Mike, There is St. Giles in the Field that dominates this area of London---part of the Church of England. I've tried searching records at the London Metropolitan Archives which covers this district. However, the records are entirely disorganized. You'd have to live in London for a month to research. Of course, there are probably experts who could be hired. The reason I'm interested is that I've found a distant DNA cousin (surname Barkley) with ancestry (1759) from London, whereas my immediate ancestors arrived from N. Ireland around 1800. Thanks, David On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Mike Boyd wrote: > David > I would start with the English Census for London. > > I assume that there was a Catholic church in or near the St. Giles, near > Oxford Street area of London, so you may wish to contact the Catholic > Archbishop's Office in Westminster to see if they can point you right church > or where the records might be held these days. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Bartley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:50 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Irish emigrants to England > > >> Dianna, >> >> You probably know that in the 18th Century there was a steady flux of the >> poor from Ireland into London. An Irish colony of emigrants developed in >> the London district, St. Giles, near Oxford Street. I think it became >> quite a slum. By the end of the 18th Century, Irish-born were living in >> most parts of London. I don't know how to search though; I would like to >> find out. >> >> David >> >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2010, at 11:51 PM, dianna charles wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> Are there any records that can be searched for family leaving Ireland >>> around 1863/64 to England my Haney/Heaney family moved to Ireland in the >>> early 1860's there son Hugh was born in England in 1864/65 and the son >>> before him was born in Ireland 1863. Any help much appreciated regards >>> Dianna >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message