All Hallows, Lombard Street, London Genealogy

London All Hallows Lombard Street ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'All Hallows, Lombard Street, the church of, is situate in Bell Alley, near the north corner of Lombard Street, in the Ward of Langborn. A church stood here dedicated to the same patrons before the year 1053. It is a rectory, and one of the 13 peculiars within the city, appertaining to the see of Canterbury.The advowson appears to have been anciently in lay hands, as Brithmer, a wealthy citizen, with the approbation calls Archbishop Stigand and Dean Goderic, give it with a messuage adjoining to the cathedral church of Canterbury in the year 1503; by virtue of which donative it still remains in the gift of the Dean and chapter of the Metropolitan Church. It is a neat, plain, and like all Sir Christopher Wren's churches, a welcome proportioned edifice. The body is 84 feet in length, 52 in breadth and 30 in height.'

All Hallows Lombard Street was a part of Langbourn Ward.

All Hallows Bread Street and St John the Evangelist parishes were part of Bread Street Ward. The parish name has also been spelled Allhallows Bread Street. All Hallows Bread Street Church was torn down in 1876.

St John the Evangelist Parish was also known as St John the Evangelist Friday Street Parish. Another name is St John the Evangelist Watling Street Parish.

1848 parish description:

Allhallows, Lombard-street is a parish in the city of London with the Walls. The patron is the Dean and chapter of Canterbury. It is parish within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records
Webb published an index to burials for the years 1813 to 1853.

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.

Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Bishopsgate Ward - The Parisshe of Alhallowes (Lombard Street)at British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/143); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.
 * All Hallows, Lombard Street and St Benet, Gracechurch, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/223); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, All Saintes and St Bennett Gracechurch at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, Allhallowes at Alan H. Nelson website (perhaps a different All Hallows parish) (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * All Hallows, Lombard Street and St Benet, Gracechurch, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bridge Ward - Allhallowes Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Langbourn Ward - All Seyntes Parish en Lumberdstreetat British History Online



1621 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/484); copy:.
 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/490); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/562); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - All Hallows, Lombard Streetat British History Online

1646 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Lombard Street, Bishopsgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/597); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - All Hallows Lombard Streetat British History Online.

1811 Census
The 1811 Census exists and is held at The British Library.

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.

Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, and Shoreham probate records are available online at for free.

Before 1858, fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Arches of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 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.

Cemetery
Find A Grave has started a page about burials at All Hallows Lombard Street.

Records of the Poor
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

 * All Hallows, Twickenham (official website)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London All Hallows Lombard Street')