Kensal Rise, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
KENSALL-RISE was created as adistrict church in 1899. It was in the Civil Parish of St Mary Willesden. The suburb lies on the Paddington canal, adjacent to four railways, and to junctions of them, 5 miles WNW of St. Paul's, London; comprises Kensall-Green hamlet and Kensall New-Town; contains many streets and villas of recent erection; and has a station on the N London railway, and post offices‡ of Kensall-Green and Kensall-New Town, under Paddington, London W.

St Martin Kensal Rise was created as a district church in the year 1899. It lay within the civil parish boundaries of St Mary Willesden.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

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.

Poor Law Unions
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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