Holy Trinity the Less, London Genealogy

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Parish History
Trinity the Less, the church of, was situated before the fire of London, at the northeast corner of Little Trinity Lane, where a German Chapel now stands. It received the epithet "the Less" to distinguish it from the Trinity priory at Aldgate; but having been destroyed by the fire of 1666, the parish was united to that of St Michael Queenhithe, and the church was not rebuilt. See St Michael, Queenhithe.

Holy Trinity the Less Parish was part of Vintry Ward.

Holy Trinity the Less is also referred to as Trinity the Less. It is a parish in the city of London Without the Walls. Trinity the Less as well as St. Michael, Queen-hythe have the patron of The Dean and Capter of St Paul's and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, alternately.

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.

Boundary
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.

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1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Queenhithe Ward - Trynytie Paroche, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Vintry Ward - Trinitie Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - Trinity the Less, courtesy: British History Online.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to London 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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London Holy Trinity the Less')