England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishSouthwark lies in the extreme northeast of the county of Surrey, indeed it forms part of the boundary with the City of London which sits just across the Thames from Southwark. Southwark was divided into 6 parishes of which St John was the fourth largest by population and the most easterly. Southwark sits at the southern end of London Bridge and today is an integral part of the capital, a city, having been granted that status in 1905 and a thriving business centre. Southwark owes its origins to the Romans where a small settlement grew up at was when the first, forded, crossing of the Thames long before there were bridges. Granted Royal Burgh status in the 10th century, it grew substantially once London Bridge was constructed about 1200 (this was the only bridge until the middle of the 18th century). Southwark has had something of a chequered past, homes to wealthy dignitaries and merchants, it also had a seedier side with inns and theaters as well as prisons & prostitution. Southwark's population grew rapidly during the period of this transcript, in 1801 it stood at 66,000 yet by 1831 it had reached 91,000 and peaked in 1901 at 206,000. St John parish would have held around 10% of that population. The impact of World War 2 bombing was severe as London's blitz wrecked homes, businesses and not least the churches of the area. Today Southwark is a thriving community, home to Borough Market and refreshed as part of the wider South Bank redevelopment. As a riverside community no obvious surface drainage channels to the nearby Thames all being subsurface. St John's parish is sited at less than 5 metres above sea level, it being almost beyond Brixton before one crosses a 10 metres contour. St John's parish covered a tiny area of a few city blocks yet was packed with a population rising to almost 10,000 folk by 1831. In Domesday times Southwark was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux but not specifically detailed as to its assets |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 28th March 1754 - 15th July 1762 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference - P71/JN/017 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 18th July 1762 - 5th November 1779 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference -
P71/JN/040 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 7th November 1779 - 11th November 1798 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference - P71/JN/018 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | This register has suffered extensively from water damage, mould and fading of ink making for a tricky read throughout, particularly affected are entries at the bottom of left hand pages (entry number even and divisible by three). Some pure guesswork has been used and errors will be frequent as a result - users should treat with a degree of caution |
4 | 12th November 1798 - 2nd December 1812 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference - P71/JN/019 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 1st January 1813 - 19th June 1825 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference - P71/JN/020 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
6 | 19th June 1825 - 29th June 1837 | London Metropolitan Archives - Reference - P71/JN/021 | Nonstandard Rose style preprinted Marriage register, it is nonstandard in being preprinted as bespoke stationery for the parish and is not pre-stamped with its numbering that being left to the clerk to complete | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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