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1881 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Kent:

Acol Elmsted Otterden
Acrise Elmstone Paddlesworth
Addington Erith Patrixbourne
Adisham Ewell and Lydden Pembury
Aldington Eynsford Penshurst
Alkham Eythorne Petham
All Saints Fairfield Pluckley
Allhallows Farnborough Postling
Allington Farningham Poulton
Appledore Faversham Preston Next Faversham
Ash Next Ridley Fawkham Preston Next Wingham
Ash Next Sandwich Folkestone Queenborough
Ashford Foots Cray Rainham
Ashurst Fordwich Ramsgate
Aylesford Frindsbury Reculver
Badlesmere Frinstead Ridley
Bapchild Frittenden Ringwould
Barfreston Gillingham Ripple
Barham Godmersham River
Barming Goodnestone in Eastry Rochester Castle Precincts
Bearsted Goodnestone in Faversham Rochester St Margaret
Beckenham Goudhurst Rochester St Nicholas
Bekesbourne Grange and Gillingham Rodmersham
Benenden Graveney Rolvenden
Bethersden Gravesend Ruckinge
Betshanger Great Chart Ryarsh
Bexley Great Mongeham Saltwood
Bicknor Guston Sandhurst
Bidborough Guston and Charlton Sandwich St Bartholomew
Biddenden Hackington St Stephen Sandwich St Clement
Bilsington Hadlow Sandwich St Mary
Birchington Halling Sandwich St Peter
Bircholt Halstead Sarre
Birling Ham Seal
Bishopsbourne Harbledown Seasalter
Blackmanstone Harrietsham Selling
Blean Hartley Sellinge
Bobbing Hartlip Sevenoaks
Bonnington Harty Sevington
Borden Hastingleigh Shadoxhurst
Boughton Aluph Hawkhurst Sheldwich
Boughton Malherbe Hawkinge Shipbourne
Boughton Monchelsea Hayes Sholden
Boughton Under Blean Headcorn Shoreham
Boxley Herne Shorne
Brabourne Hernhill Sibertswold
Brasted Hever Sittingbourne
Bredgar High Halden Smarden
Bredhurst High Halstow Smeeth
Brenchley Higham Snargate
Brenenden Hinxhill Snave
Brenzett Hoath Snodland
Bridge Hollingbourn Southfleet
Bromley Hoo Speldhurst
Brook Hoo St Mary St James Isle of Grain
Brookland Hope All Saints St Lawrence
Broomfield Horsemonden St Margaret
Buckland in Dover Horton Kirby St Margarets at Cliffe
Buckland in Faversham Hothfield St Mary Cray
Burham Hougham St Mary Magdalen
Burmarsh Hucking St Mary Virgin in Marsh
Canterbury All Sts Hunton St Nicholas at Wade
Canterbury Archbishops Palace Hurst St Nicholas Hospital
Canterbury Christchurch Hythe St Leonard St Pauls Cray
Canterbury East Bridge Hospital Ickham and Well St Peters
Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate Ifield Stalisfield
Canterbury Old Castle Ightham Stanford
Canterbury St Alphage Ivychurch Stansted
Canterbury St Alphage and Black Princes Chantry Iwade Staple
Canterbury St Andrew Kemsing Staplegate
Canterbury St Augustine Kenardington Staplehurst
Canterbury St Dunstan Kennington Stelling
Canterbury St George Martyr Keston Stelling Minnis
Canterbury St Gregory Kingsdown in Dartford Stockbury
Canterbury St Martin Kingsdown in Milton Stodmarsh
Canterbury St Mary Bredin Kingsnorth Stoke
Canterbury St Mary Bredman Kingstone Stonar
Canterbury St Mary Magdalen Knockholt Stone in Dartford
Canterbury St Mary N and St John Hospital Knowlton Stone in Faversham
Canterbury St Mary Northgate Langley Stone in Tenterden
Canterbury St Mildred Leaveland Stourmouth
Canterbury St Paul Leeds Stowting
Canterbury St Peter Leigh Strood
Capel Lenham Sturry
Capel le Ferne Leybourne Sundridge
Chalk Leysdown Sutton
Challock Linton Sutton at Hone
Charing Little Chart Sutton Valence
Charlton Little Mongeham Swalecliffe
Chart Sutton Littlebourne Swanscombe
Chartham Longfield Swingfield
Chatham Loose Tenterden
Chelsfield Lower Halstow Teston
Cheriton Lower Hardres Teynham
Chevening Luddenham Thanington and Wilton in Bridge
Chiddingstone Luddesdown Thornham
Chilham Lullingstone Throwley
Chillenden Lydd Tilmanstone
Chislehurst Lyminge Tonbridge
Chislet Lympne Tonge
Cliffe Lynsted Trottiscliffe
Cobham Maidstone Tudeley
Coldred Marden Tunstall
Cooling Margate St John Baptist Ulcombe
Cowden Meopham Upchurch
Cranbrook Mereworth Upper Hardres
Crayford Mersham Vessels
Crundale Midley Waldershare
Cudham Milstead Walmer
Cuxton Milton in Gravesend Waltham
Darenth Milton in Milton Warden
Dartford Minster in Sheppey Warehorne
Davington Minster in Sheppey - Sheerness Wateringbury
Deal Minster in Thanet West Barming
Denton in Dover Mint West Cliffe
Denton in North Aylesford Molash West Farleigh
Detling Monks Horton West Hythe
Ditton Monkton West Langdon
Doddington Murston West Malling
Dover Castle Nackington West Peckham
Dover St James Nettlestead West Wickham
Dover St Mary Virgin New Romney Westbere
Downe Newchurch Westerham
Dunkirk Newenden Westwell
Dymchurch Newington in Elham Whitfield
East Cliffe Newington in Milton Whitstable
East Farleigh Newnham Wickhambreux
East Langdon and Oxney Nonington Willesborough
East Malling North Cray Wilmington
East Peckham Northbourne Wingham
East Sutton Northfleet Wittersham
East Wickham Norton Womenswould
Eastbridge Nursted Woodchurch
Eastchurch Oare Woodnesborough
Eastling Offham Wootton
Eastry Old Romney Wormshill
Eastwell Orgarwick Worth
Ebony Orlestone Wouldham
Edenbridge Orpington Wrotham
Egerton Ospringe Wychling
Elham Otford Wye
Elmley Otham Yalding

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.