Kent: Deal St. George & Deal St. Leonard

[Kamante]

I have just read that Deal St. George began as a "chapel of ease" in Lower Deal and that it was related to Deal St. Leonard in Upper Deal. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Deal,_Kent_Genealogy.

Using FindMyPast, I found the 1771 baptism record for one of my ancestors recorded in the parish registers of both Deal St. George and Deal St. Leonard.

Was it the practice for baptisms in a chapel of ease to be recorded at the parent church as well?

Was my ancestor baptized only at Deal St. George?

Comments please on how to interpret the situation.

[Jebber]

Yes it was common, I have ancestors with baptisms recorded in both churches.

St George’s is one of this churches where headstone have been removed and placed against the boundary walls.

[Kamante]

Thank you, Jebber.