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Fonds P/144 Farnborough, St Giles the Abbot; Parish Record St Giles the Abbot, Farnborough, Parish Church Open Series P/144/1 Service of the Church - Registers Open

Farnborough Baptisms 1558-1624, 1661-1751; marriages 1559-1622, 1662--1747; burials 1558-1624, 1662-1678, with note `here ends the register of burials in this book'; at front brief terrier of parish charity lands, also five memoranda relating to bequests to the poor of the parish Item P/144/1/1 Farnborough Composite register 1558-1747 c.1600 Open Farnborough Baptism Register and Marriage Item P/144/1/2 Register 1749-1812 Open Item P/144/1/3 Farnborough Baptism Register 1813-1847 Open Item P/144/1/4 Farnborough Baptism Register 1848-1893 Open Item P/144/1/5 Farnborough Baptism Register 1893-1908 Open Item P/144/1/6 Farnborough Marriage Register 1801-1811 Open Item P/144/1/7 Farnborough Marriage Register 1813-1837 Open

Please use microfilm for entries up to 1900 to save wear on Item P/144/1/8 Farnborough Marriage Register 1837-1921 the register. Open Item P/144/1/9 Farnborough Burial Register 1813-1873 Open Item P/144/1/10 Farnborough Burial Register 1873-1906 Open Item P/144/1/11 Farnborough Baptism Register 1908-1918 Open Item P/144/1/12 Farnborough Baptism Register 1918-1929 Open Item P/144/1/13 Farnborough Baptism Register 1929-1944 Open Item P/144/1/14 Farnborough Marriage Register 1921-1938 Open Item P/144/1/15 Farnborough Marriage Register 1938-1949 Open Item P/144/1/16 Farnborough Banns Register 1948-1955 Open Item P/144/1/17 Farnborough Banns Register 1955-1966 Open Item P/144/1/18 Farnborough Service register 1960-1966 Open Item P/144/1/19 The altar services 1839 Open

Item P/144/1/20 The communion and other services 1886 Open Item P/144/1/21 Farnborough Service register 1945-1949 Open Item P/144/1/22 Farnborough Service register 1949-1954 Open Item P/144/1/23 Farnborough Service register 1954-1960 Open Item P/144/1/24 Farnborough Service register 1966-1975 Open Item P/144/1/25 Farnborough Baptism Register 1944-1956 Open Item P/144/1/26 Farnborough Baptism Register 1956-1963 Open Item P/144/1/27 Farnborough Baptism Register 1963-1974 Open

Item P/144/1/28 St Nicholas at Farnborough Baptism Register 1970-1973 St Nicholas at Farnborough Open Item P/144/1/29 Farnborough Banns register 1978-1981 Open Item P/144/1/30 Farnborough Banns register 1986-1991 Open Item P/144/1/31 Farnborough Banns register 1991-1996 Open Item P/144/1/32 Farnborough Marriage Register 1949-1958 Open Item P/144/1/33 Farnborough Marriage Register 1956-1966 Open Item P/144/1/34 Farnborough Marriage Register 1966-1972 Open Item P/144/1/35 Farnborough Marriage Register 1972-1978 Open Item P/144/1/36 Farnborough Marriage Register 1978-1983 Open Item P/144/1/37 Farnborough Marriage Register 1983-1988 Open Item P/144/1/38 Farnborough Marriage Register 1988-1992 Open Item P/144/1/39 Farnborough Marriage Register 1992-1996 Open Item P/144/1/40 Farnborough Service register 1982-1989 Open Item P/144/1/41 Farnborough Baptism Register 1974-1986 Open Item P/144/1/42 Farnborough Register of Burials 1953-1973 Open Item P/144/1/43 Farnborough Register of Burials 1973-1990 Open Item P/144/1/44 Farnborough Register of Burials 1906-1933 Open Item P/144/1/45 Farnborough Preachers' register 1924-1928 Open Item P/144/1/46 Farnborough Register of Burials 1933-1953 Open Item P/144/1/47 Farnborough Register of Services 1996-2000 Open Item P/144/1/48 Farnborough Register of Services 1990-1996 Open Item P/144/1/49 Farnborough Register of Services 1975-1982 Open Item P/144/1/50 Farnborough Baptism Register 1986-1994 Open Item P/144/1/51 Farnborough Baptism Register 1994-1997 Open Item P/144/1/52 Farnborough Baptism Register 1997-2002 Open Series P/144/2 Licences and institutions Open Item P/144/2/1 Certificate of subscription 1940 Open Certificate of having read the Thirty Nine Articles in Item P/144/2/2 church 1940 Open Item P/144/2/3 Institution of Rev. E.P. Field 1940 Open Item P/144/2/4 Licence for stipendiary curate 1953 Open Series P/144/3 Incumbent: Property and Income Open

Inventory of furniture, books, vessels, and Item P/144/3/1 vestments, with terrier [little detail] of glebe 1713 Open

Deed of land purchased at Farnborough as site for Item P/144/3/2 Parsonage House 1928 Open

Item P/144/3/3 Inventory of fixtures in Parsonage House 1931 Open

Insurance policies for the rectory, together with Item P/144/3/4 memoranda and correspondence 1929-1957 Open

Item P/144/3/5 Correspondence relating to insurance 1933-1940 Open Statement of amounts payable by Ecclesiastical Item P/144/3/6 Commissioners 1939 Open Copies of assessments under the Ecclesiastical Item P/144/3/7 Dilapidations Measures 1936, 1947 Open

Notification of changes in Quarterly Payments Item P/144/3/8 Scheme from the Ecclesiastical Commission 1944 Open

Extract from the terrier of the parishes of Chelsfield Item P/144/3/9 and Farnborough 1950 Open Schedule of securities from the Church Item P/144/3/10 Commissioners 1952 Open

Correspondence from the Church Commissioners Correspondence from the Church Commissioners relating to Item P/144/3/11 re: scheme for the Archdeaconry of Bromley 1954 the scheme for constituting the Archdeaconry of Bromley Open Trust deed for Church Extension Fund of the Item P/144/3/12 Diocese of Rochester 1955 Open

Item P/144/3/13 Annual report of Ecclesiastical Insurance Office 1957 Open

Carbon copies of statistical returns from the Central Board of Finance of the National Assembly of the Church of Item P/144/3/14 Statistical returns 1956-1963 England, with explanatory notes Open

Declaration of merger by governors of Queen Item P/144/3/15 Anne's Bounty and the incumbent 1932 Open An inventory compiled by the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) between September 1985 and October 1986. 2 volumes whcih are Item P/144/3/16 Record of Church Furnishings 1986 labelled P/144/3/16a and P/144/3/16b. Open Series P/144/4 Churchwardens: Rates Open With accounts of money collected at major Christian festivals and distributed to poor from 1725, these accounts being at end, 1746-1776; 1s. as thanksgiving for success of Duke of Cumberland, 1746; at front: notice of office to register horses for slaughter in St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, 1787; accounts of annuity (13s. 4d.) from Tubbenden estate, 1778-1793; list of church furnishings and additions thereto, 1787-1790; at end; brief notes of vestry decisions, Not available Item P/144/4/1 Assessments 1719-1792 and accounts 1717-1794 1717-1794 1789-1794 at present. Series P/144/5 Churchwardens: Accounts Open Item P/144/5/1 Vouchers 1841, 1852 Open

General Purpose fund, Organist and Choir, Sick and Needy, Church Restoration, churchyard maintenance, Sunday Item P/144/5/2 Folder of accounts and vouchers 1925-1927 School Open Accounts for rebuilding of church tower, with Item P/144/5/3 correspondence 1952 Open Series P/144/6 Churchwardens: Property Open

Citation and faculty for restoration of chancel and a Item P/144/6/1 new organ chamber 1885 Open

Faculty for the removal of the body of the late Lord Faculty for the removal of the body of the late Lord Avebury, and of the monument and curb over and around Item P/144/6/2 Avebury 1915 his grave Open

Correspondence concerning the removal and re-interment Correspondence re: the removal and re-interment of the body of the late Lord Avebury, and the fees payable Item P/144/6/3 of the body of the late Lord Avebury 1915-1932 for the monuments in the private burial ground Open

Faculty for the removal and reinterment of the Item P/144/6/4 body of the late Annette Constance Swift 1922 Open

Item P/144/6/5 Faculty for alterations to the vestibule 1929 Open Faculty for the preservation of a piece of ground in Item P/144/6/6 the churchyard 1935 Open

Item P/144/6/7 Receipt from the Diocesan Registry for a faculty fee 1935 Open Faculty for the construction of a new roof to the tower and Faculty for the construction of a new roof to the for a new bell, and certificate acknowledging completion of Item P/144/6/8 tower and for a new bell 1951 the wor (not signed). Open

Item P/144/6/9 Faculty for a new clock for the church tower 1952 Open

Item P/144/6/10 Faculty for the erection of a church annexe 1955 Open Copy of a citation from Rochester Diocesan Item P/144/6/11 Registry 1954 Open

Item P/144/6/12 Contract for tuning the church organ 1928 Open

Item P/144/6/13 Papers and plans relating to various church repairs 1931-1961 Open Correspondence relating to the erection of a Item P/144/6/14 memorial cross 1944 Open

Papers relating to the church interior decorations, Papers relating to the church wood, interior decorations, Item P/144/6/15 and repairs 1950-1952 and repairs to the church tower, clock and bell Open

Item P/144/6/16 Papers relating to the building of a church hall 1955 Open

Item P/144/6/17 Drawing of workings of church clock 1951 Open

Item P/144/6/18 Drawing of proposed alterations to the church 1959 Open Item P/144/6/19 Drawing of St. Giles church Undated Open Series P/144/7 Churchwardens: Miscellaneous Open At front printed instructions to churchwardens; 1841-1871, Item P/144/7/1 Reports on Archdeaconal Visitations 1841-1950 1895, 1912-1950 Open

Series P/144/8 Vestry and Parochial Church Council (PCC) 1825-1965 Open

Levying rates and passing accounts passim; approval of bill for Mid-Kent and Dover railway, 1851; new road to Orpington railway, station 1874. Original bundle, badly Item P/144/8/1 Minutes 1825-1877 damaged by great heat. Open

Item P/144/8/2 Parochial Church Council (PCC) Minutes 1920-1928 Open Letters apparently to P.C.C. officers, and cognate Item P/144/8/3 documents 1927-1948 Found in P/144/8/2 Open Minutes of Easter vestries and annual P.C.C. Item P/144/8/4 meetings 1928-1967 Open

Item P/144/8/5 Minutes of annual Vestry and P.C.C. meetings 1951-1969 Open

Item P/144/8/6 Parochial Church Council (PCC) Minutes 1928-1945 Open

Item P/144/8/7 Parochial Church Council (PCC) Minutes 1945-1954 Open

Item P/144/8/8 Parochial Church Council (PCC) Minutes 1954-1965 Open Correspondence of Parochial Church Council ( Item P/144/8/9 P.C.C.) 1953-1970 Open List of sidesmen, members of P.C.C. conferences, Small notebook listing sidesmen, members of P.C.C. Item P/144/8/10 and various committees 1930-1965 conferences, and various committees Open

Item P/144/8/11 Farnborough Parochial Church Council 1970 - 1979Minutes of annual meeting Open

Item P/144/8/12 Farnborough Parochial Church Council 1974-1980 Minutes Open Series P/144/11 Overseers: Rates Open

Unfit for Production. Please seek assistance for access Item P/144/11/1 Assessments and accounts 1750-1768 conditions. Item P/144/11/2 Assessments and accounts 1787-1800 Open Item P/144/11/3 Assessments and accounts 1800-1817 Open

At front loose folio with note of various vestry decisions Item P/144/11/4 Assessments and accounts 1837-1840 relative to poor relief, 1819-1828 Open Item P/144/11/5 Rate book 1837-1840 Open Series P/144/12 Overseers: Accounts Open Item P/144/12/1 Vouchers 1839, 1840 Open Series P/144/13 Overseers: Settlement Open Farnborough, Addington, Bromley, Deptford and West Item P/144/13/1 Settlement certificates and removal orders 1704-1840 Malling, and Camberwell, Surrey Open Series P/144/14 Overseers: Apprenticeship Open

Item P/144/14/1 Indentures 1720-1761 Masters in Farnborough, Greenwich and Orpington Open

Particulars of 2 indentures only, masters in Cudham and Item P/144/14/2 Apprenticeship book 1806, 1812 Greenwich Open Series P/144/15 Overseers: Bastardy Open

Item P/144/15/1 Bond to maintain child, to Farnborough parish 1807 Open Series P/144/17 Overseers: Militia Open

Request from parish to County treasurer, to repay Copy request from parish to County treasurer, to repay £20, Item P/144/17/1 £20, paid as fine under Permanent Force Act 1807 paid as fine under Permanent Force Act of 44 George III Open

Series P/144/18 Overseers: Pre-1834 Miscellaneous Open

Occupied by churchwardens and overseers; copy of court Item P/144/18/1 Budgens House at Cockshot Hill, Farnborough 1738 roll, manor of Farnborough Open Ightham settlement certificate, 1736; 2 vouchers for pauper funerals, 1750, n.d.; modern copy of engraving of Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London, original c.1770, with note that his wife presented alms dish to the parish; removal order, to Shoreham, 1789; letter from Staplehurst parish relative to allowance to pauper, 1829; also antiquarian notes, including account of the `Dalton Dole', c.1930, and 3 Register containing various documents relating to letters relative to preservation of the parish records, 1952, Item P/144/18/2 poor law administration 1736-1953 1953 Open Notice to churchwardens and overseers to quit Item P/144/18/3 messuage 1829 Open Entries on 4 pages only, relating to assessments and disbursements, 1828-1831; at end reversed copies of letters to and from the overseers, principally relative to allowances to poor, 1830-1833; also threat of notice to quit, in view of Item P/144/18/4 Overseers memoranda book 1828-1832 rent arrears, 1832 Open

Series P/144/19 Overseers: Post-1834 Miscellaneous Open

Item P/144/19/1 Precepts for rates, Bromley Union and Kent County 1839, 1840 Open Series P/144/20 Surveyors of the Highway: Rates Open Assessments 1820-1835, and at end reversed 1821- Item P/144/20/1 1836 1820-1836 Open

Series P/144/21 Surveyors of the Highway: Accounts Open Item P/144/21/1 Account book 1772-1793 Open

Plans, estimates, work schedules, building contract, correspondence and accounts (1952-1960) of The New Series P/144/24 Special Committees 1952-1960 Church Hall Committee Open Plans, estimates, work schedules, building contract, Large bundle of folders containing notices and correspondence and accounts (1952-1960) of The New Item P/144/24/1 minutes of building committee meetings 1952-1960 Church Hall Committee Open Series P/144/25 Charity and Schools Open Scheme for administration of the Philipps and Item P/144/25/1 Lubbock Foundations 1924 Open

Item P/144/25/2 Correspondence relating to the Dalton charity 1933 Open

Series P/144/27 Farnborough, St Giles the Abbot: Tithe Open

Item P/144/27/1 Altered apportionments, with maps annexed 1930, 1936 Open

Item P/144/27/2 Copy of 1840 tithe map of the parish Open

Item P/144/27/3 Correspondence relating to tithe rent charges 1927-1928 Open

Item P/144/27/4 Redemption certificates, 1928, 1934, 1936 1928-1936 Open Altered apportionment of tithe rent charge with Item P/144/27/5 map affixed 1934 Open Item P/144/27/6 Receipts for tithe annuities 1943 Open Series P/144/28 Final Miscellaneous Open Item P/144/28/1 Table of parochial fees 1893 Open

Photographs of interior of church, and of various Item P/144/28/2 monuments in churchyard 1935 Open

Item P/144/28/3 Antiquarian and administrative notes on the parish 1926 Printed pamphlet Open Antiquarian and administrative notes on the parish Item P/144/28/4 printed pamphlet 1950 Typescript Open

Item P/144/28/5 Note of anonymous donation to the parish, £100 c.1950 Open Letters relating to reservation of a grave and Item P/144/28/6 subsequent funeral 1953, 1960 Open

Envelope containing photographs, drawings, Item P/144/28/7 printed notices, pamphlets and orders of service 1929-1961 Open Item P/144/28/9 Visitors Book 1961-1965 Open

Alteration of boundaries of parishes, including , Chelsfield, Cudham, Halstead, Farnborough, Item P/144/28/10 Orpington and Shoreham 1938 Open Item P/144/28/11 Orpington U.D.C. Undated Open Item P/144/28/12 Kent Sheet XVI 10 Undated Open Item P/144/28/13 Kent Sheet XVI South west Undated Open Item P/144/28/14 Kent Sheet XVI South east Undated Open