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Help with fining the civil parish for Kent : WHITE

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Paulette

Paulette Report 23 Dec 2007 13:15

Could someone with more experience than me please help me with finding the civil parish for this address:-

Factory Farm, Wouldham Road, Borstal, Kent, England.

On my dad's birth cert it says:-

Registration district MEDWAY
Sub district of Rochester and Chatham
County of Kent.

These are the choises as set out on 1911 census search enquiry:-

Chatham -------------------------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
Gillingham -----------------------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
Rochester - Cathedral Precincts ----Medway Rochester and Chatham
Rochester St Margaret ----------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
Rochester St Nicholas ----------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
Rochester St. Margaret --------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
St Margaret ----------------------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
St Margaret, Rochester ---------------Medway Rochester and Chatham
St Nicholas -----------------------------Medway Rochester and Chatham



Many thanks
Paulette in Chch, NZ
Researching WHITE / Ward / YOUNG / Dawkins

Heather

Heather Report 23 Dec 2007 13:26

Have a look at this site:

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Fjq4LwM-V_8J:www.borstal.org.uk/history/whats_in_a_name.shtml+Borstal+Kent+civil+parish&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk&client=firefox-a

Heather

Heather Report 23 Dec 2007 13:28

The above is on a google search for Borstal, Kent

Ivy

Ivy Report 23 Dec 2007 14:57

Multimap has just one Wouldham Rd with a Medway address

Have a look - the road runs just south of the Medway
- out of Rochester
- under the M2
- and down towards the village of Wouldham
- looks like it could have been marshy

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 23 Dec 2007 20:12

According to NWKFHS Borstal is a settlement in Rochester St Margaret.

http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/bors_plc.htm

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Paulette

Paulette Report 24 Dec 2007 04:28

Thank you all, I have ordered the 1911 census.
Regards
Paulette