St John's Wood St Stephen, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

St John's Wood St Stephen, Middlesex family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.

Parish History
All Saints, Saint John's Wood: Finchley Road, Westminster All Saints' Church was closed in 1974 and in 1976 the parish was united with the parish of St John's Wood. Note: In 1974 All Saints' Church was closed and the Vicar of St John's Wood was appointed Priest-in-Charge of All Saints' parish. The parish was united with the parish of St John's Wood in 1976, except for the parts of the former parish lying to the west of Wellington Road and Finchley Road which were transferred to the parishes of St Mark, Hamilton Terrace, St Marylebone and All Souls, Loudoun Road, South Hampstead.

Additional information:

St Stephen, St John's Wood or, otherwise known as Portland Town church was created a district church helping to ease the heavier population demands by subdividing the large influx of inhabitants within the civil parish boundaries of St Marylebone. It was built in the year 1849.

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