St Mary Somerset with St Mary Mounthaw, London Genealogy

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Parish History
"St Mary Somerset with St Mary Mounthaw, the church of, is situated on the north side of Upper Thames Street, opposite Broken Wharf, and derives its addition, ...from its contiguity to a small hithe or haven, called Sumner's het, or hithe, since corrupted to Somerset. It appears from ancient records that a church stood on this site before the year 1335, but sharing the fate of most of the other buildings, in the fire of London, the present church was erected in its stead by Sir Christopher Wren,, and finished in 1695. After the fire of London, the parish of St Mary Mounthaw was united to this parish by act of parliament.

"St Mary Mounthaw, the church of was situated on the anciently on the west side of Fish Street Hill, near Queenhithe, and received its name from its dedication to the Virgin Mary, and the family of Montalto, or Monthaut, in the county of Norfolk, who were its original founders and patrons. It was destroyed by the fire of London, and not rebuilt, but the parish was united to that of St Mary Somerset, by act of Parliament."

St Mary Somerset Parish was part of Queenhithe Ward. Only the tower of St Mary Somerset survives today.

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.

General
Historically, St. Mary Somerset and St. Mary Mounthaw were two separate London parishes. Each maintained independent parish registers.

Images of surviving parish registers are browseable in the following online collection, and some of the names have been indexed:


 * London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Baptisms
The following spans of St. Mary Mounthaw records are indexed in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Christenings 1568-1837 (Batch P001481)
 * Christenings 1849-1861 (Batch P001482)

The following spans of St. Mary Somerset records are indexed in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Christenings 1558-1837 (Batch P001491)
 * Christenings 1837-1871 (Batch C001492)

Marriages
Marriages from 1780 to 1837 for both parishes are indexed in:


 * Pallot's Marriage Index for England, available online, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

The following spans of St Mary Mountham records are indexed in England Marriages, 1538-1973 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Marriages 1754-1835, 1837-1849 (Batch M001481)

The following spans of St Mary Somerset records are indexed in England Marriages, 1538-1973 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Marriages 1558-1878 (Batch M001491)

Browseable images of St Mary Mountshaw [Mounthaw] Parish marriages from 1754 to 1849 and St Mary Somerset Parish from 1754 to 1877 are available online (some names are indexed) in:


 * London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Marriages of St Mary Somerset from 1754 to 1812 and St Mary Mounthaw 1754 to 1809 are indexed in:


 * Boyd's Marriage Index, courtesy: Find My Past ($)

Burials
St. Mary Mounthaw burials from 1754 to 1849 and St. Mary Somerset burials from 1754-1849 are indexed in:


 * City of London Burials, available online, courtesy: Find My Past ($).

Adult male burials at St. Mary Mounthaw from 1568-1849 and St. Mary Somerset from 1557 to 1852 are included in:


 * Boyd's London Burial Index, available online, courtesy: Find My Past ($).

Boundary
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.

Can you help?
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.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Queenhithe Ward - Sct Mary Somersettes Paroche, courtesy: British History Online

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St. Mary Mounthaw, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St. Mary Somerset, courtesy: British History Online

Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link 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.

Before 1858, 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 name of the court having secondary 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
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

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Mary Mounthaw Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Mary Somerset Parish records)
 * Sketch of St. Mary Somerset Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Mary Somerset' or 'London St Mary Mounthaw')