St Anne Soho, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to St Anne Soho, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
St. Anne, Soho is aparish, in the city and liberty of Westminster.

St Anne Soho, '...was formed out of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, [Westminster] towards the end of the seventeenth century.'

Additional information: St Anne Soho, the church of, is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to some well-disposed persons in the parish...who raised subscriptions and contributions for the establishing of [same]... and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne, in compliments to the Princess Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. [The parish lies within the ecclesiastical court of] the Bishop of London... The walls of this church are of brick, with rusticated angles of Portland stone.

[List of Churches for St Anne Soho, Westminster]].

St Anne's Soho [Westminster], the church of, is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to the same cause as the last named [see the above "St Anne's Society" in this dictionary] and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. The advowson is in the gift of the Bishop of London...

Westminster St Anne Soho, Middlesex.

Additional information:

The following French Huguenot chapels were erected in this illustrious Westminster parish:
 * La Patente Street Chapel - 1689
 * Berwick Street Chapel - 1690
 * Monmouth House Chapel, Soho Square - 1690
 * Ryder's Court Chapel, St. Ann's, - 1700
 * Les Grecs Hog La. or Crown Street Soho - 1700
 * West Street Chapel, Soho – 1706
 * Little Chapel Street

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.

1634-1900 Rate Books

 * Westminster Rate Books at findmypast - (£).

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

 * St Anne Westminster at British History Online - free.

1726-1829 Land Taxes
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes 1726-1829 - St Anne, Soho, Land Taxes

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.

Cemetery
(15+ entries)

Poor Law Union
The Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration collection at findmypast includes:
 * 1686-1843 - St Anne, Soho, Apprentices
 * 1793-1828 - St Anne, Soho, Workhouses

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

Websites

 * St Anne Soho on GENUKI
 * St. Anne's Church, Soho (official website). History, photo galleries, visitor directions, service times.
 * Sketch of St Anne Soho Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor