Norton Folgate Middlesex Family History Guide

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Norton Folgate is an extra-parochial place.

Alternative names: Northern Foldgate, Norton Folgate Liberty

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Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NORTON-FOLGATE, an extra-parochial liberty in Whitechapel district, Middlesex: within the metropolis, in the line of Ermine-street, at the end of Bishopsgate-street, 1¼ mile NE of St. Pauls.

It took the former part of its name from its situation N of Bishopsgate, and the latter part from the Saxon Foldweg, signifying a “highway,” in allusion to Ermine-street; and the name was formerly written Northern-Foldgate. Acres, 9. Real property, £23, 617. Pop. in 1851, 1, 771; in 1861, 1,873. Houses, 227.

The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of St. Pauls. An Augustinian priory was founded here, in 1197, by William Brune; and had an income at the dissolution valued at £558. A theatre here was burned in 1839.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Middlesex, Norton-Folgate – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Norton Folgate, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Middlesex, Norton-Folgate – Church records ( 1 )
St. Paul’s Cathedral dean and chapter estates, court roll of Norton Folgate manor, Middlesex, 1720-1763
Author: Church of England. Diocese of London; Church of England. Cathedral Church of St. Paul (London)

England, Middlesex, Norton-Folgate – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court rolls, 1439-1518
Author: Manor of Norton-Folgate. Court (Middlesex)

St. Paul’s Cathedral dean and chapter estates, court roll of Norton Folgate manor, Middlesex, 1720-1763
Author: Church of England. Diocese of London; Church of England. Cathedral Church of St. Paul (London)

England, Middlesex, Norton-Folgate – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1654-1900
Author: Norton-Folgate (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Norton-Folgate – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Norton-Folgate Liberty, 1744-1923
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)

Administration

  • County: Middlesex
  • Civil Registration District: Whitechapel
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Whitechapel
  • Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
  • Province: Canterbury