Somers Town Christ Church, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
Christ Church, Chalton Street, Somers Town church was "created in 1868 from All Saints Kings Cross (All Saints Battle Bridge). It was one of among at least 30 other churches built in the mid-19th century in order to decrease the tremendous burden of population within the large civil parish boundaries of St Pancras, in which parish it resides. This church was built in 1868. To see a complete study on St Pancras and for a List of Churches and Chapels in St Pancras, see "St Pancras".

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
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Census records
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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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