Whitechapel St Jude, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex Middlesex Parishes

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

Parish History
WHITECHAPEL, a parish and a district in Middlesex. The parish lies 1½ mile E of St. Paul's, London: forms all a compact portion of the metropolis; was part ofStepney parish till 1329; is bisected by the main thoroughfare of Whitechapel High-street, and Whitechapel-road. The places of worship, in 1851, were 11 of the Church of England; 5 of Independents; 5 of Baptists; 1 of Wesleyans; 1 of German Protestants; 1 undefined; 1 of the Catholic and Apostolic church; 1 of Latter Day Saints; and 1 of Roman Catholics.

Additional information:

St. Jude, Commercial St Whitechapel was created in the year 1845 as a chapel of ease for the ancient and civil parish of St Mary Whitechapel, where it resided.

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
Baptisms 1848-1859

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.

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.

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

Websites
Whitechapel on GENUKI