St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars, London, England Genealogy
London St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | London |
| Hundred | London, Within the Walls |
| Poor Law Union | City of London |
| Registration District | London City |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1558; Separate registers exist for St Anne Blackfriars beginning 1560 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1800; Separate records exist for St Anne Blackfriars beginning 1629-31; 1639-40; 1800 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | None |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of London; Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division) |
| Archive | |
| London Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
'St Andrew by the Wardrobe, the church of, stands on the east side of St. Andrews Hill, near to the public wharf called Puddle Dock. It was formerly called St. Andrew juxta Baynard Castle, from its the 72 to balance; but on the removal of the office of them kings wardrobe to a spot now called Wardrobe Place (sic), it received its present edition to its name. The church is supposed to have been founded about the time as Baynard's Castle was built, and, perhaps by the same nobleman as the advowson was anciently in the family of FitzWalter, from which it passed through many hands, till the year 1663, when it devolved to the crown, in whose gift it still remains. But the parish of St. and, like fryers (sic), having been united to it after the fire of London, to write the presentation is alternately with the crown and the parishioners. The present church was built in 1670, after the great fire, by Sir Christopher Wren, in the plane (sic), substantial and useful manner, of brick and stone the interior is 75 feet in length, 59 breadth, and 30 in height.'[1]
After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish united with St Ann Blackfriars Parish.[2]
St Andrew by the Wardrobe belonged to Castle Baynard Ward.
An alternative spelling is St Anne Blackfriars Parish.
1848 parish description:
St. Andrew by the Wardrobe with St. Anne, Blackfriars, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Crown, and the Parishioners of St. Anne's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.[3]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Historically St Andrew by the Wardrobe and St Ann Blackfriars were two individual parishes. Each maintained separate parish registers.
St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1903 | Ancestry[5] | 1754-1920 | Ancestry[6] | 1813-1859 | Ancestry[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1558-1860 | FamilySearch[8] | 1558-1885 | 1558-1807 | findmypast[10] | ||||||||||||||
| 1800-1837 | Ancestry[11] | 1813-1850 | findmypast[12] | ||||||||||||||||
St Ann Blackfriars Parish[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1861 | Ancestry | 1813-1840 | Ancestry | 1813-1849 | Ancestry | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1560-1716 | FamilySearch[13] | 1801-1837 | Ancestry | 1566-1758 | findmypast | |||||||||||||
| 1754-1849 | findmypast | ||||||||||||||||||
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"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[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Before 1858, St Andrew by the Wardrobe fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry Court of London. In practice, many St Andrew by the Wardrobe residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858.[14] 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[edit | edit source]
- Transcripts of early St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars, London, England Genealogy tombs found in the interior of the churches were published in Catalogue of the most Memorable Persons who had visible Tombs, plated Gravestones ... in the City of London (through) A.D. 1700, which is available online.[15]
- A cemetery survey (1910), available online, covers monumental inscriptions in the St Anne Blackfriars churchyard.[16]
Records of the Poor[edit | edit source]
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Ann Blackfriars Parish the unique surname Blackfriars.[17]
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
(The London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish)
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St Ann Blackfriars Parish)
- St Andrew by the Wardrobe (official website). Photographs, history, visitor directions.
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London St Andrew by the Wardrobe' or 'St Ann Blackfriars')
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Google Books.
- ↑ Phillip B. Dunn, A Guide to Ancestral Research in London (Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing and Marketing, c1987, 1992), 58-59. FS Library Book 942.1/L1 D27d.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 129-170 Adapted. Date accessed: 25 October 2013.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Andrew by the Wardrobe in the City of London | St Ann Blackfriars in the City of London. Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Andrew by the Wardrobe in the City of London | St Ann Blackfriars in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Andrew by the Wardrobe in the City of London | St Ann Blackfriars in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Andrew by the Wardrobe in the City of London | St Ann Blackfriars in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ Batches C022321 -C022322 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ Batches E022321 , M022321 -M022322 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ 'Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FS Library British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ John Hanson, 'City of London Burials,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ Batches C022092 -C022093 , P022091 (1717-1861, inactive 11/2/2012), see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register xxx.
- ↑ "About Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800", British Origins, accessed 23 December 2011.
- ↑ Payne Fisher and G. Blacker Morgan, Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666 (1668; reprint, London: Hasell, Watson, Viney, Ld., 1885). Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Percy C. Rushden, The Churchyard Inscriptions of the City of London (London: Phillimore and Co., Ltd., 1910). Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Nathan W. Murphy, "London Foundlings in Colonial America: Overseas Leads to Dead Ends: John Abchurch, William Abchurch, Isaac Jewry, and Henry Woolchurch of Virginia and Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 83, No. 2 (Jul./Oct. 2008):131-140.