Westminster St Margaret, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to Westminster St Margaret, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Here is a Comprehensive List of Chapels and District Churches within the Civil Parish Boundaries of St Margaret Westminster as of 1900.

Parish History
Westminster St Margaret, A parish in the city and liberty of Westminster.

Additional information:

Westminster St Margaret church (is a parish; parish registers begin 1538) is situated at a small distance from the north door of Westminster Abbey. The ancient church was built in 1064, by Edward the Confessor, for the use of the neighbouring inhabitants and dedicated to the before-mentioned St Margaret. It was rebuilt in the reign of Edward I, by the parishioners and merchants of the Staple[Inn], except the chancel which was erected at the charge of the Abbot of Westminster. In 1735, it was repaired and the tower cased... granted by parliament, in consideration of its being the church wherein the House of Commons attend divine service, as the peers do in Westminster Abbey. In 1758, it was again repaired at the public expense, and again about thirty years ago [about 1800]... This church is a rectory in the city and archdeaconry of Westminster, a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter, and therefore not subject to episcopal visitation, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

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
Christenings from 1539 to 1688, marriages from 1539 to 1699, and burials from 1539 to 1673 have been published. Several of the books are still under copyright and hence have not yet been digitised.

Abstracts of some churchwardens' accounts from 1460 to 1603 are included in:


 * Burke, Arthur Meredyth. Memorials of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, Comprising the Parish Registers, 1539-1660, and Other Churchwardens' Accounts, 1460-1603. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd, 1914. Digitised by Internet Archive.

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.

1634-1900 Rate Books

 * Westminster Rate Books at findmypast - (£).

1664 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 - St Margarets Westminster at British History Online - free.

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

 * St Margaret Westminster at British History Online - free.

1698-1836 Land Tax
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes St Margaret Land Tax records 1698-1836.

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.

Cemetery
(70+ entries)

Poor Law
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes:


 * 1561-1780 - St Margaret, Workhouses
 * 1612-1939 - St Margaret, Apprentices
 * 1689-1860 - St Margaret, Examinations
 * 1726-1735 - St Margaret, Bastardy records

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

Websites
Westminster St Margaret on GENUKI