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Kent Banns

Allington Castle

Search for the banns of couples read in over 57 parishes in Kent, England, between 1653 and 1962. Discover when your ancestors’ banns were read, when they got married, and their previous marital status.

Each record includes a transcript of the original banns book. The information in each transcript may vary, but most will include the following information:

Groom’s name
Bride’s name
Year
Banns date
Groom’s parish
Bride’s parish
Groom’s marital status
Bride’s marital status
Place
Notes

Many of the bride and groom’s parish is listed as ‘Otp,’ which means ‘Of this parish.’ It means that the bride or groom are apart of the parish in which the Banns announcements are taking place.

Kent Banns parish list

These records are not intended to be a comprehensive survey of all the burials in Kent. Below are lists of all the parishes or places included in Kent burials. The year ranges given are not inclusive and some parishes may have gaps in their records.

Place	From	To	Place	From	To
Addington	1755	1826	Ifield	1757	1821
Aldington	1754	1823	Iwade	1781	1813
Allington	1777	1919	Kenardington	1755	1821
Appledore	1754	1823	Kennington	1755	1900
Ash next Sevenoaks	1754	1821	Kingsnorth	1754	1947
Bapchild	1754	1848	Langley	1756	1823
Barming	1754	1823	Leeds	1756	1807
Biddenden	1754	1941	Lenham	1653	1837
Bilsington	1754	1826	Leybourne	1560	1960
Birling	1903	1969	Little Chart	1754	1811
Bonnington	1759	1962	Lower Halstow	1826	1923
Borden	1754	1901	Luddesdown	1757	1810
Boughton Aluph	1755	1824	Meopham	1754	1823
Boughton Monchelsea	1754	1823	Monks Horton	1754	1845
Brabourne	1754	1846	Nurstead	1754	1818
Bredgar	1754	1831	Offham	1644	1812
Brenchley	1754	1812	Orlestone	1754	1822
Brenzett	1757	1815	Ridley	1755	1811
Brookland	1754	1812	Ryarsh	1754	1904
Broomfield	1754	1806	Shadoxhurst	1812	1821
Burham	1756	1813	Shepherdswell (Sibertswold)	1754	1953
Burmarsh	1754	1815	Southfleet	1558	1932
Charing	1754	1823	Stansted	1602	1950
Chart Sutton	1763	1836	Teston	1769	1796
Cuxton	1754	1823	Trottiscliffe	1754	1950
East Farleigh	1754	1840	Ulcombe	1754	1812
East Sutton	1754	1821	Upchurch	1656	1808
Eastchurch	1817	1818	Warehorne	1755	1813
Ebony	1755	1823	Westwell	1755	1823
Frindsbury	1758	1787	Wittersham	1754	1939
Frittenden	1754	1868	Woodchurch	1654	1824
Harrietsham	1756	1827	Wouldham	1569	1923
High Halden	1755	1823	Wrotham	1559	1945
Hinxhill	1759	1955