Searchable Data

The following datasets are available for free searching:

DatasetDetailsDate Added
Ladywell & Brockley CemeteryComprises a transcript and name index of some 13,700 gravestones at Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery, with the names of nearly 37,000 individuals buried there.Jan 2008
Bromley area 1861 CensusIncludes 11,685 individuals from six parishes in Bromley Registration District.Jan 2008
Land Deeds & Documents
(PDF file)
This index (863 entries) refers to a box of deeds from a local solicitor's office that closed. The box was purchased by the Society and is held at the Library. If you find an entry of interest and want a photocopy or information about the deed/document, you can either visit the Library in person or approach the new Society Research Service [Note - the documents have not been assigned any numbers, you would have to search through the box].Feb 2011

On-line Articles

The following articles about prominent families from the Dartford area have been written by NWKFHS member Philip Taylor email: who has kindly provided them for the website (all in PDF format):

FileTitleDate Added
Cann.pdf'James George Cann (1819-1901) : Registrar and local politician'.Nov 2011
Cogger.pdf'William Cogger (1820-73) : Advocate of Temperance Reform'.Apr 2012
Cosson.pdf'Albert Cosson (1841-1903) : Butcher and Chairman of Dartford School Board'.Nov 2011
Davis.pdf'William James Davis (1857-1917) : Naturalist and Printer'.Nov 2011
Penney.pdf'Alfred Thomas and Alfred John Penney : Prominent Citizens of Dartford'.Apr 2012
Pigou.pdf'Frederick Alexander Preston Pigou (1838-1905) : Gunpowder maker and controversial landholder in Dartford'.Oct 2011
Sanham.pdf'Richard Sanham (1815-95) : Dartford Builder and Local Politician'.Oct 2011
Seager.pdf'Larking John Seager (1840-1905) : Engineer and entrepreneur'.2nd edn.,
Apr 2012
Sharp.pdf'James Sharp (1808-83) and his Children, a Prominent Family in Victorian Dartford'.Oct 2011
Tiffin.pdf'Thomas Edward Tiffin (1868-1952) : Architect of Dartford Library'.Oct 2011
Umfreville.pdf'Samuel Charles Umfreville JP (1820-94) of Ingress Abbey and his Fight with the Cement Makers'.Oct 2011