Clapton Christ Church, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes  Clapton Christ Church

Parish History
CLAPTON, a hamlet, in theparish of St. John, Hackney, union of Hackney, Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 3 miles (N. by E.) from London; A proprietary chapel was built at Upper Clapton in 1777, which has lately been enlarged; and in 1841.

Christ Church Clapton was created and in operation in the year 1871, and it subdivided and lay within the boundaries of the civil parish of Hackney.

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.

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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