Cripplegate, London Ward Genealogy

Guide to Cripplegate, London ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


The City of London was divided into sections known as wards. Each ward (25 total) consisted of a group of parishes.

Many sources, such as tax and London Sessions records, group parishes into wards. Knowing this jurisdiction aids researchers in locating ancestors in these records.

Parishes

Resources

Census and Inhabitants Lists

1547 Subsidy

1645-1646 Subsidy

1667 Hearth Tax

1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid

Maps

History

  • Miller, William. London Before the Fire of 1666: With an Historical Account of The Parish, The Ward, and the Church of St. Giles without Cripplegate. Brought Down to the Present Time. London: J.H. Woodley, 1867. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.

Websites

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Cripplegate

References