Hackney St John, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes  Hackney St John

Parish History
Hackney St John, a parish, forming a union with Stoke Newington, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, County of Middlesex, 2 miles northeast of London. In the 19th century, this parish was greatly divided into numerous chapelries and chapel districts by the 19th century. According to Lewis, here are some of them:


 * South Hackney Well Street (1810)
 * West Hackney Kingsland Road (1823 and with a cemetery)
 * Hackney St John - 1558 ( the ancient or mother parish)
 * Stamford Hill
 * Homerton Episcopal chapel
 * St Barnabas Homerton - 1846
 * Dalston
 * Clapton
 * St Peter Hackney (see under Beauvoir Town)
 * St Thomas Clapton Common - 1827

Although the above churches are mentioned in the 19th century perspective by Samuel A. Lewis (see footnote), these were but a fraction of all the Church of England chapels (there were nearly 40 of them) located in the civil parish boundary. Here is a List of all the above as well those numerous unlisted chapels all of which have thus far been identified as being attached to St John's Hackney Parish--see this following link--"A Comprehensive List of Hackney District Churches in Pre-1900".

There were also built, chapels for worship for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Baptists and Unitarians.

The Victoria County History of Hackney (1995) is available online. It includes chapters on manors, economic history, local government, churches, Roman Catholicism, Protestant nonconformity, other Christian churches, Judaism, Islam, education, and charities for the poor.

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.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Hackney at British History Online - free.

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

 * St John Hackney at British History Online - free.

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.

Manorial Records
A few records survive for Shacklewell Manor (1540-1541) in Hackney Parish. The Manorial Documents Register will help you locate these records.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Sketch of Hackney Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestors