St Botolph Without Aldgate, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex

Parish History
St Botolph, without Aldgate, the church of, is situated at the south-east corners of houndsditch, and nearly opposite hte Minories, in Aldgate High Street. it is one of the four churches in London dedicated by our ancestors to their favourite saint, botolph the Briton. The old church, which was rebuilt by the prior and canons of the Holy Trinity, a short time before the dissolution of that convent, escaped the fire in 1666; bit it had become so ruinous in 1741, that it was taken down and the present edifice finished in 1744. It is built principally with brick, and is a plain, bold and massive structure, consisting of a regular formed body and a lofty spire on a rusticated tower. This church was a rectory of very ancient foundation, ...It is now a perpetual curacy...

[Adapted from: A Topographical Dictionary of London by James Elmes; published 1831]

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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