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*''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras'' by  Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
*''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras'' by  Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
*[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt7luQ7&tag=A%20Hand%20book%20to%20St.%20Mary%27s%20Church#book1/ ''A Hand book to St. Mary's Church : with a description of its monuments and other objects of interest with illustrations and a plan''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905. Tamil Virtual Library. Note author incorrectly catalogued as Maiden. Full title includes the words ''... St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras''.
*[https://archive.org/details/st-marys-madras-malden-1905/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Hand Book to St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras. With a Description of Its Monuments and Other Objects of Interest''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905. Archive.org. Also available [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt7luQ7#book1/ Tamil Virtual Library], where the title is catalogued as ''A Hand book to St. Mary's Church : with a description of its monuments and other objects of interest with illustrations and a plan''. Also available [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JTYzBxLteC4C Google Books].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*A collection of photographs from  [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.
*A collection of photographs from  [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.

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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
Madras (City)



Madras (now Chennai) was one of the early East India Company Factories, the location of Fort St George and the seat of the Madras Presidency.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

Economy and business

External links

Also see Historical books online, below.

Maps

Note: this map contains an insert, A Plan of Fort St. George and the City of Madras, which can can be enlarged considerably.

Historical books online

Also see Madras (Presidency)
Directories online
Newspapers and journals online

Also available as downloads from GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with possibly better images. Vol. I, Vol. II, Part 1, Vol. III.
Parrys of Madras by Hilton Brown 1954. Full title: Parry's of Madras: a story of British enterprise in India. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
On the Coromandel Coast by F. E. Penny 1908. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
  • Vicissitudes of Fort St. George by David Leighton 1902 Archive.org. The history to 1798.
  • The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
These articles have been reprinted as the book Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras, published 1907. This book is available to read online, or download, catalogue entry, from FamilySearch. You need to be registered and sign in first.
List Of Marriages Registered in the Presidency Of Fort St George 1680 - 1800 edited by H Dodwell, Curator Madras Record Office 1916. Tamil Virtual Library. These records are compiled from St Mary's registers, and also Missionary registers, so perhaps include records additional to the record series above. Contains 74 pages of records.