St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining, London, England Genealogy
London St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining | |
| 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 | 1559; Separate registers exist for St Mary Staining beginning 1673 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1629-30; 1639-40; 1800; Separate records exist for St Mary Staining beginning 1629-31; 1800 |
| 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
"St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining, the church of, is situated on the west side of Wood Street, Cheapside. The original church is of some antiquity, [as early as]...1328. The old church was destroyed by the common conflagration of 1666, and the present church was erected a few years after from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. The neighbouring church of St Mary Staining was also destroyed at the same time, and the parish was united to this act of parliament. The patronage of this rectory was anciently in the abbot and convent of St Albans, till the suppression of the religious houses by Henry VIII, who sold it to William Barwell, who in 1558 conveyed it to the trustees for the parishioners, in which it still remains. After the fire of London, the adjacent parish of St Mary Staining was united to it by act of parliament; the patronage of which devolving to the crown after the Reformation, it is now in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and the united rectory is presented to alternately by his Lordship and the parishioners. The united parishes are now a rectory in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London, and in before mentioned patronage."[1]
After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Mary Staining Parish united with St Michael Wood Street Parish.[2]
1848 parish description
St. Michael, Wood-street with St. Mary Staining are parishes, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Crown, and the Parishioners, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.[3]<
Part of Aldersgate Ward.
Both churches have been demolished.
Resources
Church Records
St Mary Staining Parish
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| 1813-1820 | Ancestry[6] | 1813-1820 | Ancestry[7] | 1813-1820 | Ancestry[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1673-1812 | FamilySearch[9] | 1629-1630[4] | findmypast[10] | 1813-1820 | findmypast[11] | |||||||||||||
| 1629-1631[4] | findmypast[12] | 1813-1820 | findmypast | ||||||||||||||||
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St Michael Wood Street Parish
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| Indexes | 1559-1662 1801-1811 |
FamilySearch[14] | 1559-1837 | findmypast[15] | 1813-1820 | findmypast[11] | |||||||||||||
| 1559-1661 1754-1837 |
findmypast[12] | 1813-1820 | findmypast[16] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1800-1837 | Ancestry[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Christenings 1663-c1895, Marriages 1674-1754, 1813-1895, Burials 1813-c1853 destroyed by enemy action, 1940, but see coverage of marriages in Boyd and Pallot indexes." Bishop's transcripts for eighteenth-century christenings have also been lost.[18]
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.
- 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
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
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.
Probate Records
Will indexes for probate courts covering these parishes are available online.
Before 1858, St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining, London, England Genealogy fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. St Mary Staining also fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Mary Staining residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858.[19] 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
Transcripts of early St Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining, 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.[20]
A cemetery survey (1910), available online, covers monumental inscriptions in the St Mary Staining churchyard.[21]
Records of the Poor
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
(The London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St Mary Staining Parish records)
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St Michael Wood Street Parish records)
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Michael Wood Street' or 'London St Mary Staining')
References
- ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ 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: 19 December 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 1629, 1630, and 1631 are bishops transcripts.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Mary Staining in the City of London | St Michael, Wood 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 Mary Staining in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Mary Staining in the City of London | St Michael Wood Street in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Mary Staining in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ Batch C022471 , 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.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 John Hanson, 'City of London Burials,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 'Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FS Library British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ Batches C021051 -C021052 , 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.
- ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
- ↑ Batch M002152 , see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011..
- ↑ Cliff Webb, London and Middlesex (London: Society of Genealogists Ltd., 1995), 30. FS Library Book 942 D27ste v. 9 pt. 5
- ↑ "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.