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Title: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Thursday 03 February 11 11:12 GMT (UK)
Grateful for help please!
I have a Spa Fields burial record for George Loosley, St Albets dated 16 March 1790.  This is further back than I normally get  ;D and I have never come across anything mentioning St Albets (or even St Alberts) before.
Does anyone know where this was?
Thank you!
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: groom on Thursday 03 February 11 11:27 GMT (UK)
Is it the name of the church? Could it be St Albans?

Jan
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Thursday 03 February 11 11:33 GMT (UK)
No, Jan, it is very clearly written.  There were Loosleys all over Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Hoxton and Shoreditch in later years but never with a St Albans connection.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Thursday 03 February 11 11:37 GMT (UK)
The surrounding entries are mostly St Andrews Holborn, a few St Sepulchre and St Bride, St Giles and St Martins in the Fields, and just plain Clerkenwell.  It could be a church, an area or a specific place.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: Jeuel on Thursday 03 February 11 19:10 GMT (UK)
I've never heard of this and am sure its a misreading.  Where is the original?
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Thursday 03 February 11 19:17 GMT (UK)
I have a copy.  Will PM and send?
Thank you!
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: Jeuel on Thursday 03 February 11 19:19 GMT (UK)
OK.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: dawnsh on Saturday 05 February 11 00:08 GMT (UK)
Has this been deciphered yet?

If not, post a snippet so that more people can have a look and try to help.

Dawn
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Saturday 05 February 11 11:19 GMT (UK)
Thanks Dawn - It is clearly St Albets and we can only think it is an error by clerk.  Any other info welcome!
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: Jeuel on Saturday 05 February 11 12:34 GMT (UK)
My best suggestion is that its St Alban, Wood Street, City of London and was misheard or misrecorded somehow.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Saturday 05 February 11 12:59 GMT (UK)
Whoa - Now with two of you thinking that, I am having second thoughts.  I have been trying to tie it up with a matching birth, St Giles in the Fields.
I have never come across the City of London St Albans before (only the Hertfordshire version) so will now have to investigate the other St Albans..............
Thank you both very much, Jan and Jeuel, and well done, Jan, for getting straight onto it! ;D  Sorry I dismissed it before :-[
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: groom on Saturday 05 February 11 13:13 GMT (UK)
I think you might be looking for a church or a parish rather than a district.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Saturday 05 February 11 17:33 GMT (UK)
Found the church - parish records at Guildhall so that will be next stop!!!!
Thanks again, Jan.
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: dawnsh on Saturday 05 February 11 17:55 GMT (UK)
Hi Jan

I don't want you to make a wasted journey, the City of London parish registers have moved to the London Metropolitan Archives.

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Events/Archive_Services_at_City_of_London.htm

They are available at the LMA on microfilm.

Alternatively, they are  being transcribed and are available on Ancestry. If you don't have a subscription, check you local library for Ancestry Library Edition, they are available there.

http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/lma/default.aspx

All that remains of the church is the tower, you can't go in as it is private property but you may recognise it as it appears on tv and in film including St Trinians II, the legend of Fritton's Gold. It's very close to the Guildhall and Barbican

http://www.qype.co.uk/place/184589-Ruins-of-St-Albans-Church-Wood-Street-London

Dawn
Title: Re: Where was St Albets?
Post by: lynncrest on Saturday 05 February 11 18:54 GMT (UK)
Hi Dawn -  I do have Ancestry but haven't noticed any records from St Albans coming up so far.  I will check them out on browse. Thank you very much indeed for the updated info.
 ;D
Sharron