City of Westminster

02. Burial of Margaret, a Moor, St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1571

Parish registers are one of the best sources for tracing black people in London. This burial entry is the earliest known reference to a black woman living in Westminster. 

Burial of Margaret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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