Northolt, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Northolt

Parish History
NORTHOLT, or Northall, a village and a parish in Uxbridge district., Middlesex. The village stands near the Paddington canal, 3 miles N N W of Hanwell r. station, and 4¾ E of Uxbridge; was known, at Domesday, as Northala; and has a post-office, of the name of Northolt, under Southall. The parish contains also the hamlets of West-End and Wood-End. Acres, 2, 193. Real property, £4, 988; of which £25 are in the canal. Pop. in 1851, 614; in 1861, 658. Houses, 123. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to the Mandevilles; and passed, through the Botelers and others, to Earl Jersey. A plain in the N W, comprising several square miles, contains only two or three houses, and was the scene of several skirmishes, both in thewars of the Roses and in the civil wars of Charles I. Bricks are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £682.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is partly of the 14th century, partly somewhat later; and contains memorials of the Rowdellfamily, Bishop Lisle, who was vicar, and the philosopher Dr. Demainbray. There is a national school.

1. John Marius Wilson, “Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales,” (Edinburgh: A, Fullerton & Co., 1870). Online | here.

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.

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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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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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