Camden Town, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes  Camden Town

Parish History
Camden Town, a sub-division of the borough of St Pancras had at least three district churches associated to it. One of these was the church of All Saints, Camden Street established in the year 1824, All Saints Gordon Square, built by 1842. It was a chapel of ease which lay within the ancient parish of St Pancras. See the Parish of St Pancras and view "A Comprehensive List of St Pancras' 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
Burial and cremation records for Camden in central London