Spitalfields Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex Middlesex Parishes



Parish History
SPITALFIELDS (Christchurch), a parish, in the union of Whitechapel, Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex. The parish was originally a hamlet in Stepney, from which it was separated by act of parliament in 1729 In Spital-square is a church dedicated to St. Mary, There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and Calvinistic Methodists.

SPITALFIELDS, a parish and a sub-district in Whitechapel district, Middlesex. The parish lies on the Great Eastern railway, and to the S of it, 1 mile ENE of St. Paul's, London.

Additional information:

This later district church was created after combining Christ Church and St Mary with St Stephens in the year 1911.

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.

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
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

Websites
Spitalfields on GENUKI