The Place
The People
Census Records
A geographical location will sometimes evoke an emotional response ... often for no logical reason. While Stourmouth (pronounced not like DOOR-muth, as I thought, but like st-OW-r-muth) is a parish in which many of my mother's ancestors lived and died, it has nothing remarkable to recommend it. Today, the village boasts a church which was made redundant in 1979, a pub and a smattering of houses; in 1991 the population was just 251. It's a pretty enough spot in the east Kent countryside but there are dozens just like it. However, I continue to find Stourmouth fascinating.
In August of 2004, I became the Online Parish Clerk for Stourmouth. The aim of the OPC scheme is, via the Internet, to make all the records relating to a particular parish freely available in order to further research in family, local, social and economic history. For more information, visit Kent Online Parish Clerks.
Visitors to this website have contributed additional information about Stourmouth, and I've split up this page into several sections.
The Place
The People
Census Records
For interesting sites related to Kent, generally, check out:
Bill & June Beer's Genealogy Pages
Here's History - Kent
Kent Resources
Kent Genealogy
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Page content last modified Sunday, 2 November 2008