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I'm trying to track the birth of my ggg gf in 1829 Westminster..I read a post here...not sure where....that said pre 1880 was the London Square Mile...to narrow the field for parishes to look in....so would Westminster in 1829 be London Square Mile? Appreciated Leeanne

There are 2 cities in London, the City of London based around the square mile, and the City of Westminster.

Thank you....so pardon my ignorance, but how would I look up a person from a parish in Westminster? Are they titled differently? Like: st Marys Westminster? I am in Oz...and have no idea on how things like that work..

Got this information on districts/parishes from freebmd site. Doesn't quite give the years you are interested but my point in the right direction for Westminster or City of London Westminster Created 1st July 1868 (renaming of St. James Westminster). Abolished 1st July 1913 (incorporated into St. Martin district). In Middlesex until 1889. Sub-districts : Berwick Street; Golden Square; St. Anne; St. James; St. James and St. Anne; St. James's Square. GRO volumes : 1a (1868-1922). St. Anne Soho, Westminster St. James. Registers now in Westminster district Westminster St. Margaret Created 1st July 1837. Abolished 1st July 1868 (incorporated into St. George Hanover Square). Sub-districts : St. John; St. Margaret. GRO volumes : I (1837-51); 1a (1852-68). Westminster St. John, Westminster St. Margaret, Westminster St. Peter. Registers now in Westminster district. London City Created 1st January 1870 (by uniting City of London, East London and West London districts). Sub-districts : Allhallows Barking; Broad Street; Castle Baynard; Christchurch; Cripplegate; London City; Queenhithe; St. Botolph; St. Brides; St. Sepulchre; St. Sepulchre and All Hallows). GRO volumes : 1c (1870-1930). All Hallows Barking, All Hallows Bread Street, All Hallows the Great, All Hallows Honey Lane, All Hallows the Less, All Hallows Lombard Street, All Hallows London Wall, All Hallows Staining, Barnards Inn, Bridewell, Christ Church Newgate Street, Glasshouse Yard (1870-1901), Holy Trinity the Less, St. Alban Wood Street, St. Alphage London Wall, St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, St. Andrew Holborn below Bars, St. Andrew Hubbard, St. Andrew Undershaft, St. Anne Blackfriars, St. Ann and St. Agnes, St. Antholin, St. Augustine Watling Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Bartholomew the Less, St. Benet Fink, St. Benet Gracechurch, St. Benet Paul's Wharf, St. Benet Sherehog, St. Botolph Aldersgate, St. Botolph without Aldersgate, St. Botolph without Aldgate, St. Botolph by Billingsgate, St. Botolph without Billingsgate, St. Christopher le Stocks, St. Clement Eastcheap, St. Dionis Backchurch, St. Dunstan in the East, St. Edmund, St. Ethelburga, St. Faith, St. Gabriel Fenchurch, St. George Botolph Lane, St. Giles without Cripplegate, St. Gregory by St. Paul's, St. Helen Bishopsgate, St. James Duke's Place, St. James Garlickhithe, St. John the Baptist Walbrook, St. John the Evangelist, St. John Zachary, St. Katherine Coleman, St. Katherine Cree, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Lawrence Pountney, St. Leonard Eastcheap, St. Leonard Foster Lane, St. Magnus the Martyr, St. Margaret Lothbury, St. Margaret Moses, St. Margaret New Fish Street, St. Margaret Pattens, St. Martin Ludgate, St. Martin Orgar, St. Martin Outwich, St. Martin Pomeroy, St. Martin Vintry, St. Mary Abchurch, St. Mary Aldermanbury, St. Mary Aldermary, St. Mary at Hill, St. Mary Bothaw, St. Mary le Bow, St. Mary Colechurch, St. Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, St. Mary Mountshaw, St. Mary Somerset, St. Mary Staining, St. Mary Woolchurch, St. Mary Woolnoth, St. Matthew Friday Street, St. Michael Bassishaw, St. Michael Queenhithe, St. Michael le Querne, St. Michael Paternoster Royal, St. Michael Wood Street, St. Mildred Bread Street, St. Mildred Poultry, St. Nicholas Acons, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. Nicholas Olave, St. Olave Hart Street, St. Olave Old Jewry, St. Olave Silver Street, St. Pancras Soper Lane, St. Peter Cornhill, St. Peter Paul's Wharf, St. Peter le Poer, St. Peter Westcheap, St. Sepulchre without Newgate, St. Stephen Coleman Street, St. Stephen Walbrook, St. Swithin London Stone, St. Thomas Apostle, St. Vedast Foster Lane, Whitefriars Precinct. Sorry its so long winded

You need to check the parishes of the churches in Westminster in 1829. Google 'Hugh Wallis batch numbers' click on London and then choose Westminster. There are a lot! If you can't find what you want there, then you will have to go to Westminster Archives. nell

Sorry to disappoint, but Westminster is not in the Square Mile!!! Unfortunately due to the number of people living in London, the area called Westminster is divided into many ecclesiastical parishes. Here are some, but not all: Westminster,Glasshouse St French Huguenot Westminster,Lisle St Scotch Westminster,Russell St Scotch Westminster,Somerset House Westminster,St Anne Soho Westminster,St Clement Danes Westminster,St George Hyde Park Corner Westminster,St George Mayfair Westminster,St James Westminster,St John Smith Sq Westminster,St John the Evangelist Westminster,St Luke Westminster,St Margaret Westminster,St Martin in the Fields Westminster,St Martin's Workhouse Westminster,St Mary Soho Westminster,St Mary le Strand Westminster,St Paul Covent Garden Westminster,St Peter Gt Windmill St Westminster,St Thomas Regent St Westminster,Swallow St Scotch Westminster,Westminster Abbey Sorry to be the bringer of bad tidings! Merry

You need to check the parishes of the churches in Westminster in 1829. Google 'Hugh Wallis batch numbers' click on London and then choose Westminster. There are a lot! If you can't find what you want there, then you will have to go to Westminster Archives. nell

These are the ones on the IGI (Hugh Wallis' site) Westminster Sussex (Carre Street And Berwick Street French Huguenot) C049191 1690-1788 (Chapelle Royale De Saint James French Huguenot) C049201 1738-1756 (Craven Chapel Marshall Street Independent) C097451 1823-1837 (Crown Court Russel Street Scoth Church) C096681 1793-1837 (Crown Street Soho Independent) C096671 1824-1837 (Ebenezer Chapel Market Street Mayfair Independent) C097441 1804-1837 (Essex Street Strand Presbyterian) C096931 1814-1827 (Glasshouse Street And Leicester Fields French Huguenot) C049211 1688-1783 (Hungerford Market Or Castle Street French Huguenot) C049221 1688-1756 (Lisle Street Scotch Presbyterian) C097381 1740-1814 (Little Chapel Street Soho Independent) C097391 1796-1837 (Orange Street Leicester Square Independent) C097561 1831-1837 (Patente Soho Or Le Temple French Huguenot) C049231 1689-1782 (Peter Street Soho Wesleyan) C097611 1826-1838 (Petit Charenton French Huguenot) C049251 1701-1705 (Pimlico Palace Street Buckingham Independent) C097621 1820-1837 (Portland Street Presbyterian) C097661 1825-1837 (Rider Court French Huguenot) C049261 1700-1738 (Robert Street Grosvenor Square Independent) C097751 1827-1836 (Rochester Row Irvingite) C097761 1835-1840 (Romney Terrace Wesleyan) C097771 1816-1837 (Saint Anne Soho) C062361 1813-1853 M062361 1795-1876 C062362 1854-1875 M062362 1784-1794 C062363 1686-1705 M062364 -1794 C062366 1705-1724 M062365 1686-1784 C062367 1724-1743 M150515 1876-1879 C062368 1743-1762 M150516 1879-1897 C062369 1762-1782 C150511 1782-1794 C150512 1794-1808 C150513 1809-1812 (Saint Clement Danes) C041601 1813-1849 E041606 C041602 1849-1875 M041601 1754-1885 C041603 1774-1812 M041604 1716-1754 C041605 1558-1627 M041606 1640-1675 C041608 1628-1639 M041608 1558-1639 J041607 1728-1774 K041607 1728-1774 (Saint George Mayfair) P019021 1740-1753 M019021 1728-1754 (Saint James) C147501 1685-1723 M147507 1723-1754 C147502 1723-1727 M147511 1853-1860 C147504 1817-1820 M147512 1860-1867 C147505 1826-1841 M147513 1867-1875 C147506 1841-1863 M147514 1875-1882 C147507 1863-1875 M147515 1754-1765 C148541 1727-1730 M147516 1809-1833 C320471 1685-1723 M147517 1833-1841 C320472 1685-1723 M147518 1765-1775 C320473 1685-1723 M147519 1775-1785 C320475 1685-1723 C320477 1685-1723 C320479 1685-1723 C320482 1685-1723 C320484 1685-1723 C320485 1685-1723 C320487 1685-1723 C320489 1685-1723 C320491 1685-1723 C320494 1685-1723 C723011 1820-1823 C723012 1823-1826 C723013 1796-1801 C723014 1791-1796 C723015 1801-1807 C723016 1807-1812 (Saint John Smith Square) C054191 1728-1755 M054191 1728-1754 (Saint John The Evangelist Drury Lane) C055881 1855-1875 M055881 1855-1875 (Saint Luke) C062191 1846-1875 M062191 1853-1876 (Saint Margaret) C001602 1681-1688 M001601 1539-1658 1664-1681 P001601 1539-1675 M001602 1681-1699 P001603 1675-1681 (Saint Martin In The Fields) C001452 1636-1672 E001451 C001453 1837-1877 E001456 C001454 1683-1701 E001457 C001455 1701-1715 M001451 1636-1653 C001456 1716-1732 M001452 1550-1636 1757-1789 C001457 1732-1751 M001453 1789-1818 C001458 1751-1775 M001454 1818-1848 C001459 1775-1797 M001455 1848-1878 C037211 1813-1837 M001456 1653-1658 C037213 1798-1812 M001457 1658-1757 J037212 1672-1681 M037215 1886-1897 J037214 1681-1683 K037212 1672-1681 K037214 1681-1683 P001451 1550-1636 (Saint Mary Le Strand) C042891 1813-1875 M042891 1754-1782 1813-1885 M042892 1782-1812 (Saint Mary Soho) C062201 1850-1876 M062201 1857-1876 (Saint Paul Covent Garden) P001571 1653-1837 M001571 1653-1837 (Saint Peter Great Windmill St.) M155391 1875-1883 (Saint Thomas Regent Street) C062181 1854-1876 M062181 1870-1876 (Savoye De Spring Gardens And Des Grecs French Huguenot) C049271 1680-1871 (Somerset House) P012991 1732-1775 M012991 1714-1776 (St James) C135384 C135401 C135403 C135506 C135508 C135509 C135514 C135518 C135529 C135533 C135535 C135536 C135538 C135539 C135559 C320465 1685-1723 C320466 1685-1723 C320467 1685-1723 C320468 1685-1723 C320513 1604-1654 C320514 1807-1812 C320517 1801-1807 C320518 1801-1807 C320521 1825-1826 (St Jame's) C135504 (St James') C135499 C135521 C135528 C135534 C135537 C135558 C320526 1791-1796 (St. Martin In The Fields Workhouse) P021651 1848-1857 (Swallow Street French Huguenot) C049281 1687-1708 (Swallow Street Scotch Church) C097961 1750-1840 (Tabernacle Milck Alley French Huguenot) C049291 1696-1719 (Trevor Chapel Arthur Street Independent) C096511 1816-1837 (West Street French Huguenot) C049301 1706-1743 (Westminster Abbey) C030701 1607-1860 M030701 -1775 nell

Oh My God.....its not easy is it..... Thank you so much for the info....more to check....if I can ever get the kids off the internet...lol Leeanne