How do I find the Parish church

[Mike Fear]

I have now gone pass the 1837 date & will have to start using parish registers. Can someone point me in the right direction so I know which may be the parish church of Lambeth or Southwark abt 1820, as both these places come up as birthplaces in different censuses. Thankyou:confused:

[Ed McKie]

Mike
You will have a bit of a problem there. There are two main churches in Lambeth, and several in Southwark.

If you go to Family Search and the catalogue there, you will find what Lambeth churches have been filmed by them and the same with Southwark. However with regard to the latter, you will need to be careful there, as the compilers had a bit of a problem with it. For some entries they think that Southwark is in Bermondsey, whereas of course it is the other way round.

Have you tried the IGI ? It is always a good place to start and then look at the parish record films for yourself.

Or you could start with http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers



Cheers..Ed

[Colin Moretti]

Hello Mike

East Surrey FHS covers the relevant area; you might find some useful information here, including a map showing the parishes:
http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/index.htm

Good luck

Colin

[Peter Goodey]

Lambeth: I can only think of St Mary in 1820. What am I missing?

Southwark: Christchurch, St George, St Saviour, St Thomas. Possibly include St John Horselydown and St Olave.

Bear in mind that the London Metropolitan Archives will be closed from November until late January for refurbishment.

[Colin Moretti]

The parishes below, with starting years of registers, are listed in Phillimore's Atlas

Colin

Lambeth

Renfrew Rd Workhouse, 1803
St John, Waterloo, 1824
St Luke, W Norwood, 1825
St Mary, Kennington, 1825
St Mary, 1539
St Matthew, Brixton, 1825
Southwark

Christ Church, 1671
St George the Martyr, 1602
St John, Horsleydown, 1733
St Olave, 1582
St Saviour, 1538
St Thomas, 1614

Less likely:

Bermondsey

St James, 1829
St Mary Magdalen, 1548
Camberwell

St George, 1825
St Giles, 1557
Newington

Holy Trinity, 1825
St Mary, 1561
St Peter, Walworth, 1825
Rotherhithe

St Mary, 1555


Clapham

Holy Trinity, 1551
St James, Clapham Park, 1829

[Peter Goodey]

I was just using a base date of 1820 as opposed to 1829.

The workhouse is a good one - I'll buy that.

[Colin Moretti]

Hello Peter


I was just using a base date of 1820 as opposed to 1829.
I thought that was the case but I've learned from personal experience that it doesn't pay to take dates too literally, particularly if there might be a late baptism or later children.

Colin

[Mike Fear]

Thank you Ed,Colin & Peter I can't find anything online or cd. Can anyone tell me where these records are held. Sorry to make this hard going!!

[Colin Moretti]

... Can anyone tell me where these records are held. Sorry to make this hard going!!
Hello Mike

They're at the London Metropolitan Archives, http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/lma/lma.htm, as Peter implied in his earlier post.

Colin