St Ann and St Agnes with St John Zachary, London Genealogy

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London St Ann and St Agnes with St John Zachary family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

St Ann and St Agnes Timeline

 * 1137 - first mentioned
 * 1666 - church mostly destroyed by Great Fire of London
 * 1680 - church rebuilt; united with St John Zachary Parish
 * 1940 - church destroyed in London Blitz
 * 1966 - rebuilding completed, church rededicated

St John Zachary Timeline

 * 1181 - first mentioned
 * 1666 - church destroyed by Great Fire of London; never rebuilt; united with St Ann and St Agnes Parish

1831 description
'St Ann and St Agnes with St John Zachary, the church of, is on the north side of St Ann's Lane, at the northern extremity of the New Post office in St Martin's le Grand, and receives its name from being dedicated to St Ann, the mother of the Virgin Mary, and its addition from its situation as being formerly designated St Ann in the Willows, from the number of trees of that species which grew in that neighbourhood. The foundation of this church is very ancient, and mention of it as so in 1322. It is a rectory, and the patronage was formerly in the dean and canons of the conventual church of St Martin's le Grand, until that corporation was annexed to the Abbey of Westminster, became patrons. Ont he suppression of the bishopric of Westminster by Queen Mary, she gave it to the Bishop of London and his successors, in whom it still remains, alternately, with the dean and chapeter of St Paul's [Cathedral]. The old church was destroyed by the fire of London, and the present church was erected on its site by Sir Christopher Wren in 1680, and the parish of St John Zachary united to it. The interior is 53 feet square, and 35 feet high, and is sub-divided into a smaller square in the centre by four handsome Corintian columns, which support an ornamented ceiling...'

Also known as St Anne &amp; Agnes, Aldersgate.

1848 description
St. Anne and St. Agnes, with St. John Zachary, are parishes of the City of London within the walls. The patron is the Bishop, and Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

St Ann and St Agnes Parish
Webb published an index to burials for the years 1813 to 1853.

St John Zachary 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.

1541 Subsidy



 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Seynt Annes Perryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Seynt John Zacharies Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - Parte of the Parish of Seynt John Zacharys, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Anne and St Agnes, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/137); copy:.
 * St John Zachary, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/137); copy:.
 * St John Zachary, Cripplegate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/142); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - St Anne and Agnes Parish, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - St John Zacharyes Parish, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - St John Zacharies Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1589 Subsidy

 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. Annes Parishe, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 148)
 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. John Zacharies Parishe, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 148)

1625 Subsidy

 * St Anne and St Agnes, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/510); copy:.
 * St John Zachary, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/510); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St John Zacharies, courtesy: British History Online

1645 Subsidy

 * St John Zachary, Cripplegate Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 5); copy:.

1667 Hearth Tax

 * St Anne and St Agnes, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.
 * St John Zachary, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.
 * St John Zachary, Cripplegate Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.

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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.

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

Before 1858, fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many 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 the Poor
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Ann and St Agnes Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St John Zachary Parish records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Ann and St Agnes' or 'London St John Zachary')