St Pancras, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

St Pancras, Middlesex family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
PANCRAS, ST., a parish, in the Holborn division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, a suburb to London; A church was erected in Regent-square, by grant of the Parliamentary Commissioners, in 1824. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Calvinistic and other Methodists. There is a Scottish church, and a Roman Catholic chapel.

Church records
St Pancras by the 19th century, was one of England's most populated parishes, with numerous chapels and district churches subdividing its boundary. Here is a viewable and printable Comprehensive List of St Pancras Churches in Pre-1900.

Online 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.

Original Records

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.

Census records

 * 1693 - St Pancras taxpayers in 1693 at British History Online - free.

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
A 1938 survey of wall monuments and floor slabs within the church is available online.

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Manorial Records
Records survive for Tottenham Court Manor (1306-1873) in St Pancras Parish. The Manorial Documents Register will help you locate these records.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Parish History
'St Pancras (which was once called St Pancras in the Fields), the old church of, is situated on the North Side of the road leading from Kings Cross, Battle-bridge, to Kentish town. The parish is of great extent, including one third of the hamlet of Highgate, and the whole of the hamlets of Kentish town, Camden town, Somers town and Pentonville. It extends to the South end of Gray's Inn Lane, and includes the streets westward of it to Cleveland Street and Rathbone Place. The new church of this parish is a very handsome elaborate structure, on the south side of the new road... This parish is a vicarage in the County of Middlesex, in the diocese of London, a peculiar of the archbishopric of Canterbury, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's [Cathedral]. There are also two parish chapels, which are both curacies in the patronage of the vicar, one called the parish Chapel and...[sic]'

'PANCRAS, ST., a parish, in the Holborn division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, a suburb to London. "The cavalry barracks in Albany-road with an buildings comprise accommodation for 400 men, a riding-school, infirmary, magazine, and an extensive ground for exercise.

Whilst the 19th century topographer, Samuel Lewis lists several chapels attached to St Pancras Parish, to view and print out a much more complete list of of early and late 19th century churches and chapels for this parish, and one of the largest populated parishes and borough in the country, click the following link, "A Comprehensive List of St Pancras' Churches in Pre-1900".

'There were places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Calvinistic and other Methodists, a Scottish church, and a Roman Catholic chapel.'

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain