Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Shoreditch St Leonard   

Here's a List of District Churches and Chapels Within St Leonard's Shoreditch Parish.

Parish History
'SHOREDITCH St. Leonard, a parish, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, County of Middlesex was one of Greater London's more populated boroughs. With the towns of both Haggerston and Hoxton (which see), this parish encompassed a considerable number of inhabitants. The church of St Mary's Haggerston was erected in 1827. The church in the Curtain-road, containing 1200 sittings, was consecrated, and dedicated to St. James, on the 4th of July, 1839.' This parish was subdivided into numerous chapelries and district churches by 1900. Be sure to see the above link to a "List of District Churches and Chapels Within St Leonard's Shoreditch Parish" for a more complete picture as to Shoreditch's ecclesiastical makeup.

Sir Henry Ellis's 1798 history of Shoreditch Parish has been digitized.

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

 * St Leonard Shoreditch Parish Registers, 1558-1640, courtesy: Alan H. Nelson Homepage

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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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
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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

Web sites
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