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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Middlesex]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Middlesex Parishes]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Chelsea Hospital Chapel|Chelsea Hospital Chapel]]''
 
== History ==


Work on the Chapel started in 1681 and was completed in 1687. It is a rare example of Wren's pure ecclesiastical work, being carried out without site constraints. It was designed to accommodate about 500 people, all the staff and pensioners, and rises 42' high.  
Work on the Chapel started in 1681 and was completed in 1687. It is a rare example of Wren's pure ecclesiastical work, being carried out without site constraints. It was designed to accommodate about 500 people, all the staff and pensioners, and rises 42' high.  
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The old registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are now held at the Public Records Office. Burial services were discontinued in 1854, and weddings which were uncommon after 1753 were banned from 1815 to 1919.  
The old registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are now held at the Public Records Office. Burial services were discontinued in 1854, and weddings which were uncommon after 1753 were banned from 1815 to 1919.  


The Chapel was consecrated in August 1691¹...  
The Chapel was consecrated in August 1691...<ref>From the [http://wwww.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/chapel-2/about-1 Chelsea Hospital Chapel website].</ref>
 
The Royal Chelsea Hospital is about one mile and a half from Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner, going by Sloane Street, and nearly one mile and a quarter from Buckingham Palace, by Pimlico.<ref>James Elmes, ''A Topographical Dictionary of London'' (London, 1831). Adapted. Digital version at [http://books.google.com Google Books].</ref>


The Royal Chelsea Hospital&nbsp; is about one mile and a half from Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner, going by Sloane treet, and nearly one mile and a quarter from Buckingham Palace, by Pimlico².
The Royal Hospital Chapel is a peculiar and is exempt from Episcopal jurisdiction in the diocese and the dean and chapter of St Paul's


The Royal Hospital Chapel is a peculiar and is exempt from Episcopal jurisdictionin the diocese and the dean and chapter of St Paul's
== Resources  ==


== Resources ==
=== Church Records ===
[[Findmypast.co.uk]] has now put online the second tranche of [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/chelsea-pensioners-service-records-collection-search-start.action Chelsea Pensioners' records], series WO 97. The online service now covers 1873-1900.


{| {{prettytable}}
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
!Date range
|-
!Approx no. of records
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">'''Online Chelsea Hospital Chapel Register Images and Indexes'''</font></center>
!Approx no. of images
!When available
|-
|-
|WO97 1873-1882
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|97,515
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="6" | <center>'''Baptisms'''</center>
|540,423
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="6" | <center>'''Marriages'''</center>
|Now
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="6" | <center>'''Burials'''</center>
|-
|-
|WO97 1883-1900
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" colspan="2" | '''Earliest'''
|312,909
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>
|2,218,606
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>
|Now
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="6" | <center>.</center>
|-
|-
|WO97 1855-1872
| align="center" bgcolor="#000000" colspan="20" |  
|65,000
|400,000
|By June 2010
|-
|-
|WO97 1760-1854
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | '''Images'''
|184,000
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" colspan="18" | <center> [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry] baptisms, marriages, and burials<ref name="anc">[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] ($). Described as . Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.</ref></center>
|1.2 million
|By July 2010
|-
|-
|WO97 1901-1913
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="2" | 
|303,000
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558 Ancestry]<ref name="ancc">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558 London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($). Described as . Partially indexed.</ref>
|2.1 million
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" | 
|By August 2010
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1623 Ancestry]<ref name="ancm">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1623 London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($). Described as . Partially indexed.</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="2" | 
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1559 Ancestry]<ref name="ancb">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1559 London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] ($). Described as . Partially indexed.</ref>
|-
|-
|WO96 1806-1915
| align="center" bgcolor="#000000" colspan="20" |
|500,000
|-
|3.5 million
| align="center" bgcolor="#cc99ff" colspan="2" rowspan="8" | '''Indexes'''
|By Sept 2011
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="2" |
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cccc" colspan="4" |
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" | 1691-1765
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="4" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series FindMyPast]<ref name="bmi">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110108163855/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-MDX.aspx "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,"] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 12 June 2011; Percival Boyd, ''A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index'' (London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., 1994). {{FHL|682509|item|disp=FHL Book 942 K22L 1994}}</ref>
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="2" | 
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffcc" colspan="4" |
|}
|}


== References ==
=== Military Records ===
1.&nbsp;From the [http://wwww.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk/chapel-2/about-1 Chelsea Hospital Chapel website].  
 
[[Findmypast.co.uk]] has now put online the second tranche of [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/chelsea-pensioners-service-records-collection-search-start.action Chelsea Pensioners' records], series WO 97. The online service now covers 1873-1900.
 
{|
|-
! Date range
! Approx no. of records
! Approx no. of images
! When available
|-
| WO97 1873-1882
| 97,515
| 540,423
| Now
|-
| WO97 1883-1900
| 312,909
| 2,218,606
| Now
|-
| WO97 1855-1872
| 65,000
| 400,000
| By June 2010
|-
| WO97 1760-1854
| 184,000
| 1.2 million
| By July 2010
|-
| WO97 1901-1913
| 303,000
| 2.1 million
| By August 2010
|-
| WO96 1806-1915
| 500,000
| 3.5 million
| By Sept 2011
|}


2. From: ''A Topographical Dictionary of London ''by James Elmes published 1831
== References  ==


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