The town of Rainham is a part of the Medway Towns conurbation, under the unitary authority of Medway, in South East England, and part of the ceremonial county of Kent. Historically, Rainham was a separate village until, in 1928, it was added to the Municipal Borough of Gillingham.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainham,_Kent
The 1881 Census was conducted on the 3rd of April. The most common surnames for the village of Rainham were Kitney and Wills.
Total Population of Rainham in 1881: 2739
- http://www.fadedgenes.co.uk/ErnestCARTER.html
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~egham1/5578.htm
- http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/1881census/Kent/Rainham/allnames
- http://www.theminters.co.uk/getperson.php?personID=I3523&tree=ash
List of Vicars of Rainham
- 1282 Richard of St. Edmunds
- 1310 Richard of Marverryflgs
- 13- Richard de. Verne
- 1320 William de Marinham
- 1323 Guido de Overe
- 13- Galfridas Maleys
- 1378 Reginald Catigo
- 1380 Thomas of Gloucester
- - Nicholas Chilton
- 1416 William Corps
- 1417 Thomas Skene
- 1418 Richard Ffrenshe
- - William Adamsofl
- 1522 John Wright
- 1547 John Townsley
- - John Makelyn
- 1562 John Dollinshed
- 1571 Charles Garlick
- 1593 R. Joy
- 1609 or 1610 John Grime
- 1644 Griffin Spencer
- 1645 Thomas Bladen
- 1656 Thomas Lamb
- 1662 John Campleshofl
- 1665 William Walter
- 1676 Thomas Cradock
- 1723 Henry Shove
- 1772 William Tarwell
- 1777 James Richards
- 1806 Hon. Gerald Thomas Noel
- 1826 John Poore
- 1866 Augustus John Pearman
- 1876 Charles Cobb
Surnames
- Adams (9)
- Station Rd: Alfred, Frances, Mary Ann, Alfred, William
- 24 East Rainham: Robert
- Akhurst (4)
- High St: Mary A
- Alexander (4)
- High St: William, Emma, Henry T, Ailford J
- Allchin (5)
- 11 Rainham Mark: Frank
- Allen (9)
- 18 Moor Street: Alice
- 8 West Rainham: Samuel, Roseetta, Agnes, Frederick, Rose, Roland
- 9 Lower Rainham: Miltilda, Lewis
- Allsworth (1)
- 21 East Rainham: William H
- Anderson (16)
- Andrew (5)
- High St: George, Jane, Albert E, Beatrice, Mary A
- Apps (15)
- Ashby (6)
- Station Rd: Stephen, Lydia, Rose, Charlotte, Mary, William
- Astlett (1)
- Station Rd: Mary Ann
- Atthow (1)
- Atkins (8)
- Attwater (1)
- 2 Motley Hill: William C. M.
- Overy (1)
- Bailey (2)
- 2 East Rainham: John, Mary Ann
- Baker (29)
- Bale (1)
- High St: Anne
- Ball (1)
- Pudding Lane: Richard
- Ballard (2)
- High St: Jane, Emily
- Barden (12)
- Barkaway (1)
- High St: Anne
- Barling (1)
- High St: Minnie
- Barnes (9)
- Barnwal (1)
- High St: Frederish
- Barrett (10)
- Barton (3)
- 2 Rainham Mark: Richard, Anne
- 27 Moor Street Farm House: Eliza
- Bates (9)
- Bath (1)
- Station Rd: John
- Beeching (1)
- 8 Broad Walk: Jesse
- Bennett (11)
- Benster (1)
- 24 East Rainham: Nelly
- Bevan (1)
- Bills (1)
- Station Row: Eliza
- Bing (4)
- Station Row: John, Edward, James, Ellen
- Birch (6)
- Bird (1)
- 2 Motley Hill: Susannah
- Burchett (3)
- No 1 Rose Place: Robert, Elizabeth, Elizabeth
- Bishop (4)
- High St: Edward, Fanny, Edward, Charles
- Blackman (4)
- Ivy St: Frederick, Mary, Walter, Lucy
- Bleeze (1)
- High St: William
- Blundy (20)
- Booker (1)
- Farm House Meres Court: Annie
- Boorman (14)
- Booty (7)
- 15 Lower Rainham: Nathan, Emma, William, Albert, Alice, Henry, Joseph
- Borer (1)
- Ivy St: George
- Botting (16)
- Burden (6)
- 5 Lower Rainham: Alfred, Harriet, Alice
- 11 Cottage Meresborough: Bertha, William, Thomas
- Bowra (5)
- Pudding Lane: George, Henry, James, Kate
- High St: Emma
- Bowrey (1)
- High St: Ellen
- Bradley (2)
- Station Rd: Thomas, Elizabeth
- Brady (1)
- Nr High St: Maria
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- 16 Moor Street: Turks
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- 14 Lower Rainham: Thomas, Elizabeth
- Brigden (1)
- Ivy St: Richard
- Bright (1)
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- 2 Drury Lane: George, Charlotte
- Bronsome (2)
- 11 Rainham Mark: Hannah
- BROOK (3)
- High St: Ellen, Rose, Walter
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- BOAKES (6)
- 11 Cottage Meresborough: Thomas, Alfred, Ellen, Alice, Henry, Ruth
- BULARD (1)
- Cornucopia: William
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- 4 West Rainham: Elizabeth
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- Station Road Angel Inn: Thomas
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- 28 Moor Street Cottage: Alfred
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- Callaway 24
- Station Rd: Mary
- Lion Meadow: George, Mary, Faith, Charles, Emily, Henry, Clara
- 6 Cottage Meresborough: Robert, Ellen
- High St: William, Elizabeth
- High St: Henry, Amelia, Rose, Edith, William, Walter, Annie
- Station Rd: George
- High St: Alfred
- Pudding Lane: Henry, Horrace, Sarah
- Capston Houses: James
- Camber (7)
- Ivy St: Benjamin, Annie
- 9 Rainham Mark: Henry, Ellen, Henry, Ellen, Charles
- Campbell (5)
- Station Rd: Thomas, Eliza, Fred, Grace, Rose
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- High St: William, Ann
- High St: Mary
- Carpenter (3)
- Station Rd: James, Ann
- 22 Broad Walk: Henry
- CARR (1)
- High St: William
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- High St: Frederick, Lucy, John, Jessie, Jane
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- Ivy St: Richard, Anne, Henry, Frank, Edith
- Station Rd: Kate
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- 27 Lower Rainham: George, Frances, George, Arther, William, Ernest, George
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- 31 Lower Rainham: Henry
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- 19 Broad Walk: Eliza
- 50 Lower Rainham: James, Amelia
- 3 Broad Walk: Robert, Eliza, Emma, Alice
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- 7 West Rainham: Frederick, Ann, Celia, William, Alice
- Station Row: William, Dinah, William, Elizabeth, George, Joseph, Albert, Alice, Anne
- Station Row: Frederick, Francis
- High St: Miriam
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- INGRAM (19)
- Inwood 17
- 24 Broad Walk: George, Cordelia, John, George, Alice, Bertha, Joseph, Elizabeth
- High St: Henry, Eliza, Emma, Hannah, Emma, Keziah, Walter, Ada, Rosa
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- Kitney 55
- Station Rd: Clara
- Ivy St: Elizabeth
- 10 Rainham Mark: Sarah
- 21 Moor Street: James, Rebecca, Kate
- Chapel Lane 1 Cottage: Thomas, Mary Ann, Robert, William
- High St: William
- Station Rd: Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Walter, Bertha, Arthur
- 10 Drury Lane: Henry, Mary, Sarah, Emily
- High St: George, Emily, Elizabeth, Ellen, Robert, Maurice, Rose, Kate
- Ivy St: James, Elizabeth, James
- Ivy St: James, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Willie
- Chapel Lane Cottage: Walter, Eliza, Henry, Ernest, Agnes, Samuel, Annie
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- Kitchingham 36
- 2 Broad Walk: William, Mary, Kate, Henry, Charles, Sarah, Florence
- 5 More Street: John, Ann, George, Sam
- No 4 Rose Place: George, Frances
- Station Rd: Thomas, Sarah, William, Charles, Louisa, Arthur
- High St: William, Henry, Amelia, Emma, Ada
- 21 Broad Walk: Thomas, Jane, Ellen, Hannah, Thomas, Alfred
- 6 Rainham Mark: Ann
- Station Rd: James, Mary Ann, Alfred, Florence, Ernest
- High St: George, Ellen, Ada
- Pips Cottage: Thomas, Rebecca
- High St: Angelina, Elizabeth
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- Mudge 27
- 11 East Rainham Elm Cottage: Thomas, Elizabeth
- 34 Broad Walk Cottages: William, Mary, Alfred, Hannah, Edwin, Elizabeth, Mary
- Station Rd: Charles, Ellen, William
- Eureka Cottage: Edmund, Elizabeth, William, Emma, Edmund, Ann, Henry
- Ivy St: Edwin, Sarah, Edwin, Ann, Ada, Robert
- 10 Broad Walk: William, Jane
- 16 Drury Lane: James, Jane, Edwin, ---
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- Naylor 35
- 30 Lower Rainham: Edith
- 12 Lower Rainham:Alfred
- Pudding Lane: Elizabeth
- High St: Edmund, Frances, Alfred, Elizabeth, Rosetta
- High St: James, Mary, William, George, Hannah
- 29 Moor Street Cottage: Jordan, Jane, Cordelia
- High St: Charles, Jane, Thomas, Eliza, Charles, Alfred, Charlotte, Grace
- High St: Jessie
- 4 Chapel Lane Cottage: Frederick
- Station Rd: Charles
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- 16 Moor Street: Harriet, Mark
- Tufton Rd: James, Matilda, John, William
- High St: Alice
- High St: Bertha, John, William, Moses, Edward
- 12 Lower Rainham: William
- Ivy St: Henry
- Chapel Lane 1 Cottage: Thomas
- Taylor 37
- Near High St: James, Hannah, Alice
- High St: Henry, Eliza, Thomas, Alfred
- 11 Drury Lane Bake House & Shop: William, Sarah, Robert, Alice, Adelaide
- 1 Cottage: James, Elizabeth, William, Sarah, George, Albert, Caroline, Emma, Alice, Harry
- Pudding Lane: William, Ann, Emily, Edward, Willie, Eliza, George, Minnie
- Ivy St: John, Rosetta, Ernest, Albert, Lionel, Kate
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- Milton Rd: Emilie
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- High St: Elizabeth
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- High St: Harriot
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- 13 Lower Rainham: Thomas, Sarah, Edwin, Eva, Herbert
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- High St: Thomas, Mary, Percy, Mary, Florence
- 27 Moor Street Farm House: Richard, Mary, Seymores, Mary
- High St: John, Elizabeth, George, Frederick, Sydney
- Mackland House: William, Helen, Bertha
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- 31 Broad Walk: Sarah, Charles, Harry
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- High St: Emily
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- Coyenton Farm: Mary Ann
- Station Road Angel Inn: William
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- High St: Robert, Mary, Henry, Fanny, Mary, Ann, John
- WATTS (7)
- High St: Job, Jane, Emma, Emily, Job
- High St: William, Sarah
- WEBB (6)
- 26 Lower Rainham: George, Marion, Louisa, Henry, George
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- 3 Broad Walk: Elizabeth A.
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- Station Rd: James
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- Station Rd: James, Harriet, Fanny
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- 11 Drury Lane Bake House & Shop: Ann, Henry G.
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- High St: James, Eliza
- Wills: 46
- Wilson (3)
- High St: Thomas, Ann
- High St: Elizabeth
- Winch (2)
- Farm House Meres Court: Mary, Henry
- Wokelen (1)
- 13 More Street Farm House: Emma
- Wood (9)
- Woods (2)
- 11 Broad Walk: Thomas, Esther
- Woodhams (1)
- Station Rd No 3 Providodence Pl: Samuel
- Woodards (1)
- Station Rd: James
- Woolley (6)
- 13 Drury Lane: Henry, Caroline, Henry, Hepzibah, William, Lydia
- Wren (1)
- 8 Broad Walk: Christopher
- WYLES (12)
- East Rainham (Army & Navy): Thomas, Ann, Charlotte, Henry
- 24 Moor Street: John, Sarah, George, John Edwin, Harris, Lottia, Thomas
- Young (3)
- Ivy St: Hannah, John, William