Rotherhithe St Mary, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes

Parish History
Rotherhithe, par. (St Mary) and ry. sta., Surrey, on river Thames, within the parl. limits of Southwark, 754 ac. (175 water) and 152 tidal water, pop. 36,024; the sta. is 2½ miles SE. of Liverpool Street sta., London.

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Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist 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

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
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Surrey Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Taxation

 * 1664 Hearth Tax at Hearth Tax Online - free.

Parish History
ROTHERHITHE (St. Mary), a parish, in the E.division of the hundred of Brixton and of the countyof Surrey, 1 mile (S. E.) from London.


 * Beck, Edward Josselyn. Memorials to Serve for a History of the Parish of St Mary, Rotherhithe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1907. Digital version at Google Books.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * St Mary's Rotherhithe (official website). Rotherhithe history, history of the Pilgrim Fathers, photographs, visitor directions, service times.