St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars, London Genealogy

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Parish History
St Andrew by the Wardrobe, the church of, stands on the east side of St. Andrews Hill, near to the public wharf called Puddle Dock. It was formerly called St. Andrew juxta Baynard Castle, from its the 72 to balance; but on the removal of the office of them kings wardrobe to a spot now called Wardrobe Place, it received its present edition to its name. The church is supposed to have been founded about the time has Baynard's Castle was built, and, perhaps by the same nobleman as the advoswon was anciently in the family of FitzWalter, from which it passed through many hands, till the year 1663, when it devolved to the crown, in whose gift it still remains. But the parish of St. and, like fryers, having been united to it after the fire of London, to write the presentation is alternately with the crown and the parishioners. The present church was built in 1670, after the great fire, by Sir Christopher Wren, in the plane, substantial and useful manner, of brick and stone the interior is 75 feet in length, 59 breadth, and 30 in height.

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.

General
Historically St Andrew by the Wardrobe and St Ann Blackfriars were two individual parishes. Each maintained separate parish registers.

Images of surviving parish registers are browseable in the following online collection (some names are indexed):


 * London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Baptisms
The following spans of St Andrew by the Wardrobe records are indexed in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Christenings 1558-1707 (Batch C022322)
 * Christenings 1708-1860 (Batch C022321)

The following spans of St Ann Blackfriars records are indexed in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Christenings 1560-1679 (Batch C022092)
 * Christenings 1680-1716 (Batch C022093)
 * Christenings 1717-1861 (Batch P022091)

Digital images of baptisms of St Andrew by the Wardrobe from 1813 to 1903 and St Ann Blackfriars from 1813 to 1861 are browseable online (some indexed names) at:


 * London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Marriages
Marriages from 1780 to 1837 are indexed in:


 * Pallot's Marriage Index for England, available online, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

Browseable images of St Andrew by the Wardrobe marriages from 1754 to 1920 and St Ann Blackfriars from 1813 to 1840 are available online (some names are indexed):


 * London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

The following spans of St Andrew by the Wardrobe records are indexed in England Marriages, 1538-1973 (courtesy: FamilySearch):


 * Miscellaneous Marriages (Batch E022321)
 * Marriages 1558-1725 (Batch M022321)
 * Marriages 1726-1885 (Batch M022322)

Burials
Adult male burials at St Andrew by the Wardrobe from 1558 to 1807 and St Ann Blackfriars from 1566 to 1758 are indexed in:


 * Boyd's London Burials, courtesy: Find My Past ($)

Burials of St Andrew by the Wardrobe from 1813 to 1850 and St Ann Blackfriars from 1754 to 1849 are indexed in:


 * City of London Burials, available online, courtesy: Find My Past ($).

Digital images of burials of St Andrew by the Wardrobe from 1813 to 1859 and St Ann Blackfriars from 1813 to 1849 are browseable (some indexed names) in:


 * London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry ($).

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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Census records

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St. Andrews in the Wardrobe, courtesy: British History Online.

Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link 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.

Before 1858, St Andrew by the Wardrobe and St Ann Blackfriar parishes fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry Court of London.

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
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

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Ann Blackfriars Parish)
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London St Andrew by the Wardrobe' or 'St Ann Blackfriars')