A list of this month's fallen men remembered by the grateful people of Swale and the larger community.Welcome to our site!
The HRGS' website is currently in the process of being rebuilt - please check back regularly for new items.
If you have any questions about us, or what we do, or research of your own, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.! Our aim is to investigate, record and promote the history of Sittingbourne and the local environment by research, study, education and publication. We believe that History is the glue that holds communities together. So don’t just join a group, become a part of one and make history!
WWI Project - Surnames
A project to recognise the ultimate sacrifice made by the men from Sittingbourne and its surrounding parishes during the Great War 1914-1918. The list of names we are currently researching who died following the 1914-1918 war, from the Swale area. If you have a family member who was born, lived, schooled, worked or was loved from one of the *26 parishes in scope and their name appears or does not appear below, please contact us with their details at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Our aim is to tell the lives behind as many of the names as possible on our memorials.
The History of Paradise Chapel
This is an HRGS publication. It is formatted as a pdf document, this enables you to search the text and zoom in and out. The text is copyrighted and up to 10% may be reproduced for research purposes but may not be resold or traded by a third party.
Will download shortly after purchase.
Price: £3.50
Milton-Next-Sittingbourne Memorial Inscriptions
Updated October 2013
This document contains a description of the gravestone or tomb, a transcription (where possible) of the inscription, and a photograph of each gravemarker.
This document is still under construction (approximately 1/10th of the graveyard is complete) and will be updated as soon as more information is added.
This document can be downloaded once transaction is complete.
Price: £1.50
This document currently contains the following surnames:-
Ackhurst, Akers, Allen, Andrews, Antricnan, Apps, Arnold, Axell, Baker, Baldock, Barham, Barnes, Baseden,
Milton next Sittingbourne Burial Register Transcription
Now Complete!
PDF document only - downloadable when transaction is completed.
This covers the years 1538 to 1544, 1562 to 1657, 1695 to 1818, 1831 to 1835, 1887 to 1897. There is also a non-chronological list of burials and their plot numbers from the old burial ground, but no plan is currently available, although we are working on transcribing the monumental inscriptions. The transcription includes Name, Abode, Date of Burial, Age at Death (where available).
Surnames included:
Aball, Abbott, Aberle, Abrahams, Abram, Ackerlie, Ackhurst, Acres, Acrist, Adams, Addam, Addams, Addeson, Adds, Aden ...
The History of Cryalls House
A useful booklet written by the present owners of this ancient property. The study not only looks at the previous owners and the changes they have made but also considers the wider aspects of their social circle. A must for those interested in the earlier history of the area.
Available to purchase soon from our online shop.
Price: £2.50
