St Andrew Undershaft with St Mary Axe, London Genealogy

London St Andrew Undershaft with St Mary Axe ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

1831 description
'St Andrew, Undershaft, then church of, is situated at the southeast corner of the street called St Mary Axe and Leaden Hall Street. There was a church on this site dedicated to the same site as early as the year 1362, which was pulled down in 1532, and the present church erected in its room, at the expense of William Fitz Williams, who was sheriff in 1507. It derives its name of Undershaft from a very lofty Maypole, anciently called a shaft, which was annually raised in the street near to it on Mayday, and was higher than the steeple. The church is a plain Gothic structure with a well lighted body, and the square tower, with pinnacles at the angles, and a campanile with six bells within them. It is a rectory, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and is celebrated as containing the monument raised in memory of the faithful and able historiographer of the city, John Stowe...' In 1562, St Mary Axe united with St Andrew Undershaft. St Andrew Undershaft belonged to Aldgate Ward and/or Bishopsgate Ward. St Mary Axe belonged to Bishopsgate Ward.

1848 parish description:

St. Andrew Undershaft with '''St. Mary-Axe''', are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Bishop; They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records
St Andrew Undershaft 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, Aldgate Ward - The Parisshe of Saint Andrewe Undershafteat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Mary, Fenchurch Street, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/143); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Mary Axe, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Mary, Fenchurch Street, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/223); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Andrewes Vndershafte at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.
 * St Mary, Fenchurch Street, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldgate Ward - Saint Androwes Undershafte and Al Hallowes in ye Wall Parishesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Lime Street Ward - St Peters and St Andrewes Parochesat British History Online

1589 Subsidy



 * at Family History Archives (see page 149)

1625 Subsidies

 * St Andrew Undershaft, Lime Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/519); copy:.
 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/549); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/565 Part 1 of 3); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Andrew Undershaftat British History Online

1645 Subsidies

 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/595); copy:.
 * St Andrew Undershaft, Aldgate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/616); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Andrew Undershaftat 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
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.

Cemetery


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

Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Andrew Undershaft Parish the unique surname Undershaft.

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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Andrew Undershaft Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary Axe Parish records)
 * St Andrew Undershaft (ourpasthistory.com). Photographs, history.
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Andrew Undershaft' or 'London St Mary Axe')