St George in the East St George, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
St George in the East is an Anglican Church and one of six Hawksmoor churches in London, England. It was built from 1714 to 1729,with funding from the 1711 Act of Parliament. The name of the church was also the parish for the surrounding area, until subsumed into Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and abolished in 1927.

Additional information:

'St George in the East, the church of, is situated on the north side of Ratclffie Highway, near the corner of Cannon Street. It is one of the fifty new churches appointed to be erected by act of parliament, in the reign of Queen Anne. It was began [sic] from the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, in 1715, and finished in 1729. The parish was taken from that of St Dunstan, Stepney (see that church), and was in all respects rendered an independent parish. The architecture is an original and massive style, like all of its eminent architect, and the spire of towe is eminently picturesque.

'The church is a rectory, the patronage of which, like that of Stepney, is in the Principals and Scholars of King's Hall and Brazenose College Oxford. It is in the county of Middlesex, in the diocese of London, exempt from archidiaconal visitation... There is a district church [Note: see below list of chapels in this parish] now building in the parish, the patronage of which will be in the rector of the parish.'

1. James Elmes, M.R. I. A., Architect. In “A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Envirions,” (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted.

Here is a complete list of all those district churches and chapelries lying within the boundaries of St George in the East, St George:


 * St George in the East, Christ Church Watney Street- 1841
 * St George in the East St Mary Cabel Street - 1842
 * Good Shepherd Chapel, Watts St Stepney - 1857
 * St George in the East w/ St. Matthew, Pell St* (Princes Square) - 1729 (see above "History"
 * St John the Evangelist in the East, Grove Street - 1870
 * St Mary, Johnson Street - 1850
 * St Peter Old Gravel Lane, London Docks - 1866 (part from Shadwell)
 * East London Mission of the Jews, Commercial Rd - 1892

Civil Registration
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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.

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
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