St Bartholomew the Less, London Genealogy

England London  London Parishes  St Bartholomew the Less

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring 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.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - The Parisshe of Saint Bartilmew the Litle, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - Lyttell Saynt Bartholmewes, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Bartholomew the Less, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/145); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - St Bartholomewes the Lesse Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1589 Subsidy

 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. Bartholmues ye Lesse, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 160)

1622 Subsidy

 * St Bartholomew the Less, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/505); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Bartholomew the Less, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/515); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Bartholomew the Less, courtesy: British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Bartholomew the Less, courtesy: British History Online

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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
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Before 1858, 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.

Cemetery
A survey of monumental brasses, published 1891, is available online.

Records of the Poor
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Parish History
'St Bartholomew the Less, the church of, is situated within principal gate of Bartholomew's hospital on the southeast side of West Smithfield. It was originally a chapel to the hospital and was founded in the year 11 to; but at the dissolution of the priory, it was converted into a parish church for the inhabitants of the precinct of the hospital. It is a vicarage, in the gift of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and common Council of the city, as governors of the hospital. The church is an old fabric, but was tastefully and substantially repaired, and the interior rebuilt in 1823, by Phillip Hardwick, Esq., the survey are to the hospital.'

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * St Bartholomew the Less (official website). Photographs, history, visitor directions.
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Bartholomew the Less')