East Wickham

Administrative Units

East Wickham fell within the Hundred of Little & Lessness. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Dartford.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester to 1845, London 1846-57.

A chapelry in Plumstead parish, which acquired separate civil identity early and became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1854.
Included the part of Welling north of Watling St.

Census Publications

• 1851 Name Index and Page Images published on CD-Rom as part of CD8 (Dartford Registration District).
• 1851 Name Index (only) published on microfiche as part of Volume V (Dartford Registration District).

For ordering details see Census Publications.

Churches and Chapels (pre-1910)

Church of England

• St Michael (Ancient Parish church) 

For project purposes this parish is also covered by Woolwich & District FHS.