St Peter Cornhill, London, England Genealogy
| St Peter Cornhill | |
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| Type | Ancient 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 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1639-40; 1800 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | None |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of London |
| Archive | |
| London Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
"St Peter Cornhill, the church of, is situated near the southeast corner of Cornhill, and is of very ancient foundation,...in 1208... The old church was destroyed by the fire of London, and the present substantial edifice erected in its stead by Sir Christopher Wren. This church is a rectory, the patronage of which was anciently in the family of the Nevilles...After passing through several hands, it was conveyed in 1411 by Richard Whittington, and others, to the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the city of London, in whom the advowson still continues. It is in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London..."[1]
1848 description
St. Peter, Cornhill is a parish, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council. It is a parish within the poor-law union of the City of London.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1906 | Ancestry[4] | 1754-1919 | Ancestry[5] | 1813-1853 | Ancestry[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1538-1859 | FamilySearch[7] | 1538-1837 | FamilySearch[8] | 1539-1790 | findmypast[9] | |||||||||||||
| 1538-1670 | TheGenealogist[10] | 1538-1837 | findmypast[11] | 1539-1673 | TheGenealogist[10] | ||||||||||||||
| 1538-1666 | InternetArchive[12] | 1538-1666 | TheGenealogist[10] | 1539-1666 | InternetArchive[12] | ||||||||||||||
| 1538-1774 | FreeReg[13] | 1538-1754 | FreeReg[13] | 1538-1563 1667-1774 |
FreeReg[13] | ||||||||||||||
| 1667-1774 | InternetArchive[12] | 1538-1666 | InternetArchive[12] | 1667-1774 | InternetArchive[12] | ||||||||||||||
| 1667-1774 | GoogleBooks[12] | 1673-1754 | GoogleBooks[12] | 1667-1774 | GoogleBooks[12] | ||||||||||||||
| 1673-1754 | InternetArchive[12] | 1813-1853 | findmypast[14] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1754-1837 | findmypast[15] | 1813-1853 | findmypast[16] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1780-1837 | Ancestry[17] | ||||||||||||||||||
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]
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 Peter Cornhill fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858.[18] 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 Peter Cornhill, London, England Genealogy tombs found in the interior of the church 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.[19]
- A cemetery survey (1910), available online, covers monumental inscriptions in the St Peter Cornhill churchyard.[20]
- Find a Grave has created a page on St Peter upon Cornhill Churchyard (20+ entries).
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
(The London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Peter Cornhill')
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) Adapted. Date accessed: 20 December 2013.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Peter Upon Cornhill 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 Peter Cornhill in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Peter Cornhill in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Peter Cornhill in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ Batches C001562 , P001561 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register xxx.
- ↑ Batch M001561 (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 (1538-1754) and parish registers (1754-1837).
- ↑ "Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "London Parish Record Transcripts," The Genealogist, accessed 12 December 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
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 W.G. Leveson Gower. A Register of All the Christninges Burialles and Weddinges within the Parish of Saint Peeters upon Cornhill, Beginning at the Raigne of Our Most Soueraigne Ladie Queen Elizabeth 2 vols. (London, 1877-1879).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Middlesex and London Coverage, FreeReg, accessed 6 November 2012.
- ↑ John Hanson, "City of London Burials," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ "Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches," British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
- ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FS Library British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ "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.