St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle, London Genealogy

England London  London Parishes  St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle

Parish History
"St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle, the church of, situated near the middle, and on the east side of Bow Lane, cheapside and derives its name from being dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and its addition of Alder, to Older or Elder mary, from its being the oldest church in the city...

"In 1510, Sir Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London, bequeathed £1000 towards rebuilding the ancient church, which stood on this site, and had become much decayed by age; and in 1626, William Rodoway gave £3000 more, and other inidividuals contributed liberally. The body of the church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and was rebuilt, and the power repoaired and cased, by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1711, at the sole expense of Henry Rogers, Esq., as appears by a Latin inscription over the western door of the church.

"The interior is 100 feet in length, 63 in breadth, and 45 in height. The church is a rectory, and one of the thirteen peculiars of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After the fire of London, the adjoining parish of St Thomas the Apostle, was united to it by act of parliament; the patronage of which being in the Dean and Chapter alternately. It is a rectory in the city of London, and in the Province of Canterbury."

James Elmes, M.R. I. A., Architect. In “A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Envirions,” (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted.

St Thomas the Apostle Parish was part of Vintry Ward.

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 neighboring 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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1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Vintry Ward - St Thomas Apostles, courtesy: British History Online

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary Aldermary, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Thomas the Apostle, courtesy: British History Online

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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 London 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

 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Mary Aldermary' or 'London St Thomas the Apostle')