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1639 charter[edit]

97 parishes within the walls
16 parishes outside the walls

Expansions[edit]


charter of 1639


divisions changed 1660

List of places within the bills[edit]

Parishes within the walls were grouped together. Parishes outside the walls that were at least partly within the "liberties of the City London" were grouped together, this included the borough of Southwark. Parishes in Westminster were grouped together. All other parishes were designated "out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey".

Parish or place Location Added to bills New parishes
96 parishes (see list) Inside the walls 1603
St Andrew Holborn Outside the walls 1603 St George the Martyr Queen's Square
St Bartholomew the Less Outside the walls 1603
St Botolph without Aldgate Outside the walls 1603
St Botolph Aldersgate Outside the walls 1603
St Botolph Bishopsgate Outside the walls 1603
St Bride Outside the walls 1603
St Dunstan in the West Outside the walls 1603
St Giles Cripplegate Outside the walls 1603 St Luke's (1733)
St Sepulchre Outside the walls 1603
St George Outside the walls (Southwark) 1603
St Olave Outside the walls (Southwark) 1603 Horsleydown
St Saviour Outside the walls (Southwark) 1603 Southwark Christchurch (1670)
St Thomas Outside the walls (Southwark) 1603
St Bartholomew the Great Outside the walls 1604
Precinct of Bridewell Outside the walls 1604
Holy Trinity Minories Outside the walls 1604
St Clement Danes Out-parish (Westminster) 1604
St Giles in the Fields Out-parish (Middlesex) 1604 Bloomsbury
St James Clerkenwell Out-parish (Middlesex) 1604 St John
St Katherine by the Tower Out-parish (Middlesex) 1604
Shoreditch Out-parish (Middlesex) 1604
Whitechapel Out-parish (Middlesex) 1604 St John Wapping
Bermondsey Out-parish (Surrey) 1604
St Martin in the Fields Out-parish (Westminster) 1604 St Anne Soho, St George Hanover Square, St James Piccadilly, St Paul Covent Garden
Precinct of the Savoy Out-parish (Middlesex) 1606
St James Duke's Place Inside the walls 1626
St Margaret Out-parish (Westminster) 1626 St John
Hackney Out-parish (Middlesex) 1636 West Hackney
Islington Out-parish (Middlesex) 1636
Lambeth Out-parish (Surrey) 1636
Newington Out-parish (Surrey) 1636
Rotherhithe Out-parish (Surrey) 1636
Stepney Out-parish (Middlesex) 1636 All Saints Poplar, Limehouse, Shadwell, Spitalfields, St George in the East
St Mary le Strand Out-parish (Westminster) 1726
St George the Martyr Queen's Square Out-parish (Middlesex) 1767 Formed from St Andrew Holborn

New parishes from splits[edit]

  • St Anne Soho
  • St George Hanover Square
  • St James Piccadilly
  • Westminster St John
  • St Paul Covent Garden
  • Southwark Christchurch
  • Horsleydown
  • Bloomsbury
  • St George the Martyr Queen's Square
  • Spitalfields
  • Limehouse
  • St George in the East
  • St John Wapping
  • St Lukes
  • St John Clerkenwell
  • Shadwell
  • West Hackney
  • All Saints Poplar

Exemptions[edit]

The following were within the outer boundaries of the bills of mortality, but did not give returns because of their status as liberties or extra-parochial areas.