Has Bethnal Green been relocated?

[familydar]

According to our *favourite*  subscription site, the parish of St Paul in Bethnal Green can now be found in the London Borough of Hillingdon.  Perhaps when my ancestors migrated west out of the East End they took the church with them?

[rosie99]

At least on this occasion they have kept it in England 

[IgorStrav]

Yes, I've been searching and finding East London parishes shown, and then when I look at the image they turn out to be in Horley or somewhere quite remote.

Getting used to the thrill of hope (that I've found something useful) followed immediately by the drop of disappointment (when it's nothing like that at all....)

[coombs]

Yes I have had that before, a parish which I know was in Camden was then said to be in South London.

Not as bad as BMD results for the Great Yarmouth district coming under Hertfordshire on Ancestry lol. Or West Ham in Suffolk. Close, as its historic county did border Suffolk. 

[LizzieW]

Well it used to be in Middlesex, so I guess as Hillingdon is also classed as in Middlesex, it's near enough for people transcribing 1000s of miles from the UK. 

[Gadget]

According to our *favourite*  subscription site, the parish of St Paul in Bethnal Green can now be found in the London Borough of Hillingdon.  Perhaps when my ancestors migrated west out of the East End they took the church with them?

I remember reading a couple of community studies carried out in the 1950s  of Bethnal Green residents -

Family and Kinship in East London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_and_Kinship_in_East_London

(tried to find a better link but they were all to booksellers)

and after slum clearance to outer London (can't remember where off hand)

Family and Class in a London Suburb

Maybe Ancestry had been doing a bit of academic reading 


Gadget
 

[barryd]

I saw on a genealogical site a few days ago someone had put their ancestors marriage as Limehouse,
City of London. Early 1800's. There is a possibility that  that some of the Freemen of the City may have visited Limehouse from time to time But Limehouse in the City. NEVER.

[CarolA3]

I suppose someone unfamiliar with the area would think that if Limehouse is in London, and if London is a city, then it follows that Limehouse is in the city of London.  You know and I know that 'City of London' has a specific meaning, but not everyone would

Carol

[diplodicus]

Sadly, quite a lot of Bethnal Green was moved... courtesy of Hermann Goering. The bits came down across London, Essex and Kent (depending on which way the wind was blowing).