Chalk fell within the Hundred of Shamwell. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was North Aylesford.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester.

See NWKFHS publications West Kent Sources and School Records for further information.

For project purposes this parish is covered by Kent FHS.

Ancient Parish Church

Original Registers

These date from 1661.

Transcript published by Rob Cottrell (Microfiche Ref. C14). See Thames & Medway Riverside Parish Register Publications.

Independent: Pentecostal Church, Lower Higham Rd. No information on registers.