PARISH AND TOWN - UK
In addition to parish registers, clergymen and parish officers created many other official records which, along with alms for the poor and the parish silver, were kept in a strong wooden box called the 'parish chest'.
These records included minutes of meetings of parish officials, apprenticeship records, rate books, poor relief expenditure books and papers about settlement and bastardy.
There were additional town records kept by local Justices of the Peace, local parish councils (the vestry), Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor and, after 1834, Guardians of the Poor of local work houses.
This section has links to Sterry records located relating to such parish and town records.
London
St Botolph Aldgate Parish Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor Account Books [London Lives]
1709 Jun 27 Paid Widow Sterry
1/-
St Thomas's Hospital Admission and Discharge Registers [London Lives]
1790 Apr 1
Dere 5
Josh Crowder Burnt a Casualty of St Geo Southk An Sterry Overseer
1794 Jan 23
Discharged
Mary Eliz Sterry
1794 Feb 6
Admitted
3.6 Eliz Passingham Ant Sterry corner Mint St Boro.
M Carp Smith
1800 Oct 30
Rosina Sterry
1800 Nov 6
[Mag] Rosina Sterry
1800 Nov 6
Mag Rosina Sterry
St Thomas's Hospital Minute Books of Courts and Committees [London Lives]
1738 Apr 20
Grand Committee
Agreed with Mr. Wasey Sterry to purchase his Leases held under this Hospital of a house in St. Thomas's from Midsumer next at £2.4.0 per annum for £62 and agreed to let Mr. Sterry two houses late in Lease to Mr. Barry & a Shed next adjoying let to Mr. Cracklow in the Tents in St. Thomas's Parish at £14 per annum at two years certain & half a years warning to commence from MidSr. next & he is to be allow'd £20 out of the first Rent
[Mr Wasey Sterry present at the meeting]
Westminster Poor Law and Parish Administration records [FindMyPast]
5 Jan 1818
Sterry Jas 44 (4 Shelton Cot[Court?]) a Shoemkr rented a room on 1st Febr unfd[unfurnished?] at Greens as above for[from?] June 1817 u[until?] now in the same at 4/6 [per week?] mo[married?] to wife Elizth at St Martins 10 Apr 1797 4 chn Wm aged 12 Jas aged 7 Sophia aged 4 & Elizth aged 2 yrs
St Martin's Workhouse [London Lives]
10 May 1800
Joseph Sterry, Pauper [Date of Admission] 10 May 1800
[Reason] not recorded [Age at admission] 22 [Number of Times Admitted] 1 [Date of Discharge] 9 Jun 1800 [Ward] 33 [Ref] F4022 Page 389 Folio: 0
5 Jan 1819
Elizth Sterry, Pauper [Date of Admission] 5 Jan 1819 [Reason] unknown [With whom] child [Age] 55 [Ward] 31 [Number of Times Admitted] 1 [Date of Discharge] 16 Feb 1819 [Ref] F4082 Page 381 Folio 0
5 Jan 1819
Ann Sterry, Pauper [Date of Admission] 5 Jan 1819 [Reason] unknown [With whom] mother [Age] 15 [Ward] 31
[Number of Times Admitted] 1 [Date of Discharge] 16 Feb 1819 [Ref] F4081 Page 381 Folio 0
London Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records 1738-1930 [Ancestry.com]
| Name | Admission Date | Discharge Date | Borough | Parish or Poor Law Union | Workhouse Register | Age | Observation | How Discharged | Source Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Sterry | 23 Nov 1832 | 17 Dec 1832 | Camden | St Giles in the Fields | St Giles in the Field | 36 | __ | To Place | 1818-1843 |
| Elizabeth Sterry | 13 Feb 1834 | 12 Dec 1834 | Camden | St Giles in the Fields | St Giles in the Field | 83 | __ | Died 12 Dec 1834 | 1818-1843 |
| Emma Sterry | 6 Feb 1838 | 20 Mar 1838 | Camden | St Giles in the Fields | St Giles in the Field | 18 | Sm Houseless | To Place | 1818-1843 |
| Emma Sterry | 13 Aug 1838 | 3 Sep 1838 | Camden | St Giles in the Fields | St Giles in the Field | 18 | __ | To Place | 1818-1843 |
| **Maria Sterry | 24 Jan 1866 | 31 Jan 1866 | Westminster | St Marylebone | St Marylebone | 32 | [Admitted] to be medically treated; [Residence] 20 Grove Tce | Discharged to Hanwell | 1864-1866 |
| George Sterry | 14 Apr 1894 | 24 Apr 1894 | City of London | City of London | Bow Rd | 39 | [Last Residence Before Admission] Casual Ward; Single; Labourer; | Own request | 1889-1895 |
| George Sterry | 22 May 1894 | 23 May 1894 | Westminster | Westminster/ St George's Union | Fulham Rd | 39 | Labourer; C of E; born 1855; Admitted from St Margaret Parish | Infirmary | 1894 |
| George Sterry | 9 Oct 1894 | 17 Oct 1894 | Westminster | Westminster | Edmonton | 39 | __ | Sent to OR | 1892-1900 |
| George Sterry | 18 Ocr 1894 | 23 Oct 1894 | Westminster | Westminster/ St George's Union | Fulham Rd | 39 | Labourer; C of E; born 1855; Admitted from St Margaret Parish; Widower | Own request | 1894 |
| George Sterry | 21 Nov 1900 | 5 Jan 1901 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 45 | Admitted from 16 Great Garden St; Single; Labourer; admitted for inflamed foot; C of E; settlement 20 years | 1873-1920 | |
| Elizabeth Sterry | 15 Jan 1900 | 6 Feb 1900 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 56 | Admitted from from SS Hanbury Street for Dropsy with settlement 5 yrs; widow of George | 1873-1920 | |
| George Sterry | 18 Sep 1901 | 8 Oct 1901 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | 47 | Admitted from Osborne Place; single; labourer; admitted for ulcer of foot; C of E ; settlement 9 mths | |||
| Elizabeth Sterry | 5 Feb 1903 | 27 Mar 1903 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 56 | Admitted from 4 Paternoster Row; widow of George, Dock Labourer; admission for bronchitis; C of E | 1873-1920 | |
| Elizabeth Sterry | 13 Jul 1903 | 11 Sep 1903 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 57 | Admitted from 35 Dorset Street with fractured wrist; widow of George | 1873-1920 | |
| Elizabeth Sterry | 23 Oct 1903 | 19 Feb 1904 | Tower Hamlet | Stepney | Bromley House | 66 [sic] | Admitted from 35 Dorset St; widow of George, labourer; Rheumatism; C of E; | 19.2.04 Dead | |
| George Sterry | 3 Dec 1903 | 15 Feb 1904 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 49 | Admitted from Workhouse; single; labourer; admitted for inflamed foot; C of E; settlement 2 years; homeless | 1873-1920 | |
| George Sterry | 12 Aug 1904 | 6 Nov 1904 | Tower Hamlets | Stepney | Bromley House | 49 | Admitted from 12 Princelot St as lodger; single; labourer; admitted for ulcerated ankle; C of E; Dead | 6 Nov 1904 Dead | 1873-1920 |
Gloucestershire
Newent Workhouse Records [Source: Forest of Dean Family History Trust]
1859 Jun 17 Thomas Sterry [First Meal] Dinner
[Born] not stated [Class for Diet] 2 -Old and Infirm Men [Parish to which charged] Redmarley [By whom admitted] Relieving Officer [Cause of seeking relief] old age
1859 Jul 10
Thomas Sterry [First Meal] Supper
[Born] not stated [Class for Diet] 2 -Old and Infirm Men [Parish to which charged] Redmarley [By whom admitted] Master [Cause of seeking relief] old age
+1872 Aug 20 Mary Sterry [First Meal] Dinner [Religion] Church [Born] 1815 [Class for Diet] 6 -Old and Infirm Women [Parish to which charged] Newent [By whom admitted] Relieving Officer [Almost certainly Mary Higgs wife of Charles Sterry 1795-1866]
Gloucester Lunacy Patients Admission Registers 1846-1921 [Ancestry.com]
[Name] Elizth Sterry [Admission Date] 28 Sep 1876 [Death Date] 20 Feb 1887, Pauper
Churchwardens Accounts for the Parish of Longhope, Gloucestershire
Vestry Minutes for the Parish of Longhope, Gloucestershire
Lancashire
Liverpool Workhouse Registers [Source: Admissions & Discharges 1880-1893: FindMy Past]
Liverpool Board of Guardians Workhouse
Admissions and Discharges (Religious Creed Register)
+[Date of Entry/Admission] 1893 Feb 2 Walter Sterry
[age] 15 [From whence admitted] 7 Charter St [religion] C of E [Name and address of nearest relative] Thos Moore same a/d [Location of pauper] Surgical [Discharged or died] 10 Aug 1894 [From what discharged] Surgical [Remarks] c/o per No 7 [The Admissions register for the same date notes that he was admitted by Gov, a Boatman by trade and single and that he had syphilis]
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire Workhouse Registers [Source: Gwent Archives: Monmouthshire Workhouse Registers 1843-1929-FindMyPast]
Abergavenny Union, Vagrant Admission and Discharge Book
**1895
May 21 Tues [Hour of Admission] 7-0 [Names of Vagrant, Wife and Family] D[anie]l Sterry [Age] 30 Labourer [Where he slept last night] Pontypool
**1896 Oct 4 Sun [Hour of Admission] 6-0 [Names of Vagrant, Wife and Family] John Sterry [Age] 39 Labourer [Where he slept last night] Rhondda Valley
**1897 Oct 11 Monday
[Hour of Admission] 6-0 [Names of Vagrant, Wife and Family] John Sterry [Age] 27 Labourer [Where he slept last night] Hereford
+1897 Dec 9 Thursday
[Hour of Admission] 6-0 [Names of Vagrant, Wife and Family] Thos Sterry [Age] 27, Labourer [Where he slept last night] Brecon
**1898 Dec 1 Thursday [Hour of Admission] 7-0 [Names of Vagrant, Wife and Family] Joe Sterry [Age] 31 Labourer [Where he slept last night] Tredegar
Suffolk
Archdeaconry of Suffolk Poor Law Records 1601-1850 (Index)
No Sterrys found.
Surrey
Southwark St George the Martyr Workhouse Minutes [Source: Southwark Local History Library and Archive: Workhouse Records 1729-1826-FindMyPast]
#In 1729
Benjamin Sterry subscribed £5.5s [vol 688, folio 1]
#On 7 Jul 1730 Benjamin Sterry was slected as extra Governor [vol 688, folio 54]
#On 8 Jun 1731 Benjamin Sterry was paying at least 8/8d rate manager for year
[occupation] inhabitant [vol 688, folio 116]
#On 3 Jun 1734 Benjamin Sterry was to be Trustee of the house [vol 688 folio 270]
#On 22 May 1744 Benjamin Sterry was a trustee and an inhabitant [vol 691, folio 13]
#On 12 Jun 1745 Benjamin Sterry
was a trustee and an inhabitant [vol 691, folio 56]
#On 21 May 1746
Benjamin Sterry
was a trustee and an inhabitant [vol 691, folio 99]
#On 31 May 1749
Benjamin Sterry
was a trustee and an inhabitant [vol 691, folio 232]
1768 Aug 17 Mary Sterry, pair of shoes [vol 696, folio 33]
Southwark St George the Martyr Workhouse [Source: Southwark Local History Library and Archive]
There is a reference in the index by Peter Shilham to the poor of the parish of St George the Martyr in 1833 (vol 589 & 733) as follows:
%Elizabeth Sterry, Residence: 45 Castle St, Kent St, Age: 27, Children: 3: 2 boys and 1 girl: two of children are listed: Elizabeth aged 10 and William aged 2, Notes: needlework, young child.
Southwark Christ Church Workhouse [Source: Southwark Local History Library and Archive]
%Sterry Elizabeth [born] 1825 [of Parish] St George [Calling] Servant, Single [Cause of Seeking Relief] Destitute [Date of Admission] 29 May 1838
Wales
Worcestershire
Worcestershire Settlement Certificates
Scotland
Scotland Workhouses [Source: FindMyPast. Note only transcript available]
Paisley, Renfrewshire
+[no date] Richard Ernest Sterrey
Legend:
** = Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK line
# = Ruardean, Gloucestershire, UK line
+ = Longhope, Gloucestershire, UK line
% = Bermondsey, Surrey, UK line