Stratford St John, Essex Genealogy

Guide to Stratford St John, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Stratford St John, or simply Stratford, is a town, a ward, and three chapelries, in West Ham parish, Essex. The town is on the River Lea and on the Great Eastern railway; the railway is 4½ miles E of St. Paul's, London. It has a bridge which connects it with Stratford-le-Bow and has a post-office under London East. There is an Independent chapel, along with Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, as well as a Roman Catholic chapel. The chapelries are St. John, Christchurch, and St. Paul.

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
Stratford St John parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St John the Evangelist, The Broadway, Stratford: Baptisms 1834-1939;  Marriages 1844-1960;  Burials 1835-1912,1915,1922: ERO. Baptisms 1939- date; Marriages 1960- date: Not deposited

Christ Church High St: Baptisms 1851-1956; Marriages 1855-1960: ERO

Holy Trinity, Oxford Rd: Baptisms 1888-1941; Marriages 1920-1941: ERO

St Aidan, Ward Rd: Baptisms 1900-1940: ERO

St Mark, Windmill Lane: Baptisms 1892-1903; Records with St. Paul Stratford

St Paul, Maryland Rd: Baptisms 1860- date; Marriages 1866- date: Not deposited

St Stephen, Cedars Rd: Baptisms 1918-1936; Records with St. John's Stratford

St Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic), Grove Crescent Rd: Baptisms 1770-1812; Marriages 1805-1853: ERO (copies); All originals 1770- date: Not deposited

St Patrick (Roman Catholic), Lett Rd: Formed 1897 Closed 1945

Congregational Chapel (Brickfields Chapel): Baptisms 1774-1838;  Burials 1784-1840;  Burials 1845-1854: PRO

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Assembly Hall, Maryland Rd: All records -1918: SLC

Methodist Chapel, West Ham Lane: Marriages 1937-1948: ERO

Primitive Methodist Chapel, Henniker Rd: Baptisms 1865-1959: ERO

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Baptisms 1838-1880; Marriages 1891-1941: ERO

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Baptist
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Roman Catholic
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Unitarian
 * Wesleyan Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist Association

Poor Law Unions

 * West Ham Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Stratford on GENUKI

Essex Ancestors - offers images of genealogical records for the county of Essex ($)