Romney Marsh District

Parishes Included

In addition, the churches of the following parishes, although part of Romney Marsh, became redundant before 1754: Blackmanstone, Broomhill, Eastbridge, Hurst (Falconhurst), Midley, Orgarswick and West Hythe.

Finally (from 1 July 1837) there may also have been marriages in the Romney Marsh Register Office and in the various non-conformist chapels which existed on Romney Marsh. Among these chapels were the following:

Notes

Fairfield: Marriages no longer solemnised after 1853.

Hope All Saints: There is only one entry in the register.

Banns Index:
A Register is missing for each of the five Parishes shown below. A combined index has been prepared from the Banns of these parishes for the period concerned. This Banns index should be treated with caution. The marriages may (a) not have taken place or (b) have taken place in a different parish from that shown in this index.
Banns index for: Ivychurch, Newchurch, Snargate, Snave and St Mary in the Marsh.

Registers used in this Index

Parish Coverage Register
Brenzett 1756 - 1815 P46/1/5
1815 - 1836 P46/1/6
1837 - 1911 P46/1/7
Brookland 1754 - 1812 P49/1/12
1813 - 1837 P49/1/6
1837 - 1911 P49/1/7
Burmarsh 1754 - 1813 P53/1/4
1813 - 1836 P53/1/5
1837 - 1910 P53/1/13
Dymchurch 1754 - 1813 P125/1/2
1813 - 1837 P125/1/5
1837 - 1911 P125/1/8
Fairfield 1759 - 1811 P141/1/4
1813 - 1836 P141/1/5
1839 - 1853 P141/1/6
Hope All Saints 1819 P191/1/2
Ivychurch 1756 - 1813 P203/1/1
1815 - 1836 P203/1/3
1839 - 1899 P203/1/4 (see index of Banns)
Lydd 1754 - 1812 P237/1/2
1813 - 1837 P237/1/2
 
Parish Coverage Register
Lydd (contd) 1837 - 1882 P237/1/7
  1883 - 1905 P237/1/8
  1905 - 1911 P237/1/9
New Romney 1754 - 1810 P309/1/5
1810 - 1813 P309/1/6
1813 - 1837 P309/1/7
1838 - 1910 P309/1/13
1910 - 1911 P309/1/14
Newchurch 1757 - 1812 P263/1/5
1813 - 1837 P263/1/6
1837 - 1911 P263/1/8 (see index of Banns)
Old Romney 1756 - 1811 P310/1/1
Snargate 1754 - 1813 P340/1/3
1813 - 1836 P340/1/4
1837 - 1911 P340/1/9 (see index of Banns)
Snave 1754 - 1815 P341/1/1
1813 - 1838 P341/1/2
1838 - 1911 P341/1/D/2 (part)
St Mary in the Marsh 1755 - 1811 P317/1/3
1813 - 1836 P317/1/4
1837 - 1911 P317/1/5 (see index of Banns)

Indexed by David C Hills, February and March 2002.