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1871 England Census

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[Extra Parochial] St Andrew Holborn St Martin Vintry
Aldgate St Andrew Hubbard St Mary
All Hallows Barking St Andrew Undershaft St Mary Abchurch
All Hallows Bread Street St Anne St Mary Aldermary
All Hallows Honey Lane St Anne and St Agnes St Mary at Hill
All Hallows Lombard Street St Anne Blackfriars St Mary Bothaw
All Hallows On The Wall St Anne Limehouse St Mary Colechurch
All Hallows Staining St Anne Soho St Mary Le Bow
All Hallows the Great St Antholin St Mary Le Strand
All Hallows the Less St Augustine St Mary Magdalen
Bethnal Green St Bartholomew by the Exchange St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey
Bishopsgate St Bartholomew the Great St Mary Magdalen Milk Street
Bow St Bartholomew the Less St Mary Newington
Bridewell St Benet Fink St Mary Somerset
Bromley St Leonard St Benet Gracechurch Street St Mary Staining
Charlton St Benet Pauls Wharf St Mary Stratford le Bow
Charterhouse St Benet Sherehog St Mary the Virgin Aldermansbury
Chelsea St Benet Stepney St Mary Whitechapel
Chelsea St Luke St Botolph Billingsgate St Mary Woolchurch Hall
Christchurch St Botolph Bishopsgate St Mary Woolnath
Christchurch Spitalfields St Botolph without Aldersgate St Marylebone
Clerkenwell St Botolph without Aldgate St Matthew
Ely Rents and Hatton Garden and Saffron Hill St Bride St Matthew Bethnal Green
Finsbury St Christopher Le Stock St Matthew Friday Street
Fulham St Clement Danes St Michael and All Angels
Grays Inn St Clement Eastcheap St Michael Bassishaw
Greenwich St Alphage St Dionis Backchurch St Michael Cornhill
Hackney St Dunstan in the East St Michael Crooked Lane
Hackney St John St Dunstan in the West St Michael Le Quern
Hammersmith St Edmund The King Martyr St Michael Paternoster Royal
Hampstead St John St Ethelburga St Michael Queenhithe
Holy Trinity St Faith St Michael Wood Street
Holy Trinity Minories St Gabriel Fenchurch St Mildred Bread Street
Holywell St George St Mildred Poultry
Inner Temple St George Bloomsbury St Nicholas Acons
Islington St George Botolph Lane St Nicholas Cole Abbey
Islington All Saints St George Hanover Square St Nicholas Deptford
Islington St Andrew St George in the East St Nicholas Olave
Islington St Clement St George the Martyr St Olave
Islington St David St George the Martyr Southwark St Olave and St Thomas and St Saviour
Islington St George St Giles in the Fields St Olave Hart Street
Islington St James St Giles without Cripplegate St Olave Old Jewry
Islington St John St Gregory by St Paul St Pancras
Islington St Luke St Helen Bishopsgate St Pancras Soper Lane
Islington St Mary St James Clerkenwell St Paul Covent Garden
Islington St Michael St James Dukes Place St Paul Deptford
Islington St Peter St James Garlickhithe St Paul Shadwell
Islington St Thomas St James Westminster St Peter
Islington Trinity St John St Peter Cornhill
Kensington St John and St Margaret St Peter Le Poer
Kensington St Mary Abbott St John Paddington St Peter Pauls Wharf
Lambeth St John The Baptist St Peter Westcheap
Lambeth St John St John The Evangelist St Saviour
Lincolns Inn St John Zachary St Sepulchre
Middle Temple St Katherine St Stephen Colman Street
Mile End New Town St Katherine Coleman St Stephen Walbrook
Mile End Old Town St Katherine Cree St Swithin
Mottingham St Laurence Jewry St Thomas
Norton Folgate St Lawrence Pountney St Thomas the Apostle
Old Artillery Ground St Leonard Eastcheap St Vedast Foster Lane
Old Tower Without St Leonard Foster Lane Stepney
Paddington St Leonard Shoreditch Stoke Newington
Pancrasweek St Luke Stoke Newington St Mary
Poplar St Magnus the Martyr Thavies Inn
Poplar All Saints St Margaret The Rolls
Royal Navy St Margaret Lothbury Tooting Graveney St Nicholas
Savoy St Margaret Moses Trinity Newington
Shadwell St Margaret New Fish Street Vessels
Shoreditch St Margaret Pattens Wandsworth All Saints
South Hackney St Martin in the Fields Wapping
Spitalfields St Martin Ludgate Whitechapel
St Alban St Martin Orgars Whitefriars
St Alphage St Martin Outwich Woolwich St Mary
St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Martin Pomeroy

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.