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1861 England Census

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Acol Erith Otham
Acrise Ewell Otterden
Addington Eynsford Oxney
Adisham Eythorne Paddlesworth
Aldington Fairfield Patrixbourne
Alkham Farnborough Pembury
Allhallows Farningham Penshurst
Allington Faversham Petham
Appledore Fawkham Pluckley
Ash Folkestone Plumstead
Ash St Nicholas Folkestone St Mary Postling
Ashford Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe Poulton
Ashurst Foots Cray Preston
Aylesford Fordwich Queenborough
Badlesmere Frant Rainham
Bapchild Frindsbury Ramsgate
Barham Frinsted Reculver
Barkestone Frittenden Ridley
Barming Gillingham Ringwould
Barnes Godmersham Ripple
Beaksbourne Goodnestone River
Bearsted Goudhurst Rochester Cathedral Precincts
Beckenham Grain St James Rochester St Margaret
Benenden Graveney Rochester St Nicholas
Bethersden Gravesend Rodmersham
Bexley Great Chart Rolvenden
Bicknor Great Mongeham Ruckinge
Bidborough Greenwich Ryarsh
Biddenden Greenwich St Alphege Saltwood
Bilsington Guston Sandhurst
Birchington Hackington Sandridge
Bircholt Hadlow Sandwich St Clement
Birling Halling Sandwich St Mary
Bishopsbourne Halstead Sandwich St Peter
Blackmanstone Harbledown Sarre
Blean Harriestham Seal
Bobbing Hartley Seasalter
Bonnington Hartlip Sellindge
Borden Harty Selling
Boughton Aluph Hastingleigh Sevenoaks
Boughton Malherbe Hawkhurst Sevington
Boughton Monchelsea Hawkinge Shadoxhurst
Boughton under Blean Hayes Sheerness
Boxley Headcorn Sheldwich
Brabourne Herne Shipbourne
Brasted Hernhill Sholden
Bredgar Hever Shoreham
Bredhurst High Halden Shorne
Brenchley High Halstow Sibertswold
Brenzett Higham Sittingbourne
Bridge Hinxhill Smarden
Bromley Hoath Smeeth
Brook Hollingbourne Snargate
Brookland Hoo Snodland
Broomfield Hoo St Mary Southfleet
Broomhill Hope All Saints Speldhurst
Buckland Horsmonden St Leonard
Burham Horton Kirkby St Margaret at Cliffe
Burmarsh Hothfield St Mary
Canterbury All Saints Hougham St Mary Cray
Canterbury Archbishop Palace Hucking St Nicholas at Wade
Canterbury Christchurch Hunton St Paul Cray
Canterbury East Bridge Hospital Ickham Stalisfield
Canterbury Old Castle Ightham Standford
Canterbury St Alphege Ivychurch Stansted
Canterbury St Andrew Iwade Staple
Canterbury St Augustine Kemsing Staplegate
Canterbury St Dunstan Kenardington Staplehurst
Canterbury St George the Martyr Kennington Stelling
Canterbury St Gregory Keston Stelling Minnis
Canterbury St Margaret Kidbrooke Stockbury
Canterbury St Martin Kingsdown Stodmarsh
Canterbury St Mary Bredin Kingsnorth Stoke
Canterbury St Mary Magdalene Kingston Stonar
Canterbury St Mary Northgate Knockholt Stone
Canterbury St Mildred Knowlton Stourmouth
Canterbury St Paul Lamberhurst Stowting
Canterbury St Peter Langley Strood
Capel Leaveland Sturry
Capel le Ferne Lee Sundridge
Chalk Lee St Margaret Sutton
Challock Leeds Sutton at Hone
Charing Leigh Sutton Valence
Charlton Lenham Swalecliffe
Chart next Sutton Valence Lewisham Swanscombe
Chart Sutton Lewisham St Mary Swingfield
Chartham Leybourne Tenterden
Chatham Leysdown Teston
Chelsfield Lidsing Teynham
Cheriton Linsted Thanet St Lawrence
Chevening Linton Thanet St Peter
Chiddingstone Little Appledore Thanington
Chilham Little Chart Thornham
Chillenden Little Mongeham Throwley
Chiselhurst Littlebourn Tilmanstone
Chislet Longfield Tonbridge
Cliffe Loose Tong
Cobham Lower Halstow Trottiscliffe
Coldred Lower Hardres Tudely
Cooling Luddenham Tunbridge Wells
Cowden Luddesdown Tunstall
Cranbrook Lullingstone Ulcombe
Crayford Lydd Upchurch
Crundale Lydden Upper Hardres
Cudham Lyminge Vessels
Cuxton Lympne Waldershare
Darenth Lynsted Walmer
Dartford Maidstone Waltham
Davington Marden Warden
Deal Margate St John the Baptist Warehorne
Denton Meopham Wateringbury
Deptford St Nicholas Mereworth West Farleigh
Deptford St Paul Mersham West Hythe
Detling Midley West Langdon
Ditton Milstead West Malling
Doddington Milton West Peckham
Dover Castle Milton next Sittingbourne West Wickham
Dover St James the Apostle Minster in Sheppey Westbere
Dover St Mary Minster in Thanet Westcliffe
Down Moldash Westerham
Dunkirk Monks Horton Westgate
Dymchurch Monkton Westgate Without
East Barming Murston Westwell
East Cliff Nackington Whitfield
East Farleigh Nettlestead Whitstable
East Langdon New Romney Wickhambreux
East Malling Newchurch Willesborough
East Peckham Newenden Wilmington
East Sutton Newington Wingham
East Wickham Newnham Wittersham
Eastbridge Nonington Womenswold
Eastchurch North Cray Woodchurch
Eastling Northbourne Woodnesborough
Eastry Northfleet Woolwich
Eastwell Northgate Wootton
Ebony Norton Wormshill
Edenbridge Oare Worth
Egerton Offham Wouldham
Elham Old Romney Wrotham
Elmley Orlestone Wychling
Elmsted Orpington Wye
Elmstone Ospringe Yalding
Eltham Otford

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.