Glasshouse Yard, London Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes  London  London Parishes   Glasshouse Yard

Parish History
Glasshouse Yard is a Liberty, and is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate, situated in Goswell and Pickaxe Street; names after an ancient glasshouse that stood there. This liberty...supports its own poor, and is extra parochial.

P.B. Dunn, A Guide to Ancestral Research in London, (BYU Printing Services, 2010). Adapted.

The Topographical Dictionary of London's version:

"Glasshouse Yard or Liberty (sometimes called Aldersgate Chapel), is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate a situated in Goswell and Pickaxe Street; named after an ancient glasshouse and stood there." See also Aldersgate Chapel:

"Aldersgate Chapel, Glasshouse Street, is situated in the Glasshouse Liberty of St. Botolph Aldersgate Street. This liberty, which supports its own poor, and is extra parochial, derives its name from the Glasshouse which anciently stood there." [Adapted from: Topographical Dictionary of London by James Elmes; published 1831]

Resources

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 neighboring 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.

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Census records
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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
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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