OS Grid Reference: TQ4176
The 1841 population was 597

Kidbrooke fell within the Hundred of Blackheath. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Lewisham-1868, Woolwich 1868-.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester to 1845, PCC 1846-57.

Originally an ancient parish, but later deemed a Liberty; the ecclesiastical parish of Kidbrooke was created in 1867, partly from the liberty and partly from Charlton.

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

• 1851 Name Index (only) published on microfiche as part of Volume IV (Lewisham Registration District).

 

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

Kidbrooke, St James (Map Ref F).
Medieval church long demolished; a new church built 1866-7 and parish refounded 1867.

Original Registers

These date from 1867.