Parish Names Authority File
The following table is our authority file of parish names.
| Canonical Name | 1st Extant Bill | Subunit | Foundation Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban Wood Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | rebuilt 1634, destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Barking | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| All Hallows Bread Street | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows the Great | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Honey Lane | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St. Mary le Bow but unit continued on bills | |
| All Hallows the Less | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with Allhallows Great but unit continued on bills | |
| All Hallows Lombard Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Staining | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | collapsed 1671, rebuilt 1674 | |
| All Hallows London Wall | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | took in St Augustine Papey in 1442 | |
| St Alphage | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Hubbard | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St. Mary at Hill but unit continued on bills | |
| St Andrew Undershaft | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Wardrobe | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1695 | |
| St Anne Aldersgate | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Ann Blackfriars | 1562 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St Andrew by the Wardrobe but unit continued on bills | |
| St Antholin | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1678-84; united with St John the Baptist upon Walbrook (not rebuilt) | |
| St Austin | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683-1695; united with St Faith's (previously worshipped in St Paul's Cathedral) | |
| St Bartholomew Exchange | 1562 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683 | |
| St Benet Fink | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1670 | |
| St Benet Gracechurch | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, combined with St Leonard Eastcheap in 1670, rebuilt 1681-1686 | |
| St Benet Paul's Wharf | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683 | |
| St Benet Sherehog | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St Stephen Walbrook but with own churchwardens, unit continued on bills | |
| St Botolph Billingsgate | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St George Botolph Lane | |
| Christ Church | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | priory dissolved and reconstituted as city parish including former churches of St Nicholas Shambles and St Ewin, as well as part of St Sepulchres in 1547 | |
| St Christopher | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Clement Eastcheap | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Dionis Backchurch | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Dunstan East | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Edmund the King | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Ethelburga | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Faith under St Paul's | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | united with St Augustine Watling Street after the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St Vedast alias Foster | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Gabriel Fenchurch | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St George Botolph Lane | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Gregory by St Paul's | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Helen | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St James Duke's Place | 1625 | 97 parishes within the walls | 1622 | probably was in 1622, 1623 or 1624 bills bills but do not currently have any to check |
| St James Garlickhithe | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St John Baptist | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St Antholin Budget Row, but still in bills | |
| St John Evangelist | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St John Zachary | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Katherine Coleman | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Katherine Creechurch | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Lawrence Jewry | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Lawrence Pountney | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Leonard Eastcheap | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Leonard Foster Lane | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Magnus | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Lothbury | 1535-08-14 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Moses | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret New Fish Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Pattens | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Abchurch | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Aldermanbury | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Aldermary | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary le Bow | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Bothaw | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | merged with St Swithin London Stone after the Great fire | |
| St Mary Colechurch | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Hill | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Mounthaw | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Somerset | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Staining | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Woolchurch | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Woolnoth | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Ironmonger Lane | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Ludgate | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Orgar | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Outwich | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Vintry | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Matthew Friday Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Magdalen Milk Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Bassishaw | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Cornhill | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Crooked Lane | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Queenhithe | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Quern | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Royal | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Wood Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mildred Bread Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mildred Poultrey | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Acons | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Cole Abbey | 1537-08-12 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Olave | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Hart Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Jewry | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Silver Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Pancras Soper Lane | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Ad Vincula | 98 parishes within the walls | parish church of London Tower, appears 1728/9-1729/30 in the parishes within the walls subunit | ||
| St Peter Cheap | 1562 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Cornhill | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Paul's Wharf | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Poor | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Stephen Coleman Street | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Stephen Walbrook | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Swithin | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Thomas Apostle | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| Trinity | 1532-11-23 | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Holborn | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | 1603 bills divide parish into without the walls and without the bar (in Middlesex) | |
| St Bartholomew Great | 1603 | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved priory, survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St Bartholomew Less | 1535-08-14 | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved hospital; probably Bartholomew Hospital from 1582 bill because was in 1530s, 1562 bills but not if 1582 bill if not BH while Bartholomew Great continues to not be listed until 1603 | |
| St Botolph Aldersgate | 1535-08-14 | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved hospital | |
| St Botolph Aldgate | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | ||
| St Botolph Bishopsgate | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | ||
| Bridewell Precinct | 1603 | 16 parishes without the walls | palace given to city 1553-6, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and immediately rebuilt (by 1667) | |
| St Bride | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt by 1675 | |
| St Dunstan West | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St George Southwark | 1562 | 16 parishes without the walls | Southwark enfranchised as borough in 1295 | |
| St Giles Cripplegate | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St John Southwark | 1733 | 17 parishes without the walls | 1733 | split from St Olave Southwark in 1733 |
| St Olave Southwark | 1562 | 16 parishes without the walls | Southwark enfranchised as borough in 1295 | |
| St Saviour Southwark | 1562 | 16 parishes without the walls | 1541 | merger of 1295 St Margaret and 1295 St Mary in 1541 |
| St Sepulchre | 1532-11-23 | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval, unclear if changed in this period; 1603 bills divide parish into without the walls and without the bars | |
| St Thomas Southwark | 1562 | 16 parishes without the walls | 1550s | split from St Olave Southwark circa 1550 |
| Holy Trinity Minories | 1603 | 16 parishes without the walls | 1550s/60s | dissolved nunnery, parish church by 1563 |
| Pesthouse Without the Walls | 1603 | 16 parishes without the walls | ||
| St Anne Limehouse | 1730 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729-1730 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| Christ Church Surrey | 1674 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | per Wikipedia: dates to 1682 but appears in Millar earlier | |
| Christ Church Middlesex | 1729 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St George Bloomsbury | 1731 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1731 | previously part of St Giles in the Field, recombined in 1774 |
| St George Middlesex | 1729 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729 | built from 1714-1729, previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St George Queen's Square | 1729 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1723 | previously chapel of ease for/part of St Andrew Holborn, without the walls |
| St Giles in the Field | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1540s | dissolved monastery, got a rector in 1547 |
| St John at Hackney | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| St John Wapping | 1694 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1694 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St James Clerkenwell | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | ||
| St Katharine Tower | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | ||
| St Mary Lambeth | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| St Leonard Shoreditch | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | ||
| St Luke Middlesex | 1733 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1733 | previously part of St Giles Cripplegate (without the Walls) |
| St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | ||
| St Mary Islington | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| St Mary Newington | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| St Mary Whitechapel | 1603 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney | |
| St Matthew Bethnal Green | 1746 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1743 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St Paul Shadwell | 1671 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1670 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St Mary Rotherhithe | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| St Dunstan Stepney | 1636 | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1636 | in general bill but not in 1636 Bodleian weekly bills, segregated from city totals in 1641 |
| St Anne Westminster | 1686 | Westminster out parishes | 1687 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields |
| St Clement Danes | 1603 | Westminster out parishes | 1604 | listed as part of Middlesex/Surrey sometimes |
| St George Hanover Square | 1729 | Westminster out parishes | 1724 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields, in 1729 it's in Middlesex/Surrey |
| St James Westminster | 1685 | Westminster out parishes | 1685 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields |
| St John Westminster | 1731 | Westminster out parishes | 1727 | previously part of St Maragaret Westminster |
| St Paul Covent Garden | 1646-04-02 | Westminster out parishes | 1645 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields, missing 1645 bills so probably appeared earlier than this |
| St Martin in the Fields | 1603 | Westminster out parishes | four "daughter parishes" broke off over time; listed as part of Middlesex/Surrey in one BL bill? | |
| St Mary Savoy | 1620 | Westminster out parishes | St Mary le Strand merged with it for part of this time period | |
| St Mary le Strand | 1726 | Westminster out parishes | 1714/1723 | pulled down 1549, de facto merged with St Clement Danes then Savoy Chapel / St Mary Savoy until 1714-1723. Use only when distinct from St Mary Savoy. |
| St Margaret Westminster | 1636 | Westminster out parishes | split into St Margaret and St John's in 1727, segregated from city totals in 1641 | |
| Westminster Pesthouse | 1603 | Westminster out parishes |