Harrow Weald, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to Harrow Weald, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HARROW WEALD, a hamlet and a chapelry in Harrow-on-the-Hill parish, Middlesex. The hamlet lies ¾ of a mile N of Harrow railway station, and 2 N of Harrow; and has a post office under Stanmore, London, NW. The chapelry was constituted in 1845.

All Saints Harrow Weald lies within the civil parish boundaries of Harrow-on-the-Hill.

This smaller district church was created in 1845 and building of All Saints' Church was started in 1846. The church was the work of the prolific Victorian architect William Butterfield famous for the controversial Keble College, Oxford and many other works. Following its dedication on All Saints' Day 1849, further work was carried out and extensions completed in 1890.

Brief history of Harrow Weald parish

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Church of England
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 * Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex ($)
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Harrow Weald at British History Online - free.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery

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