Gravesend, Kent

Location

Gravesend in in the north west of Kent, on the southern bank of the River Thames. For additional information, please see Wikipedia:Gravesend and The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 by Edward Hasted (pub 1797)

Parish Church

The Parish (C of E) Church is St George's, Gravesend, which can be found here on Google Street View

St George's Gravesend is the burial place of Rebecca, wife of John Rolfe, otherwise known as Pocahontas

Parish Registers

Kent County Archives Services has baptism registers from 1650 - 1915, marriages 1665 - 1951 and burials 1547 - 1906 listed as available in its Guide to Parish Registers (pub 2007)
The IGI includes baptisms from 1727 to 1875 and marriages from 1665 to 1727 (Batch No.: M131331) and 1751 to 1876 (Batch No.: M131332)

Adjacent (pre 1832) Parishes

Bounded to the north by the River Thames, Milton-next-Gravesend lies to the east. Northfleet lies to the west.

Gleanings from

• Gravesend St Georges Parish Registers
  • 1813 Baptism Reeves, Mary Anne
• Gravesend St Georges Marriages 1772 to 1812
  • 1810 Marriage - Reeves & Robertson