St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane, London Genealogy

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London St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane, the church of, is situated on the south side of Cheapside, at the corners of Bow Lane and [St Mary le] Bow Churchyard. it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and derives its addition from being the first church built in London upon the arches, and called Bows. it was founded before the reign of William the Norman [Conqueror] and was first called New Mary Church, but afterwards received the epithet of De Arcubus, or Le Bow, in Westcheap.'

After the Great Fire of London (1666), All Hallows Honey Lane Parish united with St Mary-le-Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane Parish.

1848 parish description
St. Mary-le-Bow, with Allhallows, Honey-lane and St. Pancras, Soper-lane are parishes, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury two turns, and the Grocers’ Company one. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

St Mary le Bow belonged to Cordwainer Ward.

All Hallows Honey Lane was also spelled 'Allhallows' Honey Lane.

St Pancras Soper Lane Parish Church has been demolished.

St Pancras Soper Lane Parish
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.

1541 Subsidy



 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Hony Lane, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Saynt Mary Bowe Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - Bowe Parrysshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Saynt Pancrese Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - Saynt Panckres &amp; Saint Sythes (St. Benet Sherehog), courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * All Hallows, Honey Lane, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Mary le Bow, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Mary le Bow, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/141); copy:.
 * St Pancras, Soper Lane, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/141); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Alhallowes in Hony Lane, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - Allhallowes Parrishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Marye Bowe Parish, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - St Marye Bowe Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Pancras Parrishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - St Bennet and St Pancrash Parrishes, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - St Pancrasse Precincte, courtesy: British History Online

1628 Subsidy

 * St Mary le Bow, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/565 Part 2 of 3); copy:.

1638 Tithes

 * Tithes All Hallows Honey Lane 1638, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - All Hallows, Honey Lane, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Pancras, Soper Lane, courtesy: British History Online

1641 Subsidy

 * St Mary le Bow, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/572); copy:.
 * St Pancras, Soper Lane, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/572); copy:.

1642 War Loans Tax

 * All Hallows Honey Lane War Loans 1642, courtesy: British History Online
 * St Mary le Bow War Loans 1642, courtesy: British History Online

1646 Subsidy

 * St Mary le Bow, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/585); copy:.
 * St Pancras, Soper Lane, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/584); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - All Hallows Honey Lane, courtesy: British History Online.
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Mary le Bow, courtesy: British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Pancras Soper Lane, courtesy: British History Online

1666 Destroyed Houses

 * Cheape Ward 1666, names of persons whose houses were destroyed by the fire of London 1666 (Includes all three parishes), courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free. (Filename Destroyed_Houses_Cheap_And_Cordwainer_1666.xls)

1678 Poll Tax

 * 1678 Poll Tax of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Mary le Bow, and St Pancras Soper Lane, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692 Poll Tax

 * 1692 Poll Tax of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Mary le Bow, and St Pancras Soper Lane, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692-1693 Poll Tax

 * 1692-1693 Poll Tax of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Mary le Bow, and St Pancras Soper Lane, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1694 Poll Tax

 * 1694 Poll Tax of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Mary le Bow, and St Pancras Soper Lane, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

(see supplements for St Pancras Soper Lane residents)

1695 Marriage Duty Act Tax

 * Marriage Duty Act 1695, Cheap Ward - All Hallows Honey Lane, courtesy: British History Online
 * Marriage Duty Act 1695, Cheap Ward - St Mary le Bow, courtesy: British History Online

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
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 Commissary of the Bishop of London and the Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham. 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.

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Cemetery


A survey of St Mary le Bow monumental inscriptions made in 1858 is available on microfilm.

Records of the Poor
The School of Advanced Study, University of London has uploaded abstracts of the following records, which are available for free online:


 * All Hallows Honey Lane Churchwarden Accounts 1672
 * All Hallows Honey Lane Churchwarden Lists 1563 to 1593
 * All Hallows Honey Lane Churchwardens 1631 to 1659
 * St Pancras Soper Lane Assessments 1628 to 1642

Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (All Hallows Honey Lane Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary le Bow Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Pancras Soper Lane Parish records)
 * Sketch of St Pancras Soper Lane Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor
 * (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London All Hallows Honey Lane' or 'London St Mary le Bow' or 'London St Pancras')