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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: marcie dean on Sunday 29 October 17 00:32 BST (UK)

Title: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: marcie dean on Sunday 29 October 17 00:32 BST (UK)
the old chestnut levison-gower trying to track down his servants that he may well have briyght with him to scotland.going to find them again and this tome save the record  in my pictures so that i can post their names on here and also search for them
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: sarah on Monday 30 October 17 09:44 GMT (UK)
It is Middlesex (1837-1868) Marcie, I have just moved your topic to our London and Middlesex section.

 :)
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: dawnsh on Monday 30 October 17 13:58 GMT (UK)
Specifically, it's in the City of Westminster, not strictly Middlesex.
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: marcie dean on Monday 30 October 17 14:31 GMT (UK)
thanks sarah, I tried finding it on a map without success.
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: JohninSussex on Monday 30 October 17 16:31 GMT (UK)
Even more specifically, it is a (quite famous) church right next to Trafalgar Square.  And there was a parish by that name until 1922:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin_in_the_Fields_%28parish%29
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: groom on Monday 30 October 17 16:53 GMT (UK)
Think of the nursery rhyme, Marcie - Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.

I do not know,
Says the great bell of Bow.
Title: Re: where in the country is st, martins in the field?
Post by: lucymags on Wednesday 08 November 17 09:19 GMT (UK)
Exact position here - north-east corner of Trafalgar Square: https://goo.gl/maps/XPtg2XaeTQU2

More about the building here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin-in-the-Fields

(Some of my ancestors were baptised there, and I used to walk past it quite frequently when I worked up the road for several years - many decades before I knew this!)