St Ethelburga, London Genealogy

London St Ethelburga ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Ethelburga, the church of, is situated on the eastern side of Bishopsgate Street, near to the corner of Little St. Helens. It derives its name from being dedicated to the memory of the first Christian princes of the Anglo-Saxon race, the daughter of Ethelbert, king of can't (sic), embracing the Christian religion became the patron on St. Augustin (sic), the English apostle. As church escaped the ravages of the great fire, in 1666, and is an irregular building in the ancient English style. The advowson of his church, which is a rectory, was in the prioress and nuns on St. Helen, tumor suppression of the religious houses in 1539. It then came to the crown, and was granted by Queen Elizabeth I to the Bishop of London and his successors, with whom it still continues. It is in the city in the archdeacon read of London."

The parish was also known as St Ethelburga Bishopsgate Parish, alternatively spelled St Ethelburga Bishops Gate Parish. It belonged to Bishopsgate Ward.

1848 description:

St. Ethelburga is a parish of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Bishop. It is a parish within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records


Cobb published the parish registers of St Ethelburga, but his book has not yet been digitised:


 * Cobb, W.F., ed. The Registers of the Church of St. Ethelburga the Virgin within Bishopsgate. The Church, 1915. Includes baptisms (1671-1914), marriages (1679-1915), burials (1672-1849).

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

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll - The Parisshe of Saynt Alboroweat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/139); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll - St Ethelborowes Parisheat British History Online



1611 Subsidy

 * St. Ethelburga (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/480); transcript by Charles Edward Banks:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/511); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Ethelburgaat British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Ethelburgaat British History Online

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.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Before 1858, St Ethelburga fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858. From 1858 to the present, refer to the Principal Probate Registry.

Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery






Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Ethelburga Parish the unique surname Ethelburga.

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

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * St. Ethelburga's Centre (official website). History, photographs, visitor directions.
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Ethelburga')