Bromley St Leonard, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes  Bromley St Leonard

Parish History
'BROMLEY-ST.-LEONARD, a parish in Poplar district, Middlesex; it lay 3.75 miles northeast St. Paul Cathedral, London. Within St Leonard's boundary were the (attached) chapels of St. Michael (built by 1868), St. Gabriel, and St. Andrew, both of which were built by the year 1869. There was also a Wesleyan Methodist church.'

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. Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

 * St Leonard Bromley at British History Online - free.

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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