St Katherine Coleman, London Genealogy

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

Timeline

 * 1346 - first mentioned
 * 1741 - church rebuilt
 * 1926 - church demolished

1831 description
"St Katherine Coleman, the church of, is situated on the east side of Church Row, on the south side of Fenchurch Street about ten houses eastward of Mark Lane, with which it also communicates. It derives its name and addition from beinf dedicated to St Katherine, a virgin and martyr of Alexandria, and from being situated on a spot anciently called Coleman Haw. It is a very ancient rectory, as there are records of its being so in 1346. The old church was substantially repaired and a south aisle added in 1489,b Sir William White, then Lord Mayor of London. It escaped the great fire of 1666; but being very much out of repair, and much buried by the raising of the causeway in Fenchurch Street, it was pulled down in 1734, and the present church erected at the expense of the parish. It is a plain well-built church with a lofty nave, lighted with two rows of windows. The tower is square, and finished with embrasures, and the floor of the church is elevated several steps above the level of its surrounding churchyard.

"This church was originally in the patronage of the Dean of St Martin-le-Grand, and so continued till that religious house, with all its appurtneances, was annexed tot he Abbey of Westminster, after which it fell to the ground, and the advowson was given by Queen Mary, in the first year of her reign, to the Bishop of London and his successors in that see for ever. The Advowson is still under the same patronage."

1848 parish description: St. Katarine, Coleman 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.

Also Known As
St Catherine Coleman is an alternative spelling of this parish.

Church records
St Katherine Coleman parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Records are also available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldgate Ward - The Parisshe of Saint Katheryn Colmansat British History Online

1564 Subsidy

 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Katherine Colmans at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldgate Ward - Saint Katherine Colmanes Parishesat British History Online

1625 Subsidy

 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/549); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/565 Part 1 of 3); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Katherine Colemanat British History Online

1645 Subsidies

 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 13); copy:.
 * St Katherine Coleman, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/595); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

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

1821 Census
The 1821 Census exists and is held at The British Library.

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, 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.

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

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Katherine Coleman')