Serjeants' Inn, London Genealogy
Serjeants' Inn, London | |
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Type | Extra-parochial area (England) |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | London, Without the Walls |
County | London, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | West London |
Registration District | West 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]
"Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, is about 50 houses on the right-hand side of the street, going from Temple Bar. It was formerly an inn of court, but is now private property. It consists of a small quadrangle of handsome dwelling houses, principally occupied by barristers and solicitors. On the eastern side is the handsome edifice belonging to the chemical Society..."[1]
Serjeant's Inn, is a parish level unit. It was an extra parochial area until 1858, it was in 1858 that it became a civil parish.[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]
Serjeant's Inn is an extra-parochial area. 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]
Serjeants's Inn in Inns of Court on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1. James Elmes, M.R. I. A., Architect. In “A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Envirions,” (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted.
- ↑ Young, F., Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, (1979) Adapted. Date accessed: 8 November 2013.