Plaistow St Mary, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes

Parish History
Plaistow, is a village, a chapelry, and a ward, in West Ham parish, Essex. The village stands on the great N sewer of the London sewage-works, adjacent to the London and Southend railway, 1½ mile S S E of Stratford, and 6¼ miles E by N of St. Paul's, London; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under London East. There are chapels for Independents and '''Quakers. '''

Plaistow (pronounced /ˈplɑːstoʊ/ PLAH-stoh) is a place in the London Borough of Newham in east London. It formed part of the County Borough of West Ham in Essex until 1965.

"Plaistow, is a ward and district chapelry, in the parish and union of West Ham, hundred of Becontree, S. division of Essex, 5 miles (E. by N.) from London. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

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
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office Plaistow St Mary See also other churches in the Plaistow area

St Mary's Rd Baptisms 1830-1968 Marriages 1845-1977 Burials 1830-1972: ERO Baptisms 1968- date Marriages 1977- date: Not deposited

St Andrew Barking Rd Baptisms 1870-1968 Marriages 1872-1974: ERO

St Katharine Chapman Rd Built 1891 Demolished 1965

St Martin Boundary Rd Baptisms 1898-1901 and all Marriages with St Andrew Baptisms 1901-1911: 1914-1943 ERO

St Philip (and St James) Whitwell Rd Baptisms 1903-1972 Marriages 1974-1983: ERO Burials allotted area at: The East London Cemetery Plaistow Baptisms 1972- date Marriages 1983- date: Not deposited

Congregational Chapel Baptisms 1833-1837: PRO

Independent Chapel Swanscombe St Baptisms 1860-1882: LMA

Methodist Chapel Pelly Rd/Harold Rd/High St Baptisms 1897-1947: NEW

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel High St Marriages 1899-1940: ERO

Census records
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
West Ham Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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