Serjeants' Inn, London Genealogy

England London  London Parishes  Serjeants' Inn

Parish History
"Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, is about 50 houses on the right-hand side of the street, going from Temple Bar. It was formerly an inn of court, but is now private property.  It consists of a small quadrangle of handsome dwelling houses, principally occupied by barristers and solicitors.  On the eastern side is the handsome edifice belonging to the chemical Society..."

J. H F. Brabner had a similar description:

Sergeants' Inn, Fleet Street is a civil parish, part of this parish consists of the liberty of Glasshouse Yard. It is outside the limits of the city of London.

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.

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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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