Hackney St John, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes  Hackney St John

Parish History
Hackney St John, a parish, forming a union with Stoke Newington, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 2 miles northeast of London. By 1825 it was divided into South Hackney Well Street (1810), West Hackney Kingsland Road (1823 and with a cemetery), and Hackney St John each with a chapel or church. In addition, Stamford Hill, Homerton

Episcopal chapel, St Barnabas Homerton, were constituted in 1846, in Dalston and in Clapton, St Peter Hackney (see under Beauvoir Town)--all in the parish of St. John, were also built.

Chapels of worship existed for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists and Unitarians.

Although the above churches are mentioned in the above 19th century perspective by Samuel A. Lewis (footnoted), there were a few additional Church of England chapels unmentioned but listed in this following link--see "A Comprehensive List of Hackney District Churches in Pre-1900".

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
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
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

 * Sketch of Hackney Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestors