St Mary at Hill with St Andrew Hubbard, London Genealogy

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Parish History
"St Mary at Hill with St andrew Hubbard, the churh of, is situated on the west side of St Mary's Hill, Lower Thames Street, and is so named from its situation. It is called in ancient records St Maria ad Montem. This church is of considerable antiquity, sine a chantery was founded in it by Rose de Wrytell, in [about] 1330...and was reuilt in 1497, and was much damaged by the great fire of 1666. After substantial repair, between the years 1672 and 1677, by Sir Christopher Wren, the parish of St Andrew Hubbard was united to it by act of parliament. [see that church]

"The advowson of this church appears always to have been in private hands, till about the year 1638, when it was purchased by the parishioners, but since its union with the parish of St Andrew Hubbard, the patronage of which is in the Duke of Northumberland, and the parish and his Grace present alternately. It is a rectory, in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London..."

These parishes belonged to Billingsgate Ward.

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
St Mary at Hill and St Andrew Hubbard were originally two individual parishes. Each maintained separate parish registers.

St Andrew Hubbard Parish
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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll - St Andrewe Hubbertes Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll - St Marye Hill Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Andrew Hubbert, East Cheap, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary at Hill, courtesy: British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Andrew Hubbard, courtesy: British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Mary at Hill, 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. 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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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * St Mary at Hill (official website). History, photographs, visitor directions.
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Andrew Hubbard Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary at Hill Parish records)
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Andrew Hubbard' or 'London St Mary at Hill')