Holy Trinity the Less, London Genealogy

England London  London Parishes  Holy Trinity the Less

Parish History
Trinity the Less, the church of, was situated before the fire of London, at the northeast corner of Little Trinity Lane, where a German Chapel now stands. It received the epithet "the Less" to distinguish it from the Trinity priory at Aldgate; but having been destroyed by the fire of 1666, the parish was united to that of St Michael Queenhithe, and the church was not rebuilt. See St Michael, Queenhithe.

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.

General
Images of surviving parish registers are browseable in the following online collection (some names are indexed):


 * London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Baptisms
The following spans of records are indexed in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Christenings 1547-1716 (Batch C023312)
 * Christenings 1717-1836 (Batch C023311)

Marriages
Marriages from 1780 to 1837 are indexed in:


 * Pallot's Marriage Index for England, available online, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Browseable images of Holy Trinity the Less marriages from 1755 to 1830 are available online (some names are indexed) in:


 * London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Marriages from 1754 to 1837 are indexed in:


 * Boyd's Marriage Index, courtesy: Find My Past ($)

Burials
Burials from 1808 to 1852 are indexed in:


 * City of London Burials, available online, courtesy: Find My Past ($).

Boundary
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.

Can you help?
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.

Census records

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - Trinity the Less, courtesy: British History Online.

Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London Holy Trinity the Less')