St Luke Old Street

Description

This booklet contains a list of the main records of interest to the genealogical researcher for the area based on the parish of St Luke Old Street, which includes the districts of Bunhill Fields, City Road, part of Finsbury, Golden Lane, Moorfields, Old Street and Whitecross Street. St Luke Old Street, which is sometimes referred to as St Luke Finsbury, is now part of the London Borough of Islington. Apart from the vital records of the various religious denominations, examples of subjects covered in this booklet are the large number of burial grounds in the area (most of which have all but disappeared now), fire insurance records and healthcare and hospitals in the parish. Details include where records can be found, whether they are original hard-copy records, transcriptions in books, or on the internet. This 84-page A5 illustrated booklet is part of our ongoing series of Parish Guides.