St Bartholomew the Great, London Genealogy

London St Bartholomew the Great ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'St Bartholomew the Great, the church of, is situated on the northeast side of the Smithfield, and at the north end of Duke Street. It gave a fire in 1666 and is a large plain church of Saxon and Norman architecture 132 feet long, 57 broad, and 47 high, with the square are crowned with an angle turret. It was originally a parish church of joining at the priory of St. Bartholomew, but when the latter was pulled down as far as the choir, that portion was annexed by the Kings order for the enlargement of the old church. The intervention of this church, which had all publicly, was patiently prior counts of St. Bartholomew is now in private he is. The parish claims an exception from the necessity of being free of the city to carry on retail traits within its boundaries.'

A history was published in 1894:


 * Moore, Norman. The Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Its Foundation, Present Condition, and Funeral Monuments. London: Adlard and Son, 1894. Digitised by Google Books.

1848 description
St. Bartholomew the Great is a parish, in the City of London Without the Walls. The patron is Trustees of the late W. Phillips, Esq.

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.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - Greate Saynt Bertholmeusat British History Online

1564 Subsidy

 * St Bartholomew the Great, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Barth{elm}ue the grete at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
 * St Bartholomew the Great, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - St Bartholomewes the Greteat British History Online

1589 Subsidy

 * London Subsidy Roll, c.1589 - St. Bartholmewes ye Great FamilySearch Digital Library at Family History Archives (see page 160)

1622 Subsidy

 * St Bartholomew the Great, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/505); copy:.

1625 Subsidy



 * St Bartholomew the Great, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/515); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Bartholomew the Greatat British History Online

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Bartholomew the Greatat British History Online

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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.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Before 1858, St Bartholomew the Great fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858. From 1858 to the present, refer to the Principal Probate Registry.

Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery




An 1897 survey of the monumental inscriptions is available online.



Records of the Poor
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue
 * Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield (official website). Photographs, history, visitor directions.
 * Sketch of St Bartholomew the Great Parish Churchat London Ancestor
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