St Barnabas in St Marylebone, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
MARYLEBONE, a parish, a district, and a borough, in Middlesex. The parish forms a compact portion of the metropolis; lies on the Regents canal, the Northwestern railway, and the Metropolitan railway, 3 miles NW by W of St. Pauls; is bounded, on the N, by Primrose-hill and Queens-road,-on the E, by Cleveland-street and part of Regents-park,-on the S, by Oxford-street,-on the W, by Edgware-road; includes the suburbs of St. John's Wood and Portland-Town; and has several stations on the railways, and numerous post offices ‡ and postal pillarboxes under London W and London N W. The parish comprises 9 chapelries. The 9 chapelries: Parish chapel, St. John's-Park-road, St. James', Portmanchapel, Brunswick-chapel, Quebec-chapel, St. Peter's under All Souls, St. Paul's under All Souls, and Christchapel-St. John's Wood. Patron of St. Marylebone, All Souls, Christchurch, Trinity, St. Mary-Bryanstone-square, St. John's-Park-road, St. James', St. Thomas-Portman-square, St. Peter under All Souls, St. Paul under All Souls,St. Barnabas, St. Mark, and Brunswick-chapel, the Crown; of Parish chapel, the Rector of St. Marylebone; of St. Luke, the Rector of St. Mary-Bryanstone-square; of Portman-chapel, Proprietors; of St. Paul-Lisson-grove, St. Matthew Maida-hill, Quebec-chapel, and Christ-chapel-St. John's Wood, Trustees; of All Saints-Margaret-street and St. Stephen's-Portland-Town, the Bishop of London; of St. Andrew's, alternately the Crown and the Bishop; of All Saints-St. John's Wood, Col. Eyre. The places of worship within the parish, in 1851, were 20 of the Church of England, 1 of English Presbyterians, ' 1 of United Presbyterians, 6 of Independents, 5 of Baptists, 1 of Unitarians, 4 of Wesleyan Methodists, 1 of Primitive Methodists, 2 of the Wesleyan Association, 1 of Calvinistic Methodists, 1 undefined, 1 of the Catholic and Apostolic church, 3 of Roman Catholics, 1 of the Greek church, and 1 of Jews.

Additional information:

St Barnabas, Bell Street was built in 1866 and resided within the civil parish boundaries of St Marylebone.

Civil Registration
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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.

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
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