St Nicholas Cole Abbey with St Nicholas Olave, London Genealogy

London St Nicholas Cole Abbey with St Nicholas Olave ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Nicholas Cole Abbey with St Nicholas Olave, the church of, is situated on the south side of Old Fish Street, Doctors' Commons... There was a church on the same site prior to 1377...when it was rebuilt. The church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and the present church built by Sir Christopher Wren.  It was finished in 1677, and is the first church built and completed after the fire.  The church is a rectory, the advowson of which was anciently in the dean and chapter of St. Martin Le Grand; but on grant of that collegiate church to the abbot and canons of Westminster, the patronage devolved to that convent, in whom it continued till the dissolution of their monastery, when it devolved to the crown, in which patronage it is present.  After the great fire, the parish of St. Nicholas Olaves [see that church] was united to this, which is a rectory of very ancient foundation.. the united rectory is in the city, diocese and Archdeaconry of London, and the advowson is, from the before named Union of parishes, in the alternate gifts of Lord Chancellor, for the crown and again and chapter of St. Paul's."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Nicholas Cole Abbey Parish united with St Nicholas Olave Parish.

1848 parish description

St. Nicholas Cole Abbey with St. Nicholas Olave, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Crown, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. They are within the Poor-law union of the City of London.

These parishes were part of Queenhithe Ward.

Church records
St Nicholas Cole Abbey parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St Nicholas Olave 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, Bread Street Ward - Parte of Saynt Nicholas Coll Abby and Mary Magdalen in Fysshstrettat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Parish of Seynt Nycholasat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/140); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/152); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Olave, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/152); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey and St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, and St Mary Mounthaw, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Olave, and St Mildred, Bread Street, and Holy Trinity the Less, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Nich{ol}as Coldabbey, St Nich{ol}as Olyves, St Nich{ol}as Coldabye, Mary Magdalyn, Mary Mountall, St Nich{ol}as Olives, Myldred, St Trinitye p{ar}ishes at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey and St Nicholas Olave, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, and St Mary Mounthaw, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Olave, St Mildred, Bread Street, and Holy Trinity the Less, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Queenhithe Ward - St Niccholas Parocheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - St Nicholas Cold Abbey &amp; St Mary Magdaleyne (Old Fish Street) Parishesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Queenhithe Ward - St Olave Parocheat British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/483); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/526); copy:.
 * St Nicholas Olave, Queenhithe Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/526); copy:.

1636 Rents

 * St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, 1638 Rents (Lambeth Palace Library, Ref: Mss. Codex No. 272); transcript by Charles Edward Banks:.

1645-1646 Subsidy

 * St Nicholas Cole Abbey, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 2); copy:.

Probate records
Before 1858, fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. 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.

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Nicholas Cole Abbey Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Nicholas Olave Parish records)
 * Sketch of St Nicholas Cole Abbey Parish Churchat London Ancestor
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Nicholas Cole Abbey' or 'London St Nicholas Olave')