Bishops Transcripts

This collection contains bishop's transcripts and covers:

Parishes in the County of Middlesex and the Diocese of London, within the former London County Council area, but not the City of London

Parishes in north-west Kent e.g. Greenwich, originally in the Diocese of Rochester, which were transferred to the Diocese of London in 1846, back to Rochester in 1867, and then to the Diocese of Southwark in 1905. For these parishes searchers should refer to the list of DR/T as well as DL/T

Parishes in Surrey, which though locally within the Archdeaconry of Surrey of the Diocese of Winchester, were Peculiars of the Archbishop of Canterbury. They were transferred to the Diocese of London in 1846, in 1878 to the Diocese of Rochester, and in 1905 to the Diocese of Southwark. Searches should refer to the list of DW/T as well as DL/T

Bishops' transcripts are contemporary copies of parish registers. Within one month of Easter churchwardens were compelled, under an Order made in 1598, to send a copy of all register entries made in the previous year to the bishop. The transcript may not be an exact copy of the register entry and where both sources exist they should be consulted together.

Parish registers contain a record of baptisms, marriages and burials taken place in the parish.

These show parishes, covering dates and former references. They are not indexes to entries in the transcripts.

This collection has been divided into the following subseries the following list is in alphabetical order, and not the order in which the records appear in the catalogue

INDEX

PARISH OR CHAPELRY

ALL SAINTS, EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD, POPLAR

ALL SAINTS, FULHAM PALACE ROAD, FULHAM

ALL SOULS CEMETERY, KENSAL GREEN, KENSINGTON

ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, SAINT MARYLEBONE

CHARTERHOUSE

See SUTTON'S HOSPITAL, CHARTERHOUSE, FINSBURY

CHELSEA OLD CHURCH

See SAINT LUKE, SYDNEY STREET, CHELSEA

CHELSEA ROYAL HOSPITAL, ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA

CHRIST CHURCH, ALBANY STREET, SAINT PANCRAS

CHRIST CHURCH, CHRISTCHURCH STREET, CHELSEA

CHRIST CHURCH, COMMERCIAL STREET, SPITALFIELDS, STEPNEY

CHRIST CHURCH, COSWAY STREET, SAINT MARYLEBONE

CITY OF LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL, CITY ROAD, FINSBURY

COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, WESTMINSTER

EAST INDIA COMPANY CHAPEL, POPLAR

See POPLAR CHAPEL, POPLAR

GREENWICH HOSPITAL, ROMNEY ROAD, GREENWICH

HAMMERSMITH CHAPEL

See SAINT PAUL, QUEEN CAROLINE STREET, HAMMERSMITH

HANOVER CHURCH, REGENT STREET, WESTMINSTER

HIGHGATE CEMETERY OF SAINT JAMES, SWAINS LANE, SAINT PANCRAS

HOLY TRINITY, LATIMER ROAD, KENSINGTON

HOLY TRINITY, MARYLEBONE ROAD, SAINT MARYLEBONE

HOLY TRINITY, MINORIES, STEPNEY

HOLY TRINITY, MORGAN STREET, MILE END OLD TOWN, STEPNEY

HOLY TRINITY, ROEHAMPTON, WANDSWORTH

See ROEHAMPTON CHAPEL, ROEHAMPTON, WANDSWORTH

HOLY TRINITY, SLOANE STREET, CHELSEA

KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY

See ALL SOULS CEMETERY, KENSAL GREEN, KENSINGTON

PADDINGTON CHURCH

See SAINT MARY, PADDINGTON GREEN, PADDINGTON

PENTONVILLE CHAPEL

See SAINT JAMES, PENTONVILLE ROAD, FINSBURY

POPLAR CHAPEL, POPLAR

ROEHAMPTON CHAPEL, ROEHAMPTON, WANDSWORTH

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN, GREENWICH

See GREENWICH HOSPITAL, ROMNEY ROAD, GREENWICH

SAINT ALFEGE, GREENWICH CHURCH STREET, GREENWICH

SAINT ANDREW, HOLBORN CIRCUS, HOLBORN

SAINT ANNE, BROOKFIELD, HIGHGATE WEST HILL, SAINT PANCRAS

SAINT ANNE, COMMERCIAL ROAD, LIMEHOUSE, STEPNEY

SAINT ANNE, SOHO, WESTMINSTER

SAINT ANSELM, DAVIES STREET, WESTMINSTER

See HANOVER CHURCH, REGENT STREET, WESTMINSTER

SAINT BARNABAS, ADDISON ROAD, KENSINGTON

SAINT BARNABAS, HOMERTON HIGH STREET, HACKNEY

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, BURSTOW, SURREY

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, COVENTRY ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, WESTWOOD HILL, SYDENHAM, LEWISHAM

SAINT BENET, MILE END, STEPNEY

SAINT CLEMENT DANES, WESTMINSTER

SAINT DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY HIGH STREET, STEPNEY

SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST, STEPNEY

SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE, HOLBORN

SAINT GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY WAY, HOLBORN

SAINT GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE, WESTMINSTER

SAINT GILES IN THE FIELDS, SAINT GILES HIGH STREET, HOLBORN

SAINT JAMES' CEMETERY, HIGHGATE

See HIGHGATE CEMETERY OF SAINT JAMES, SWAINS LANE, SAINT PANCRAS

SAINT JAMES, BUTCHER ROW, RATCLIFFE, STEPNEY

SAINT JAMES, CLERKENWELL, FINSBURY

SAINT JAMES, CURTAIN ROAD, SHOREDITCH

SAINT JAMES, PENTONVILLE ROAD, FINSBURY

SAINT JAMES, PICCADILLY, WESTMINSTER

SAINT JAMES, SAINT JAMES'S, HATCHAM, DEPTFORD

SAINT JOHN AT HACKNEY, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, LAURISTON ROAD, HACKNEY

SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELTHAM HIGH STREET, WOOLWICH

SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, SAINT JOHN'S SQUARE, FINSBURY

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, DRURY LANE, WESTMINSTER

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HYDE PARK CRESCENT, PADDINGTON

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, LANSDOWNE CRESCENT, NOTTING HILL, KENSINGTON

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SMITH SQUARE, WESTMINSTER

SAINT JOHN, CHURCH ROW, HAMPSTEAD

SAINT JOHN, GREEN BANK, WAPPING, STEPNEY

SAINT JUDE, OLD BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, BETHNAL GREEN

SAINT JUDE, TURK'S ROAD, CHELSEA

SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET, SHOREDITCH

SAINT LUKE, OLD STREET, FINSBURY

SAINT LUKE, REDCLIFFE GARDENS, KENSINGTON

SAINT LUKE, SYDNEY STREET, CHELSEA

SAINT LUKE, THE VILLAGE, CHARLTON, GREENWICH

SAINT MARGARET, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARK, PRINCE ALBERT ROAD, REGENT'S PARK, SAINT PANCRAS

SAINT MARK, SAINT MARK'S ROAD, NOTTING HILL, KENSINGTON

SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS BURIAL GROUND, CAMDEN TOWN

SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARTIN, EAST HORSLEY, SURREY

SAINT MARY ABBOTS, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON

SAINT MARY LE STRAND, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, CHURCH STREET, PARSON'S HILL, WOOLWICH

SAINT MARY, BROMLEY SAINT LEONARD, BROMLEY HIGH STREET, POPLAR

SAINT MARY, BRYANSTON SQUARE, SAINT MARYLEBONE

SAINT MARY, CHARING CROSS ROAD, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARY, DUNSFOLD, SURREY

SAINT MARY, HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH

SAINT MARY, IN THE PARISH OF SAINT ANNE

See SAINT MARY, CHARING CROSS ROAD, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARY, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM

SAINT MARY, MORTLAKE, SURREY

SAINT MARY, PADDINGTON GREEN, PADDINGTON

SAINT MARY, STOKE NEWINGTON CHURCH STREET, STOKE NEWINGTON

SAINT MARY, STRATFORD BOW, POPLAR

SAINT MARY, UPPER STREET, ISLINGTON

SAINT MARY, VINCENT SQUARE, TOTHILL FIELDS, WESTMINSTER

SAINT MARY, WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET, STEPNEY

SAINT MARYLEBONE, MARYLEBONE ROAD, SAINT MARYLEBONE

SAINT MATTHEW, PELL STREET, STEPNEY

SAINT MATTHEW, SAINT MATTHEW'S ROW, BETHNAL GREEN

SAINT MICHAEL, EAST WICKHAM, KENT

SAINT NICHOLAS, CHARLWOOD, SURREY

SAINT NICHOLAS, DEPTFORD GREEN, GREENWICH

SAINT NICHOLAS, HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, WOOLWICH

SAINT PANCRAS OLD CHURCH, PANCRAS ROAD, SAINT PANCRAS

SAINT PANCRAS, EUSTON ROAD, SAINT PANCRAS

See SAINT PANCRAS OLD CHURCH

SAINT PAUL, COVENT GARDEN, WESTMINSTER

SAINT PAUL, DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, DEPTFORD

SAINT PAUL, ESSEX ROAD, CANONBURY, ISLINGTON

SAINT PAUL, QUEEN CAROLINE STREET, HAMMERSMITH

SAINT PAUL, THE HIGHWAY, SHADWELL, STEPNEY

SAINT PETER, KENSINGTON PARK ROAD, NOTTING HILL, KENSINGTON

SAINT PETER, REGENT SQUARE, SAINT PANCRAS

SAINT PETER, SAINT PETER'S AVENUE, BETHNAL GREEN

SAINT PETER, WALTON ON THE HILL, SURREY

SAINT PHILIP, RICHMOND ROAD, DALSTON, HACKNEY

SAINT SAVIOUR, DALSTON LANE, DALSTON, HACKNEY

SAINT SAVIOUR, WALTON STREET, CHELSEA

SAINT STEPHEN, CANONBURY ROAD, ISLINGTON

SAINT THOMAS, CHARTERHOUSE, FINSBURY

SAINT THOMAS, HACKNEY

See SAINT JOHN AT HACKNEY, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

SAINT THOMAS, PORTMAN SQUARE, SAINT MARYLEBONE

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND, YOAKLEY ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON

SOUTH HACKNEY

See SAINT JOHN AT HACKNEY, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

See also SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, LAURISTON ROAD, HACKNEY

STAMFORD HILL

See SAINT JOHN AT HACKNEY, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

SUTTON'S HOSPITAL, CHARTERHOUSE, FINSBURY

UNIDENTIFIED PARISHES

UPPER CLAPTON CHAPEL

See SAINT JOHN AT HACKNEY, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

WEST HACKNEY CHURCH, STOKE NEWINGTON ROAD, HACKNEY

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

See COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, WESTMINSTER

The transcripts are arranged under the names of the former boroughs, alphabetically, then by dedication, alphabetically.

<span class="wrapper"><p>Other transcripts of the Diocese of London relate to parishes in:</p> <p>The City of London, kept at Guildhall Library</p> <p>Middlesex except for the former London County Council area, see DL/DRO/BT Essex, kept in the Essex Record Office</p> <p>Hertfordshire, kept in the Hertfordshire County Record Office</p> <p>Buckinghamshire, kept in the Buckinghamshire Local Studies and Archives</p></span>

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