Portman Square, Middlesex Genealogy
Guide to Portman Square, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Marylebone, parliamentary borough and parish (St Marylebone), Middlesex, in NW of London.[1]
St. Paul, Portman Square: Portman Chapel, Robert Adam Street/Baker Street - non-parochial, became parish St. Paul, Portman Square, 1899 (baptisms begin 1888, marriages 1899), church now a chapel of ease to and parish united to All Souls' Langham Place. Still open. Pevsner's "Buildings of England" says St Paul, Robert Adam Street was built 1970 to replace St Paul Portman Square; and that St Paul Portman Square was built 1779 as a proprietary chapel for the Portman Estate.[2]
St. Thomas, Portman Square was established and created by the year 1858. It lay within the civil parish boundaries of St Marylebone.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
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.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Portman Square Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Middlesex | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Poor Law Union[edit | edit source]
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]
Portman Square in St Marylebone on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887. Adapted. Date accessed: 06 February 2014.
- ↑ St Marylebone, Middlesex, accessed: 31 August 2021.