St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, London, England Genealogy
London St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street | |
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| St Lawrence Jewry | |
| 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 | 1538; Separate registers exist for St Mary Magdalene Milk Street beginning 1558 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1800; Separate records exist for St Mary Magdalene Milk Street beginning 1639-40 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | None |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division) |
| Archive | |
| London Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
"St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, it is situated at the southwest corner Guildhall Yard and at Cateaton Street. It derives its name has been dedicated to St. Lawrence, a Spanish saint...[and of it's location] near the Jewry. In the ancient church on the site was a rectory, which being given by Henryde Wickenbroke to Balliol College, in 1294, directory ceased, and Richard Bishop of London, converted it into a vicarage, and the patronage still continues with the master and scholars of that college. It was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, at the expense of the parishioners, assisted by a very liberal benefaction by Sir John Langham. The parish of St. Mary, Magdalene, Milk Street, was united into it by an act of parliament, and the church was finished in 1676. The present church is a handsome building of the Corinthian order, and the east end, next Guildhall Yard, is a composition of Corinthian columns, with niches and festoons of fruit. On the summit of the steeple, is a vane in the form of a gridiron, illustrative of St. Lawrence's martyrdom. The interior is rich, and beautifully decorated with elaborately modeled stucco ornaments, and has several monuments to celebrated persons. It is 81 feet long, 68 broad, and 48 high. This church is occasionally used Bo and Walbrook churches [which see, respectively, St. Mary le Bow and Stephen Walbrook] for corporation sermons. The advowson of this church is a vicarage, and in that of its sister parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, is a rectory, and to the patronage is alternately with Baliol College and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. It is in the city in archdeaconry of London..."[1]
St Lawrence Jewry belonged to Cheap Ward.
1848 parish description:
St. Lawrence, Jewry, with St. Mary Magdalene Milk Street, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is Balliol College, Oxford, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, alternately. They are parishes within the Poor Law Union of the City of London.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
St Lawrence Jewry Parish[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1846 | Ancestry[4] | 1754-1921 | Ancestry[5] | 1813-1853 1939 |
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| Indexes | 1538-1812 | FamilySearch[7] | 1538-1837 | findmypast[8] | 1563-1812 | findmypast[9] | |||||||||||||
| 1538-1880 | 1800-1853 | findmypast[11] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1754-1837 | Ancestry[12] | 1800-1881 | findmypast[13] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1764-1812 | findmypast[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
St Mary Magdalene Milk Street[edit | edit source]
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| Indexes | 1538-1812 | FamilySearch[15] | 1559-1666 | 1566-1665 | findmypast | ||||||||||||||
| 1559-1666 | findmypast | 1800-1853 | findmypast | ||||||||||||||||
| 1754-1837 | Ancestry | 1800-1881 | findmypast | ||||||||||||||||
Clarke published the registers of both parishes:
- St Lawrence Jewry 1538-1676
- St Mary Madalene Milk Street 1558-1666
- St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalen Milk Street 1677-1812[17]
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[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]
Will indexes for probate courts covering these parishes are available online.
Before 1858, St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. 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.
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Cemetery[edit | edit source]
- 1671-1753 Monumental Inscriptions in Guildhall Chapel, 1671-1753(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Transcripts of early St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, 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.[18]
Records of the Poor[edit | edit source]
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. Lawrence Jewry records)
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street records)
- St Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street (Church Bells of the City of London). Photographs, history, inscriptions on church bells.
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Lawrence Jewry' or 'St Mary Magdalen Milk Street')
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.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 129-170. Adapted. Date accessed: 18 December 2013.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London | St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street 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 Lawrence Jewry in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ Batch P001461 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ '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). FS Library Book 942 K22L 1994
- ↑ 'Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
- ↑ Batch M001461 (inactive 21/02/2012), see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register transcripts and parish registers.
- ↑ John Hanson, 'City of London Burials,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FS Library British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
- ↑ 'Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
- ↑ Batch P001461 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ Batch M001461 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ Stuart A. Raymond, London and Middlesex: A Genealogical Bibliography (Birmingham, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, c1997), Vol. 2:28.
- ↑ 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.