Stratford St John, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
There are two ways I have found that describe Stratford St John well. Stratford St John or simply Stratford, is a town, a ward, and three chapelries, in West Ham parish, Essex. The town stands on the river Lea, on the Roman road to Colchester, and on the Great Eastern railway, the railway is 4½ miles E of St. Paul's, London; it communicates by a bridge with Stratford-le-Bow; and has a post-office under London East. The three churches were built in 1833, 1851, and 1865, there is was an Independent chapel built in 1866, there are also Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, as well as a Roman Catholic chapel. The chapelries are St. John, Christchurch, and St. Paul.

HAM, or WEST HAM, is a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a district in Essex. The village stands E of the river Lea, between Stratford and Plaistow, near the North Woolwich and Eastern Counties railway stations at Stratford, it has a postoffice, by the name of West Ham, under Stratford, London East. The chapelries of Plaistow, Barking Road, Victoria Dock, Forest Gate, Stratford St. John, Stratford St. Paul, Stratford Christchurch and Canning Town are separate benefices.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office

St John the Evangelist The Broadway Stratford Baptisms 1834-1939 Marriages 1844-1960 Burials 1835-1912,1915,1922: ERO Baptisms 1939- date Marriages 1960- date: Not deposited

Christ Church

High St Baptisms 1851-1956 Marriages 1855-1960: ERO

Holy Trinity Oxford Rd Baptisms 1888-1941 Marriages 1920-1941: ERO

St Aidan Ward Rd Baptisms 1900-1940: ERO

St Mark Windmill Lane Baptisms 1892-1903 Records with St. Paul Stratford

St Paul Maryland Rd Baptisms 1860- date Marriages 1866- date: Not deposited

St Stephen Cedars Rd Baptisms 1918-1936 Records with St. John's Stratford

St Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic) Grove Crescent Rd

Baptisms 1770-1812 Marriages 1805-1853: ERO (copies) All originals 1770- date: Not deposited

St Patrick (Roman Catholic) Lett Rd Formed 1897 Closed 1945

Congregational Chapel (Brickfields Chapel) Baptisms 1774-1838 Burials 1784-1840 Burials 1845-1854: PRO

Latter Day Saints Assembly Hall Maryland Rd All records ?-1918: SLC

Methodist Chapel West Ham Lane Marriages 1937-1948 : ERO

Primitive Methodist Chapel Henniker Rd Baptisms 1865-1959: ERO

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Baptisms 1838-1880 Marriages 1891-1941: ERO

Census records
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
West Ham Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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Web sites
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