The Westminster Collection

The Westminster Collection is a unique set of records which documents the history of the City of Westminster and its people. The records provide an essential resource for local and family historians. Westminster is located within central London; it encompasses much of the West End and is bordered to the south by the River Thames.

If you have ancestry in the Westminster area, then this collection of Poor Law and Parish Administration records could be an excellent resource for your family history research. There are several different types of records available in this collection including workhouse admissions, land tax records, paupers records and apprentice records.

Comprising over ten million names of taxpayers from the early seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, these records allow you to search for your ancestor and discover if they owned or rented property.