Penshurst

Administrative Units

Penshurst fell within the Hundred of Somerden. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Sevenoaks.
Probate Jurisdiction was Shoreham to 1845, PCC 1846-57.

Penshurst included the hamlet of Fordcombe.

Census Publications

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

For ordering details see Census Publications.

Churches and Chapels (pre-1910)

Church of England

1. St John the Baptist (Ancient Parish church) 
2. Fordcombe, St Peter:   Church built 1847; parish created 1870 from Penshurst St John.   Original registers from 1849.

   Memorial inscriptions: (1991) Transcript published by NWKFHS (Microfiche Ref. F13) See MI Publications.

Independent/Congregational

• Congregational: Smarts Hill.  (1866-1970s). No information on registers

Wesleyan/Methodist

• Wesleyan: Pound's Bridge.  (1852). No information on registers