Bethnal Green St James the Less, Middlesex, England Genealogy

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Bethnal Green St James the Less

Guide to Bethnal Green St James the Less, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Bethnal Green St James the Less
Type	Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Middlesex
Hundred	Ossulstone (Tower Division)
Poor Law Union	Bethnal Green
Registration District	Bethnal Green
Records Begin
Parish registers	1843
Bishop's Transcripts	None
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Not created until 1858
Diocese	London
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
Archive
Middlesex Record Office

Parish History

BETHNAL-GREEN (St. Matthew), is a parish, and a union of itself, in the borough of the Tower Hamlets, Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex. The first stone of St. James the Less, in Victoria Park was laid in January, 1841, church of .

The church of St. James the Less, in Victoria Park, was built by the year 1843 and was a chapel of ease for St Matthew Bethnal Green Parish.

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

• See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
  
  

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.

Nonconformist Records

"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.

• 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
• England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

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.

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

Bethnal Green on GENUKI