Christ Church, Newgate Street with St Leonard, Foster Lane, London Genealogy

London Christ Church Newgate Street with St Leonard Foster Lane ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"Christ's Church, Newgate Street. This church is dedicated to the name and honour of Christ, and anciently belonged to the convent of Grey Friars or Franciscans, but falling to the crown, at the dissolution of the religious houses, Henry VIII bave it to the mayor, commonalty and the citizens of London, for a parish church, in lieu of the two churches of St Ewen, in Newgate Market, near the north corner of Eldeness, now called Warwick Lane, and of St Nicholas in the Shambles, on the north side of Newgate; both which churches and their parishes were then demolished, and as much of St Sepulchre's parish as laid within Newgate, was added to this newly created parish, which was then Christ Church. From this time it was made a vicarage in the patronage of the mayor, commonalty and citizens of London, as governors of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), Christ Church Newgate Street Parish united with St Leonard Foster Lane Parish.

St Leonard Foster Lane belongs to Aldersgate Ward. The parish church has been demolished.

Only the tower of Christ Church Newgate stands today. The parish was also known as Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate.

1848 parish description: Christchurch with St. Leonard, Foster-lane are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the appropriators, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records
Christ Church Newgate Street parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St Leonard Foster Lane parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

1541 Subsidy



 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Seynt Leonard Parysheat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * Christchurch, Newgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Leonard, Foster Lane (including Bell Court and St Martin le Grand Street), Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/137); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * Christchurch Newgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.
 * St Leonard, Foster Lane, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/224); copy:.

1576 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St ffosters p{ar}ishe, Ad huc St ffosters, Christ Churche, Ad huc Christes Churche p{ar}ishe, and Ad huc xpes church p{ar}yshe at Alan H. Nelson website

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Castle Baynard Ward - Christes Church and St Faythes Parishesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - Christes Church Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Saint Leonardes Parish and St Martynsat British History Online

1589 Subsidy

 * at FamilySearch Books Online (see page 148)

1625 Subsidies

 * Christchurch, Newgate, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/555); copy:.
 * Christchurch, Newgate, Castle Baynard Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/546); copy:.
 * St Leonard, Foster Lane, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/510); copy:.
 * St Martin le Grand, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/510); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - Christ Churchat British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Leonard, Foster Laneat British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - Christ Church Newgate Streetat British History.

1667 Hearth Tax

 * St Leonard, Foster Lane, Aldersgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.

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 Leonard Foster Lane fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. Christ Church Newgate Street 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 wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Cemetery


Some monumental inscriptions from these parish churchyards have been preserved at Postman's Park. For photographs, see Wikimedia Commons.

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Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in Bagnio Court in Christ Church Newgate Street Parish the unique surname Bagnio. Those found at the Bluecoat School often received the surname Blewcoat or Bluecoat. Christchurch was also given as a surname.

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

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (Christ Church Newgate Street Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Leonard Foster Lane Parish records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London Christchurch' or 'London St Leonard Foster Lane')