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England London Boroughs  Hillingdon

Guide to London Borough of Hillingdon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
Hillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex that originally included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s Hillingdon experienced a rapid increase in population and was absorbed by Uxbridge Urban District in 1929. It has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

As befits a settlement that has given its name to the modern borough, Hillingdon has a long history. Once occupying a clearing in the dense woodland that covered the area, its name probably referred to ‘the hill of a man called Hilda’, although others have construed it as ‘the fort on a hill’ and cited dubious stories of a battle in which the Mercians defeated the West Saxons.

The church of St John the Baptist was in existence by 1100 and parts of the present structure date from the 13th century. The road to Oxford, which runs north-westwards through the middle of Hillingdon, divided the uncultivated north from the fertile south, where most of the early farms and dwellings were established. Several areas of common land had attracted settlement to their fringes by the late Middle Ages, including Hillingdon Heath, Colham Green, Pield Heath and Goulds Green.

The Red Lion has stood on the green west of the church since the 16th century and Charles I is said to have rested here in 1646. Numerous gentlemen’s residences were built in the southern part of the parish and of the present-day survivors the most impressive are Cedar House (now offices) and Hillingdon Court (now a school).

Uxbridge gained economic and administrative ascendancy over Hillingdon and the village languished until the early 20th century, when tram services to London began. In the west, the government acquired the much-rebuilt Hillingdon House and established the airfield that became RAF Uxbridge.

After the First World War private developers began to expand the village into a commuter suburb, although many open spaces were retained as playing fields and recreation grounds. The council acquired Coney Green in 1926 and an ancient earthwork was later uncovered here.

The conversion of the main road into a dual carriageway in the mid-1930s coincided with the fullest spate of growth to both the north and south, with the council supplementing the efforts of commercial builders. The new locality of North Hillingdon came into existence at this time.

At Colham Green, post-war council estates greatly increased the population and Hillingdon Hospital was rebuilt in a high-rise design in 1962. The hospital has since been radically redeveloped yet again.

The strength of Uxbridge as a commercial center has prevented the old village from acting as a focus for the wider suburb, which has had the benefit of preserving some of its charm, despite the intrusion of the busy road.

RAF Uxbridge closed in 2010 and the site is presently being redeveloped as St Andrew’s Park. Hillingdon House may be converted into a restaurant, with office space above. The RAF station’s ‘Battle of Britain Bunker’ is open to the public. An adjacent visitor centre opened in March 2018.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Hillindon and Uxbridge Cemetery


 * Hillingdon Hill
 * Hillingdon UB10 0JB

Cherry Lane Cemetery


 * Shepiston Lane
 * Harlington, Hayes UB3 1RN

Harlingdon Burial Ground


 * St. Peter's Way
 * Harlington, Hayes UB3 5AB

Harmondsworth Burial Ground


 * Harmondsworth Village UB7 0AG

Northwood Cemetery


 * Chestnut Avenue
 * Northwood HA6 1HR

Victoria Lane Burial Ground


 * Victoria Lane
 * Harlington UB3 5EW

West Drayton Cemetery


 * Harmondsworth Road
 * West Drayton UB7 9JS

Parishes
St Giles', Ickenham


 * 38 Swakeleys Rd
 * Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8BE, UK
 * Phone: +44 1895 622971

All Saints


 * 87 Victoria Ave
 * Uxbridge UB10 9AJ
 * Phone: +44 1895 239457

Saint John the Baptist


 * Royal Ln
 * Uxbridge UB8 3QP
 * Phone: +44 7972 618584

St Andrew's


 * Hillingdon Road
 * Uxbridge UB10 0AE
 * Phone: +44 1895 258766

St Martin's


 * Eastcote Rd
 * Ruislip HA4 8DG
 * Phone: +44 1895 625456

St Joseph's


 * Yeading La
 * Northolt UB5 6JS
 * Phone: +44 20 8842 4766

St Lawrence'


 * 5 Bridle Rd
 * Pinner HA5 2SL

St Margaret's


 * 52A Windsor St
 * Uxbridge UB8 1UT
 * Phone: +44 1895 258766

Holy Trinity


 * Gateway Cl
 * Northwood HA6 2RP
 * Phone: +44 1923 822990

Non Conformists

 * Baptist
 * Bell Farm Church
 * Christ Church
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Evangelical
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Lutheran
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * Roman Catholic
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Soteria Church

There are a number of communities of non Christian religions including the following:


 * Baha'i
 * Buddhist
 * Scientology
 * Confucian
 * Jewish
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the UK government from July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, the only available records were those kept by the ecclesiastical bodies.

Hillingdon Borough has a registration office for BMD records as follows:


 * Civic Center
 * High St
 * Uxbridge UB8 1UW
 * Phone: +44 1895 558250


 * Hillingdon Borough BMD records


 * bmd-certificates: Hillilngdon Borough


 * ukbmd org: Hillingdon District

Local Histories

 * hidden london: Hillingdon


 * London Borough of Hillingdon: History


 * british history on line: Hillingdon and Uxbridge


 * vision of britain: Hillingdon


 * Northwood through time by Eileen Boult


 * Uxbridge, Hillingdon and Cowley History

Maps and Gazetteers

 * maplandia.com: Hillingdon


 * old maps on line: Hillingdon


 * francis frish: old maps of Uxbridge


 * genuki uk Hillingdon gazetteer


 * hidden london: Uxbridge gazetteer


 * hidden london: Cowley

Newspapers

 * The Hillingdon Times


 * getwestlondon: all about Hillingdon


 * uxbridge and west drayton gazette

Occupations
While most of Lambeth's population work outside the Borough, Lambeth is a reasonably affluent area of London. The following Labor statistics for 2017 indicates the areas of employment actually practiced.

Employment by occupation (Jan 2017-Dec 2017) Lambeth

(Numbers)	Lambeth(%)	London(%)	Great Britain(%)

Soc 2010 Major Group 1-3	130,000	63.4	55.5	45.7


 * 1 Mgrs, Dirs And Sen Offic	23,400	11.4	12.3	10.9
 * 2 Professional Occupations	65,400	31.8	25.6	20.3
 * 3 Assoc Profess & Tech 	41,300	20.1	17.5	14.4

Soc 2010 Major Group 4-5	33,100	16.1	17.3	20.8


 * 4 Administrative & Secr	23,900	11.6	9.8	10.3
 * 5 Skilled Trades Occup	9,200	4.5	7.5	10.3

Soc 2010 Major Group 6-7	25,300	12.3	14.0	16.7


 * 6 Care, Leisure & Other Serv 17,200	8.4	7.1	9.1
 * 7 Sales And Customer Serv     8,100	3.9	6.8	7.5

Soc 2010 Major Group 8-9	16,700	8.2	13.2	16.9


 * 8 Process & Machine Oper	#	#	4.4	6.3
 * 9 Elementary Occupations	13,500	6.6	8.8	10.5

Lambeth’s major business sectors include the creative and digital industries, professional and financial services, life sciences and healthcare and hospitality and tourism with major employers such as IBM, ITV, National Theatre, The South Bank Centre and Shell UK all established here.

Creative and Digital Industries Underpinned by a world class cultural offer, Lambeth is positioning itself as London’s next creative and digital industries hub. Already home to creative and tech giants ITV, IBM and soon to be HQ for Apple in neighbouring Battersea, we believe Lambeth offers the right environment for the fusion of these two industries.

Healthcare and life sciences Anchored by two of London’s leading hospitals, Guy’s St Thomas’s and King’s College, Lambeth is the focus for a cluster of healthcare and life services companies who range from traditional to highly innovative with incubators like the Health Foundry encouraging collaboration with new digital technologies.

Tourism, Hospitality, and Night Time Economy With top ten London visitor attractions such as the London Eye and Southbank Centre, along with the iconic town centre of Brixton, Lambeth is a hotspot for tourism. Hotels located on the South Bank have some of the highest occupancy rates in the country and cater equally for the tourist and corporate markets.

Our night time economy is thriving. Supporting 8,000 jobs, Lambeth’s clubs, bars, restaurants and theatres attract an in international audience. Brixton, Clapham, the South Bank and all have famed nightlife.

Lambeth’s food and hospitality offer certainly registers an impressive and varied footprint. We know that with an ever competitive market to attract the right talent, the hospitality and culture of an area is crucial to your choice of location. Extending from one of London’s busiest restaurant strips on the South Bank to new high end restaurants such as Mark Hix’s latest venture Pharmacy 2 and the long established and equally innovative indoor food markets of Brixton, Lambeth has the variety to cater to even the most niche requirements.

Professional and Financial Services Lambeth is increasingly a location of choice for professional and financial services who are attracted by central London floor space at competitive rates and central location position.

Societies

 * Hillingdon Family History Society


 * London, Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society


 * West Middlesex FHS

Archives

 * Hillingdon Borough archives


 * The National Archives: Hillingdon Borough


 * artuk: Hillingdon Archives


 * genuki uk Middlesex Archives


 * newspaper archives: Middlesex

Web Sites

 * wikipedia London Borough of Hillingdon


 * wikipedia, Hillingdon


 * wikipedia, Uxbridge


 * wikipedia, Middlesex


 * Hillingdon Borough Council