St. Mary Magdalen Church, Bermondsey

[Stirrick]

I have a family who lived in Marylebone, just off Euston Road.

However all their children (1820's & 1830's) were baptised at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Bermondsey.
Which seems an awfully long way to go when there doesn't appear to be a family link with the area.

I did notice that there's a St. Mary Magdalen's Church (same spelling) quite close to where this family lived.
On the 1870/1876 OS Map it's marked as 'Vicarage'.
With an associated Parochial School.

Does anyone know if this Marylebone Church/Vicarage is linked to the Bermondsey Church ?
It would make more sense if this family were actually baptising their children there.

[PaulineJ]

Did you verify that the baptisms have been assigned to the correct church?
Do not rely on indexing. Check original images

[Ruskie]

Might the St Mary Magdalene Church near Regent’s Park/Euston Station be a more likely church for your family?

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.7&lat=51.52599&lon=-0.14257&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld *

Where did you get the information about the baptisms? Was it from an index/transcribed, or have you seen an image of the original records?

Reason I ask is that sometimes place names are allocated to the wrong location, even country, as if the wrong place was chosen from a pull down menu. It’s a fairly common name for a church.

I would check this first if I were you. 

Added: I see Pauline is thinking along the same lines.

* Looking again at this, it might be too late for your family.

[Stirrick]

Thanks guys

Yes, the Church near Regent's Park is the one near to where this family lived. The Bermondsey Church makes a big thing of how 'Magdalen' is spelt (not Magdalene) and since the name is spelt the same on both these Churches I thought there might be a link. Perhaps through the school ?

I did wonder if there had been a mix-up in attributing these Baptisms, but the original Register very clearly identifies the Bermondsey Church at the top of each page.

[Bookbox]

I have a family who lived in Marylebone, just off Euston Road.

However all their children (1820's & 1830's) were baptised at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Bermondsey.
Which seems an awfully long way to go when there doesn't appear to be a family link with the area.

I did notice that there's a St. Mary Magdalen's Church (same spelling) quite close to where this family lived.
On the 1870/1876 OS Map it's marked as 'Vicarage'.
With an associated Parochial School.

Does anyone know if this Marylebone Church/Vicarage is linked to the Bermondsey Church ?
It would make more sense if this family were actually baptising their children there.

The church next to Regents Park is in St Pancras, not Marylebone, and was founded in 1852, so it cannot be relevant.

Have you tried searching the Bermondsey register for baptisms/marriages/burials of anyone with the same surname as the husband or wife? Maybe there was a family connection?

[StevieSteve]

What address is given in the Abode column?

And occupation?

[davisd]

I've been working on a family named Vipond in Marylebone, and can't find their origins. However, there is a family of Viponds in Bermondsey at St Mary Magdalen's - coincidentally. It's an ongoing struggle to locate these people!

[Stirrick]

You have my sympathy, davisd. 

This just seemed like a nice solution to the anomaly, but it looks like a dead end.

Thanks to all for your help and advice.

StevieSteve - the family was consistently recorded as living in St. Marylebone on the various Baptismal entries. But no more detail than that. The father was a Cabinet Maker.