St Ann and St Agnes with St John Zachary, London Genealogy

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Parish History
"St Ann and St Agnes with St John Zachary, the church of, is on the north side of St Ann's Lane, at the northern extremity of the New Post office in St Martin's le Grand, and receives its name from being dedicated to St Ann, the mother of the Virgin Mary, and its addition from its situation as being formerly diesignated St Ann in the Willows, from the number of trees of that species which grew in that neighbourhood. The foundation of this church is very ancient, and mention of it as so in 1322. It is a rectory, and the patronage was formerly in the dean and canons of the conventual church of St Martin's le Grand, until that corporation was annexed to the Abbey of Westminster, became patrons. Ont he supporession of teh bishopric of Westminster by Queen Mary, she gave it to the Bishop of London and his successors, in whom it still remains, alternately, with the dean and chapeter of St Paul's [Cathedral]. The old church was destroyed by the fire of London, and the presnet church was erected on its site by Sir Christopher Wren in 1680, and the parish of St John Zachary united to it. The interior is 53 feet square, and 35 feet high, and is sub-divided into a smaller square in the centre by four handsome Corintian columns, which support an ornamented ceiling..."

Also known as St Anne &amp; Agnes, Aldersgate.

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.

St John Zachary Parish
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.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Seynt Annes Perryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Seynt John Zacharies Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - Parte of the Parish of Seynt John Zacharys, courtesy: British History Online

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - St Anne and Agnes Parish, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - St John Zacharyes Parish, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - St John Zacharies Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1589 Subsidy

 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. Annes Parishe, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 148)
 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. John Zacharies Parishe, courtesy: Family History Archives (see page 148)

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St John Zacharies, courtesy: British History Online

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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Before 1858, fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858. 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.

Poor Law Unions
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Ann and St Agnes Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St John Zachary Parish records)
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Ann and St Agnes' or 'London St John Zachary')