Parish Names Authority File
The following table is our authority file of parish names.
| Canonical Name | Subunit | Foundation Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban Wood Street | 97 parishes within the walls | medieval, rebuilt 1634, destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Barking | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| All Hallows Bread Street | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows the Great | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Honey Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St. Mary le Bow but unit continued on bills | |
| All Hallows the Less | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with Allhallows Great but unit continued on bills | |
| All Hallows Lombard Street | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt | |
| All Hallows Staining | 97 parishes within the walls | collapsed 1671, rebuilt 1674 | |
| All Hallows London Wall | 97 parishes within the walls | took in St Augustine Papey in 1442 | |
| St Alphage | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Hubbard | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St. Mary at Hill but unit continued on bills | |
| St Andrew Undershaft | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Wardrobe | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1695 | |
| St Anne Aldersgate | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Ann Blackfriars | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, parish united with St Andrew by the Wardrobe but unit continued on bills | |
| St Antholin | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1678-84; united with St John the Baptist upon Walbrook (not rebuilt) | |
| St Austin | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683-1695; united with St Faith's (previously worshipped in St Paul's Cathedral) | |
| St Bartholomew Exchange | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683 | |
| St Benet Fink | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1670 | |
| St Benet Gracechurch | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, combined with St Leonard Eastcheap in 1670, rebuilt 1681-1686 | |
| St Benet Paul's Wharf | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, rebuilt 1683 | |
| St Benet Sherehog | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St Stephen Walbrook but with own churchwardens, unit continued on bills | |
| St Botolph Billingsgate | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St George Botolph Lane | |
| Christ Church | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Christopher | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Clement Eastcheap | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Dionis Backchurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Dunstan East | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Edmund the King | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Ethelburga | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Faith under St Paul's | 97 parishes within the walls | united with St Augustine Watling Street after the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St Vedast alias Foster | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Gabriel Fenchurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St George Botolph Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Gregory by St Paul's | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Helen | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St James Duke's Place | 97 parishes within the walls | 1622 | |
| St James Garlickhithe | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St John Baptist | 97 parishes within the walls | destroyed 1666, not rebuilt, parish united with St Antholin Budget Row, but still in bills | |
| St John Evangelist | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St John Zachary | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Katherine Coleman | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Katherine Creechurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Lawrence Jewry | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Lawrence Pountney | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Leonard Eastcheap | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Leonard Foster Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Magnus | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Lothbury | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Moses | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret New Fish Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Margaret Pattens | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Abchurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Aldermanbury | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Aldermary | 97 parishes within the walls | originally had a typo in DBN name as Aldermay instead of Aldermary, make sure gets updated everywhere | |
| St Mary le Bow | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Bothaw | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Colechurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Hill | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Mounthaw | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Somerset | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Staining | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Woolchurch | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Woolnoth | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Ironmonger Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Ludgate | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Orgar | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Outwich | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Martin Vintry | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Matthew Friday Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Magdalen Milk Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Bassishaw | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Cornhill | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Crooked Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Queenhithe | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Quern | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Royal | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Michael Wood Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mildred Bread Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Mildred Poultrey | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Acons | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Cole Abbey | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Nicholas Olave | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Hart Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Jewry | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Olave Silver Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Pancras Soper Lane | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Ad Vincula | parish church of London Tower, appears in 2 Millar bills as part of the 97 (though its addition makes 98) parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Cheap | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Cornhill | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Paul's Wharf | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Peter Poor | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Stephen Coleman Street | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Stephen Walbrook | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Swithin | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Thomas Apostle | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| Trinity | 97 parishes within the walls | ||
| St Andrew Holborn | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval; 1603 bills divide parish into without the walls and without the bar (in Middlesex) | |
| St Bartholomew Great | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved priory, survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St Bartholomew Less | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved hospital; possibly Bartholomew Hospital from 1582 bill | |
| St Botolph Aldersgate | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved hospital | |
| St Botolph Aldgate | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval | |
| St Botolph Bishopsgate | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval | |
| Bridewell Precinct | 16 parishes without the walls | palace given to city 1553-6, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and immediately rebuilt (by 1667) | |
| St Bride | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval, destroyed 1666, rebuilt by 1675 | |
| St Dunstan West | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval, survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St George Southwark | 16 parishes without the walls | Southwark enfranchised as borough in 1295 | |
| St Giles Cripplegate | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval, survived the Great Fire of 1666 | |
| St John Southwark | 17 parishes without the walls | 1733 | split from St Olave Southwark in 1733 |
| St Olave Southwark | 16 parishes without the walls | Southwark enfranchised as borough in 1295 | |
| St Saviour Southwark | 16 parishes without the walls | merger of 1295 St Margaret and 1295 St Mary in 1541 | |
| St Sepulchre | 16 parishes without the walls | medieval, unclear if changed in this period; 1603 bills divide parish into without the walls and without the bars | |
| St Thomas Southwark | 16 parishes without the walls | split from St Olave Southwark circa 1550 | |
| Holy Trinity Minories | 16 parishes without the walls | dissolved nunnery, parish church by 1563 | |
| Pesthouse Without the Walls | 16 parishes without the walls | ||
| St Anne Limehouse | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729-1730 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| Christ Church Surrey | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | per Wikipedia: dates to 1682 but appears in Millar earlier | |
| Christ Church Middlesex | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St George Bloomsbury | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1731 | previously part of St Giles in the Field, recombined in 1774 |
| St George Middlesex | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1729 | built from 1714-1729, previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St George Queen's Square | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1723 | previously chapel of ease for/part of St Andrew Holborn, without the walls |
| St Giles in the Field | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | dissolved monastery, got a rector in 1547 | |
| St John at Hackney | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St John Wapping | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1694 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St James Clerkenwell | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Katharine Tower | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Mary Lambeth | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Leonard Shoreditch | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Luke Middlesex | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1733 | previously part of St Giles Cripplegate (without the Walls) |
| St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Mary Islington | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Mary Newington | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Mary Whitechapel | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney | |
| St Matthew Bethnal Green | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1743 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St Paul Shadwell | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1670 | previously part of St Dunstan's Stepney |
| St Mary Rotherhithe | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | medieval | |
| St Dunstan Stepney | Middlesex/Surrey out parishes | 1636 | medieval |
| St Anne Westminster | Westminster out parishes | 1687 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields |
| St Clement Danes | Westminster out parishes | 1604 | medieval; listed as part of Middlesex/Surrey in one BL bill? |
| St George Hanover Square | Westminster out parishes | 1724 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields, in 1729 it's in Middlesex/Surrey Millar by accident? |
| St James Westminster | Westminster out parishes | 1685 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields |
| St John Westminster | Westminster out parishes | 1727 | previously part of St Maragaret Westminster |
| St Paul Covent Garden | Westminster out parishes | 1645 | previously part of St Martin in the Fields |
| St Martin in the Fields | Westminster out parishes | four "daughter parishes" broke off over time; listed as part of Middlesex/Surrey in one BL bill? | |
| St Mary Savoy | Westminster out parishes | medieval; St Mary le Strand merged with it for part of this time period | |
| St Mary le Strand | Westminster out parishes | 1714/1723 | pulled down 1549, de facto merged with St Clement Danes then Savoy Chapel / St Mary Savoy until 1714-1723. Use only when distinct from St Mary Savoy. |
| St Margaret Westminster | Westminster out parishes | split into St Margaret and St John's in 1727 | |
| Westminster Pesthouse | Westminster out parishes |