Hoxton St John, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes  London  London Parishes   Hoxton St John

Parish History
HOXTON St John Baptist, a quondam hamlet, [with] seven chapelries, and two sub-districts in Shoreditch St Leonard Parish and district, Middlesex, about 1 ½ mile northeast by north of St. Paul's Cathedral.

The chapelries are St. John and Trinity, constituted in 1829; Christchurch, in 1841; St. Andrew, in 1861; St. Saviour, in 1862; St. Anne and St. Mary, in 1865. Pop. of St. J., 20,579; of T., 6,511; of C., 7,610; of St. And., 7,000; of St. S., 5,675; of St. Anne, 5,145; of St. M., 6,300. Five of the livings are vicarages, and two p. curacies, in the diocese of London. Value of St. J., £780.; of T., C., and St. S., each £420; of the others, each £200. Patron of St. J., the Archdeacon of London; of T., the Bishop of L.; of C., the Vicar of St. John; of St. And., Trustees; of St. S. and St. Anne, alt. the Crown and the Bishop; of St. M., the Lord Chancellor. St. John's church was built in 1826.

Here is a Comprehensive List of Chapels in Hoxton Hamlet--all within the parish and borough of St Leonard's Shoreditch

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.

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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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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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