard ships 1627 to 1960
- 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.
- Published Records
Census
Parish Chest
Records
- Settlement Certificates
- Removal Orders
- Bastardy Examinations
- Parish-assisted Immigrants
- Churchwarden's Accounts
- Overseer's Accounts
- Surveyor's Accounts
- Workhouse Records
- Pew Rents
- Donors' Rolls
- Vestry Minutes
- Bishops' Visitations
- Parish Magazines
- Parish Histories
Directories
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Total Population
1801 - 1,166
1811 - 2,116
1821 - 2,386
1831 - 2,745
1841 - 2,816
1851 - 8,373
1861 - 24,502
1871 - 28,259
1881 - 33,250
1891 - 52,436
1901 - 68,327
1911 - 71,216
1921 - 75,902
Plumstead Distance to
London 7.6 mi.
Canterbury 45.4 mi.
Ashford 41.3 mi.
Bromley 6.1 mi.
Chatham 21.4 mi.
Cranbrook 33.2 mi.
Dartford 5.9 mi.
Deptford 5.0 mi.
Dover 58.7 mi.
Faversham 36.9 mi.
Folkestone 54.5 mi.
Gravesend 13.3 mi.
Greenwich 3.2 mi.
Hythe 52.4 mi.
Maidstone 24.5 mi.
Margate 56.7 mi.
Milton Regis 29.9 mi.
Queenborough 29.4 mi.
Ramsgate 59.0 mi.
Rochester 18.5 mi.
Sandwich 56.6 mi.
Sheerness 29.2 mi.
Tenterden 39.1 mi.
Tunbridge 25.7 mi.
Woolwich 0.9 mi.
Directories
Municipal & Public Records
- Mayors
- Town Clerks
- Recorders
- Chamberlains
- M.P.s
- Jurats, Aldermen and Common Councilmen
- Electoral Register
- Freeholders
- Freemen Index
- Freeman's Roll
- Masters Index
- Pubs, Taverns, Inns, Alehouses
- Victuallers
Wills & Estate Records
- AD index 1448-1857
- CC index 1448-1857
- PCC 1338-1858
- PPR 1858-1925
- Depositions
Court Records
- Gaol Returns
- Quarter Sessions
- Transportations
- Summons for Pavement Repairs
- Tithe Apportionment c1830s
- Protestation Rolls c1641-1643
- Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy 1662
- Oaths of Allegiance c1720s
Military Records
Land Records
& Maps
- Parish Map
- Environs of London
- Victoria County History
- Deeds, Mortgages, etc.
- Rated Property Returns
- Returns of owners of land, 1873
- Manor Court Baron
- Manor Tenancy Rolls
- Manors, Castles & Holdings of Significance
Tax Lists
- Poll Tax
- Hearth Tax
- Window Tax
- Hair Powder Tax
- Land Tax Assessments 1780-1831
- Land Tax Assessments 1799-1805
Other Records
- Apprenticeships
- Immigration
- School Records
- Notable Events
- Nefarious Activities
- Visitation, 1612
Village Resources
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