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St. Nicholas, Orpington	St. Nicholas Church, Leamington Ave. Orpington
St. Martin of Tours, Chelsfield	Chelsfield Parish (Farnborough was formerly part of the Parish of Chelsfield).
St Giles Choir	St. Giles choir external website
Church Bells of Kent	St. Giles entry in Love's Guide to Church Bells
Dove's Guide	St. Giles entry in Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
British Listed Buildings	St. Giles entry in the national listed buildings register. The church was Grade ll listed in 1954.
Kent Archaeological Society	St Giles grave list and index 1919

Parish Archives

The parish has many documents, dating back to the seventeenth century, that may be helpful to people doing research.  Some of these need to be accessed and possibly updated on a regular basis, and these are still stored in the church. But the majority are now deposited in the Local Studies archive in the Central Library in Bromley.

Important Note: 

Bromley Central Library is due to relocate c. June 2026 to the old TopShop site at 145 High Street. This site will include a designated Search Room for Bromley Historic Collections whilst a new purpose-built Archive and Museum store is being built within the Borough.

Ahead of this move, the Archive Collection, including Parish Records,was temporarily relocated to an offsite storage facility from 11th August 2025. 

Open resources in the Search Room at Central Library are still be made available including some transcript and microfilm copies of parish registers and enquiry service.  

For a full list of what Parish documents are archived in Bromley Central store please look in their website.  https://www.better.org.uk/library/london/bromley/bromley-central-library

We also from time to time request a more detailed list of what is in store.
This is available for download here:
P144_St Giles_Farnborough.pdf

For more detailed information about burial registers please refer to the
Burial and Cremation Registers page on this website.

 

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