OS Grid Reference: TQ4361
The 1841 population was 444

Downe fell within the Hundred of Ruxley. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Bromley.
Probate Jurisdiction was Shoreham to 1845, PCC 1846-57.

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

• 1851 Name Index and Page Images published on CD-Rom as part of CD7 (Bromley Registration District).
• 1851 Name Index (only) published on microfiche as part of Volume I (Bromley Registration District).
• 1891 Transcript published on CD-Rom as part of CD2 (Bromley Registration District).

For ordering details see Census CD-ROMs on the Publication List page.

Church of England - Ancient Parish Church

Original Registers

These date from 1538.