Glasshouse Yard, London Genealogy
| Glasshouse Yard, London | |
|---|---|
| Type | Extra-parochial area (England) |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Ossulstone (Finsbury Division) |
| County | Middlesex, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | East London |
| Registration District | East London |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: For records see surrounding parishes | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: For records see surrounding parishes | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
| Diocese | Not Applicable |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Search the courts of the surrounding parishes |
| Location of Archive | |
| London Metropolitan Archives | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
"Glasshouse Yard or Liberty (sometimes called Aldersgate Chapel), is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate a situated in Goswell and Pickaxe Street; named after an ancient glasshouse and stood there." See also Aldersgate Chapel:
"Aldersgate Chapel, Glasshouse Street, is situated in the Glasshouse Liberty of St. Botolph Aldersgate Street. This liberty, which supports its own poor, and is extra parochial, derives its name from the Glasshouse which anciently stood there."[1]
GLASSHOUSE-YARD, a liberty in East London district, Middlesex; in the metropolis ¾ of a mile NE of St. Paul's.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Glasshouse Yard is part of the parish of St Botolph Aldgate. For church records, look at surrounding parishes.
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Census records[edit | edit source]
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This section requires expansion with: any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. |
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 Unions[edit | edit source]
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ James Elmes, M.R. I. A., Architect, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digital version: Google Books
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) Date accessed: 29 October 2013.
