St Andrew Undershaft with St Mary Axe, London Genealogy

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Parish History
St Andrew, Undershaft, then church of, is situated at the southeast corner of the street called St Mary Axe and Leaden Hall Street. There was a church on this site dedicated to the same site as early as the year 1362, which was pulled down in 1532, and the present church erected in its room, at the expense of William Fitz Williams, who was sheriff in 1507. It derives its name of Undershaft from a very lofty Maypole, anciently called a shaft, which was annually raised in the street near to it on Mayday, and was higher than the steeple. The church is a plain Gothic structure with a well lighted body, and the square tower, with pinnacles at the angles, and a campanile with six bells within them. It is a rectory, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and is celebrated as containing the monument raised in memory of the faithful and able historiographer of the city, John Stowe...

St Andrew Undershaft belonged to Aldgate Ward and/or Bishopsgate Ward. St Mary Axe belonged to Bishopsgate Ward.

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.

1589 Lay Subsidy

 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. Andrew Undershafte, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 149)

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Andrew Undershaft, courtesy: British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Andrew Undershaft, courtesy: British History Online

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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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Andrew Undershaft Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary Axe Parish records)
 * St Andrew Undershaft (ourpasthistory.com). Photographs, history.
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Andrew Undershaft' or 'London St Mary Axe')