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*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] (£) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] (£) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | ||
*[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | *[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | ||
*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] (£) | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] (£) - includes 50,000 City of London marriages from 1538 to 1837<br> | ||
*[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Baptism Index] (£) - indexes primarily adult baptisms from London and Essex<br> | *[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Baptism Index] (£) - indexes primarily adult baptisms from London and Essex<br> | ||
*[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Marriage Index] (£) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1664 to 1940 | *[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Marriage Index] (£) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1664 to 1940 | ||
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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span | Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span style="display: none" id="1267206418766S"> </span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew". | ||
Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | ||