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Census Records[edit | edit source]
For online access to the 1841 to 1911 London censuses, see the England Census article.
Earlier censuses, dated 1801 to 1831, survive for several London parishes.[1] Most are kept at the Guildhall Library.[2] Findmypast has digitised 'London, Westminster Marylebone Census 1821 & 1831.' Record survival is identified on individual London parish pages.
London Records at the FamilySearch Library describes London census holdings, parish-by-parish, available at that facility. Click here to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in this county.
Local Census Indexes
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The London Census Surname Index page describes local census indexes in the FamilySearch Library collection.
Census Substitutes[edit | edit source]
A variety of lists of historic residents of London have been preserved. Most list adult taxable males. A few identify family units. The Domesday Book (1086) does not include the City of London.[3]
- 1292, 1319 - Two Early London Subsidy Rolls (1292, 1319) at British History Online
- 1332 - Finance and trade under Edward III - The London lay subsidy of 1332at British History Online (Local historical study, rather than a transcript of names.)
- 1411-1412 London Lay Subsidy 1411-1412
- 1541, 1582 - Two Tudor subsidy rolls for the city of London - 1541 and 1582 at British History Online
- 1576 London Subsidy Returns for 1576 at Alan H. Nelson website
- 1582 London Lay Subsidy Returns for 1582 at Alan H. Nelson website
- 1589 - FamilySearch Digital Library London Subsidy Roll, c.1589at Family History Archives (see pages 148-164)
- 1593-1600 Lay Subsidy Returns for London, Middlesex, Surrey (north) 1593-1600 at Alan H. Nelson website
- 1638 All Hallows Honey Lane Tithe Assessment 1638
- 1640 - List of the Principal Inhabitants of London 2:35-37, 51-53, 68-72, 85-88, 107-110, 114-116.
- 1642 - City of London War Loans 1642 at British History Online
- 1651 - London Citizens in 1651, transcript of Harleian MS. 4778 at Internet Archive
- 1662 - London Hearth Tax: City of London, 1662 at British History Online
- 1664 - London Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 at British History Online
- 1666 - London Hearth Tax: City of London and Middlesex, 1666 at British History Online
- 1666 - London and Middlesex Hearth Tax, 2 vols. (2014). FS Library British Books 942 B4b v. 129-130
- 1666 - Cheape Ward 1666, names of persons whose houses were destroyed by the fire of London 1666 at School of Advanced Study, University of London - free. (Filename Destroyed_Houses_Cheap_And_Cordwainer_1666.xls)
- 1672 St Pancras Soper Lane Tithe Assessment 1672
- 1672 St Mary le Bow Tithe Assessment 1672
- 1681 All Hallows Honey Lane Tithe Assessment 1681
- 1693/1694 - Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693/4 - The City of London, the City of Westminster, and Metropolitan Middlesex at British History Online
- 1695 - London Inhabitants Within the Walls 1695 at British History Online
- 1695 - London Inhabitants Outside the Walls 1695 at British History Online
- 1695 - London Marriage Duty Assessment 1695 at British History Online
- 1696 - Association Oath Rolls for City of London Livery Companies, 1696, courtesy: British Origins (£); also available in book form: FS Library Book 942.21 B4r v. 40.
The 1709 London Census of Palatines was published by The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Most of these Germans stayed a few years in London and then emigrated to the Colony of New York. This serialized article is available online:
- 1709 - 'List of Germans from the Palatinate Who Came to England in 1709,' The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan. 1909):49-54; Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr. 1909):93-100; Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul. 1909):160-167; Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct. 1909):241-248; Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan. 1910):10-19. Digital version at New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (£); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 40-41. Internet Archive has digitized Vol. 40 and Vol. 41 - free.[4]
Gibson identifies additional London census substitutes:
- Gibson, J.S.W. and Heather Creaton. Lists of Londoners. Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies in Association with the Centre for Metropolitan History, c1999. FS Library Book 942.1/L1 D43g 1999.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Colin R. Chapman, Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Listings in the British Isles, 5th ed. (Dursley, UK: Lochin Publishing, 2002), 65-74.
- ↑ Cliff Webb, My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 11-13. Webb identifies the repositories and references for each census return.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, 'Domesday Book,' in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book, accessed 13 January 2012.
- ↑ WeRelate contributors, 'Source:New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society),' in WeRelate, http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographical_Record_%28New_York_Genealogical_and_Biographical_Society%29, accessed 9 February 2012.