St Sepulchre, Middlesex, England Genealogy
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Guide to St Sepulchre, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| St Sepulchre | |
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| London St Sepulchre | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | London |
| Hundred | London, Without the Walls; Ossulstone (Finsbury Division) |
| Poor Law Union | Holborn |
| Registration District | Holborn; West London |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1662 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 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[edit | edit source]
St. Sepulchre is a parish, in the City of London Without the Walls. The patron is St. John’s College, Oxford. Impropriators of two thirds of the rectorial tithes; the Parishioners, the Vicarage being endowed with one-third. A part of St. Sepulchre is in the West London union.[1]
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, also known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Holborn), is an Anglican church in the City of London. It is located on Holborn Viaduct, almost opposite the Old Bailey. In medieval times it stood just outside ("without") the now-demolished old city wall, near the Newgate. It has been a living of St John's College, Oxford, since 1622.[2]
Authorities consider St Sepulchre Parish a part of the City of London as well as a part of Middlesex, even though it was not technically within the Walls of London.[3]
"St Sepulchre, the church of, is situated on Snow Hill, at the corner of Giltspur Street, and is so named in commemoration of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. This church is supposed to have been founded about 1100, at which time a particular devotion was paid to the Holy Sepulchre. It was decayed in the reign of Edward IV as to require rebuilding. In the reign of Henry I, it was given by the Bishop of Salisbury to the Prior and Canons of St Bartholomew, in Smithfield. At the dissolution of that ministry it came to the crown till it was granted by James I to Francis Phipps and others. After which the rectory,...was purchased by the parishioners, and the advowson of the vicarage, by the President and Fellows of St John's College, Oxford. The church was much damaged by the great fire of 1666, when it was repaired... It is a vicarage in the city, archdeaconry and diocese of London, and in the patronage of St John's College, Oxford."[4]
This parish belonged to Farringdon Without Ward.
Also known as St Sepulchre Newgate Parish.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
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| 1813-1916 | Ancestry[6] | 1754-1921 | Ancestry[7] | 1820-1857 | Ancestry[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1662-1859 | FamilySearch[9] | 1662-1754 | findmypast[10] | 1662-1722 | findmypast[11] | |||||||||||||
| 1800-1837 | Ancestry[12] | 1781-1904 | findmypast[13] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1781-1904 | findmypast[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
Most St Sepulchre parish registers burned in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
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 St Sepulchre Parish are available online.
Before 1858, St Sepulchre 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]
- 1836-1857 St. Sepulchre Newgate Sexton's and Undertaker's Burial Registers, 1836-1857(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Transcripts of early St Sepulchre, Middlesex, 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.[15]
- A cemetery survey (1910), available online, covers monumental inscriptions in the St Sepulchre churchyard.[16]
- Find a Grave has created a page on St Sepulchre without Newgate Churchyard (10+ entries).
Poor Law Union Records[edit | edit source]
- St Sepulchre Poor Law Records 1765-1844at British Origins (£)
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).
- St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate (official website). History, photographs, visitor directions.
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Sepulchre')
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) Adapted. Date accessed: 20 December 2013.
- ↑ Wikipedia Wikipedia. Adapted. Date accessed: 27 January 2014.
- ↑ The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers 3rd ed. (Chichester, England: Phillimore and Co Ltd, 2003), 192, 194.
- ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Google Books.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Sepulchre Holborn in the City of London.
- ↑ London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Holborn St Sepulchre in the City of London.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Holborn St Sepulchre in the City of London.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Holborn St Sepulchre in the City of London.
- ↑ Batches C023231 , C023232 , C023233 , C023234 , C023235 , C023236 , C023237 , C023238 , C023239 , C025651 , C025652 , C025653 , 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, British Origins, accessed 21 December 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
- ↑ 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.
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