City of London Lying in Hospital Finsbury, Middlesex Genealogy

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Parish History
FINSBURY, a borough, a division, and asub-district, in Middlesex. The borough is an integral part of the metropolis; lies between the Tower Hamlets and Marylebone; took its name, which signifies "fen-town, " from a marshy common, now partly occupied by Finsbury square. The City of London Lying in Hospital, City Road, Finsbury had as part of this hospital a chapel attached, which was principally intended for the "wives of poor industrious Tradesmen or distressed House-keepers" and the wives of soldiers and sailors. City of London Lying In Hospital, City Road, Finsbury was founded in 1750 for married women only. It was later moved to Old Street in 1773 and was renamed the City of London Maternity Hospital in 1918. Its doors were closed in 1983.

London Metropolitan Archives. “Information Leaflet No 15, Records of Patients in London Hospitals.” (London: London Metropolitan Archives, 2000).

In 1803 Mrs Anne Newby of the City of London Lying-in-Hospital received a medal of the Humane Society for her extraordinary success in recovering 500 babies, who at first were thought to be stillborn.

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
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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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