St George in the East Christ Church, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   St George in the East Christ Church

Parish History
St. George's-in-the-East, the church of, was situated on the north side of Ratcliffe Highway near the corner of Canon Street. It is one of the fifty new churches appointed to be erected by act of Parliament, in the reign of Queen Anne. It was begun from the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, in 1715, and finished in 1729. The parish was taken from the St Dunstan, Stepney (see that parish), and was in all respects rendered an independent parish. The architecture is an original and massive style, like all of its eminent architect, and the spire or tower is eminently picturesque.

Civil Registration
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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

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Probate records
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
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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