Charterhouse, Middlesex, England Genealogy

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Charterhouse

Guide to Charterhouse, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Charterhouse
Type	Extra-parochial
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Middlesex
Hundred	Ossulstone (Finsbury Division)
Poor Law Union	St Luke
Registration District	Holborn
Records Begin
Parish registers	1671
Bishop's Transcripts	1813
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Not Applicable
Diocese	Not Applicable
Probate Court	Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
Archive
Middlesex Record Office

Parish History

Charterhouse, a hospital with a dedicated chapel (extra-parochial) on its premises, was located on the north side of Charter House Square, Aldersgate Street. While the hospital is of early 13th century origins, its original chapel (once called "Newchurch Haw") was replaced later when a chapel was built by about 1613.

1848 parish description:
The Charter-House, comprises an hospital as well as a school.

1870-72 description:
CHARTER-HOUSE, an extra-parochial place in Holborn district, London; near Aldersgate Street and Smithfield. It extends slightly into the extra-parochial liberty of Glasshouse Yard.

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

• Type the name of the parish in the search bar
• Click on the location pin on the map
• Choose Options from the pop up box
• Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
  

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

Charterhouse is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is St Botolph Aldersgate.

• Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
• The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.
  

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.

• 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

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• England Jurisdictions 1851
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