Glasshouse Yard, London Genealogy

Parish History
"Glasshouse Yard or Liberty (sometimes called Aldersgate Chapel), is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate a situated in Goswell and Pickaxe Street; named after an ancient glasshouse and stood there." See also Aldersgate Chapel:

"Aldersgate Chapel, Glasshouse Street, is situated in the Glasshouse Liberty of St. Botolph Aldersgate Street. This liberty, which supports its own poor, and is extra parochial, derives its name from the Glasshouse which anciently stood there."

GLASSHOUSE-YARD, a liberty in East London district, Middlesex; in the metropolis ¾ of a mile NE of St. Paul's.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Glasshouse Yard is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate. For church records, look at surrounding parishes.

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain