Knightsbridge Holy Trinity, Middlesex Genealogy

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Parish History
KNIGHTSBRIDGE, a chapelry, partly in theparish of St. George, Hanover-square, liberty of the city of Westminster, and partly in theparishes of Kensington and Chelsea, Kensington division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex. Thechapel, dedicated to theHoly Trinity, and now a chapel of ease. The present building was erected in 1789. Adistrict church dedicated to St. Paul, the site of which was given by the late Marquess of Westminster, has been erected in Wilton-placeHere is a place of worship for Baptists.

Knightsbridge, a quondam hamlet, now a metropolitan suburb, and three chapelries, [all lying with-]in the City of Westminster parishes of St George Hanover Square, and (probably especially in the parish of) St Margaret Westminster, and in the parish of Kensington, and Chelsea.

Here's a list of chapels all associated with and contiguous to this chapelry (Holy Trinity Knightsbridge):


 * Lazar House or hospital Chapel, (Holy Trinity) Albert Gate - 1595. (later became Holy Trinity Ch. 1861)
 * St Paul Chapel Wilton Plc - 1840 (see also chapelry of St Barnabas Pimlico, in St Geo. Hanover Sq.)
 * All Saints Church - 1849
 * St George's Hospital Grosvenor Place chapel - 1733

By 1870, a Baptist chapel was built in this hamlet.

Civil Registration
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Church 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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