St Mary Abchurch with St Lawrence Pountney, London Genealogy

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London St Mary Abchurch with St Lawrence Pountney family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.

St Mary Abchurch Timeline

 * 1198-1199 - first mentioned
 * 1666 - church destroyed by Great Fire of London
 * 1666 - united with St Lawrence Pountney Parish
 * 1681-1686 - church rebuilt
 * 1940 - church bombed in the London Blitz
 * 1948-1953 - church repaired

St Lawrence Pountney Timeline

 * 1666 - church destroyed by the Great Fire of London
 * 1666 - never rebuilt; united with St Mary Abchurch Parish

1831 description
'St Mary Abchurch with St Lawrence Pountney, the church of, situated near the south end of Abchurch Lane, Cannon Street, and derives its name and addition, from having been dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and Ab or Up church, from its greater elevation than most of its neighbourhood. A church, similarly dedicated, stood upon this site in very early times, for we find that in 1448, the patronage of it was in the Prior and Canons of St Mary Overy, but falling to the crown in the reign of Elizabeth, her majesty granted the perpetual advowson to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge...

'The ancient church was destroyed by the great fire in 1666, as was the Merchant Taylor's School, which was situated within St Lawrence Pountney Parish. The present edifice was erected shortly afterwards by Sir Christopher Wren. The parish of St Lawrence Pountney was united to this parish after the fire, and the church of that small parish was consequently not rebuilt.

'The church is a rectory, in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London, and in the patronage of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.'

1848 parish description
St. Mary, Abchurch, with St. Lawrence are parishes, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. They are within the poor-law union of the City of London

Additional jurisdictions
St. Mary Abchurch Parish was a part of Candlewick Ward and/or Walbrook Ward.

St Mary Abchurch Parish
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.

1541 Subsidy



 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - (St. Mary) Abchurch Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Dowgate Ward - Seynt Laurence Pountney, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence Pountney, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/150); copy:.
 * St Lawrence Pountney, Dowgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Mary, Abchurch, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/150); copy:.
 * St Mary, Abchurch, Walbrook Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/147); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - (St. Mary) Abchurche Parrysshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Wallbrook Ward - St Marye Abchurch Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - St Lawrence Paroche, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Dowgate Ward - Alhallowes the Lesse, Sct Lawrence Powntney &amp; Sct Johns Paroches, courtesy: British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence Pountney, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/502); copy:.
 * St Lawrence Pountney, Dowgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/487); copy:.
 * St Mary, Abchurch, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/502); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence Pountney, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/512); copy:.
 * St Mary, Abchurch, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/512); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence Pountney, Dowgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/560); copy:.
 * St Mary, Abchurch, Walbrook Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/564); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Laurence Poultnies, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary Abchurch, courtesy: British History Online

1645 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence Pountney, Dowgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/589); copy:.

1645-1646 Subsidy

 * St Mary Abchurch, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 15); copy:.

1821 Census
The 1821 Census of St Mary Abchurch exists.

1831 Census
The 1831 Census of St Mary Abchurch exists.

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
Before 1858, St Lawrence Pountney fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. St Mary Abchurch fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Mary Abchurch residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858. From 1858 to the present, refer to the Principal Probate Registry.

Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Mary Abchurch Parish the unique surname Abchurch.

Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Lawrence Pountney records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary Abchurch records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Mary Abchurch' or 'London St Lawrence Pountney')