Wrotham
OS Grid Reference: TQ6059
The 1841 population was 2,949
The 1841 population was 2,949
Administrative Units
Wrotham fell within the Hundred of Wrotham. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Malling.
Probate Jurisdiction was Shoreham to 1845, PCC 1846-57.
The ancient parish of Wrotham includes the settlements of Plaxtol and Borough Green, and also a detached portion known as Woodlands.
See NWKFHS publications West Kent Sources and School Records for further information.
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Church and Chapels (pre 1910)
Wrotham, St George
Church of England - Ancient Parish Church
Original Registers
These date from 1558.
Original Registers
These date from 1558.
St George - Oct 1997
Woodlands, St Mary
Church built 1850; parish created 1850 from detached part of Wrotham; now linked to Kingsdown.
Original Registers
These date from 1850.
Memorial Inscriptions (1990)
Transcript published by NWKFHS (Microfice F13) See MI Publications.
Original Registers
These date from 1850.
Memorial Inscriptions (1990)
Transcript published by NWKFHS (Microfice F13) See MI Publications.
St Mary
Plaxtol, (no dedication)
Church built 1649; parish created 1844 from Wrotham St George.
Original Registers
These date from 1648.
Original Registers
These date from 1648.
(no dedication) - Jul 1998
Platt, St Mary, Longmill Lane
Church built 1841-42; parish created 1846 from Wrotham St George.
Original Registers
These date from 1885.
Original Registers
These date from 1885.
St Mary - Sep 1999
Borough Green, Church of the Good Shepherd
Church built 1906; ecclesiastical parish created 1974 from Wrotham and Ightham.
Church of the Good Shepherd - Sep 2013
Baptist: Borough Green, Chapel
Chapel errected 1817.
Original Registers
These date from 1818.
Original Registers
These date from 1818.
Baptist: Borough Green, Chapel
