Westminster St Margaret, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to Westminster St Margaret, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Here is a Comprehensive List of Chapels and District Churches within the Civil Parish Boundaries of St Margaret Westminster as of 1900.

Parish History
Westminster St Margaret, a parish in the city and liberty of Westminster.

Westminster St Margaret church (is a parish; parish registers begin 1538) is situated at a small distance from the north door of Westminster Abbey. The ancient church was built in 1064, by Edward the Confessor, for the use of the neighbouring inhabitants and dedicated to the before mentioned St Margaret. It was rebuilt in the reign of Edward I, by the parishioners and merchants of the Staple [Inn], except the chancel which was erected at the charge of the Abbot of Westminster. In 1735, it was repaired and the tower cased... granted by parliament, in consideration of its being the church wherein the House of Commons attend divine service, as the peers do in Westminster Abbey. In 1758, it was again repaired at the public expense, and again about thirty years ago [about 1800]... This church is a rectory in the city and archdeaconry of Westminster, a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter, and therefore not subject to episcopal visitation, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

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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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1841-1964 Westminster, London, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1841-1964 at Ancestry ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)

1634-1900 Rate Books

 * Westminster Rate Books at findmypast - (£).

1664 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 - St Margarets Westminster at British History Online

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

 * St Margaret Westminster at British History Online

1698-1836 Land Tax
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes St Margaret Land Tax records 1698-1836.

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.

Cemetery

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Poor Law Union
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes:


 * 1561-1780 - St Margaret, Workhouses
 * 1612-1939 - St Margaret, Apprentices
 * 1689-1860 - St Margaret, Examinations
 * 1726-1735 - St Margaret, Bastardy records

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Websites
Westminster St Margaret on GENUKI