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England London Boroughs  Hillindon

Guide to London Borough of Hillindon 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)
Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting


 * Blackshaw Rd
 * Tooting, London SW17 0BY
 * Phone: +44 20 7926 4221

West Norwood Cemetery


 * Norwood Rd
 * West Norwood SE27 9JU
 * Phone: +44 20 7926 7999

Streatham Cemetery


 * Garratt Ln
 * London SW17 0LT
 * Phone: +44 20 7926 4221

Parishes
St John the Evangelist


 * Wiltshire Road
 * Brixton,London SW9 7NE

St Paul


 * 184 Ferndale Road
 * Brixton, London SW9 8AH

Christ Church


 * 90 Brixton Road
 * London, SW9 6BE
 * Tel: 020 7587 0375

Christ Church and St John


 * 39 Union Grove
 * London SW8 2QJ
 * Tel: 020-7622 3552

St John the Evangelist


 * Clapham Road
 * London SW9 9AR
 * Tel: 020-7498 4625

The Holy Spirit


 * Narbonne Avenue
 * Clapham, London, SW4 9JS
 * Tel 020 8675 8094

Holy Trinity and St Peter


 * 25 The Chase
 * London SW4 0NP
 * Tel: 020-7498 6879

St Paul


 * Rectory Grove
 * Clapham SW4 0DX
 * Tel: 020 7622 2128

St John the Divine with St James the Apostle


 * 92 Vassall Road
 * London SW9 6JA
 * Tel: 020 7735 9340

St Mark


 * 337 Kennington Park Rd
 * London SE11 4PW
 * Tel: 020 7582 7029

St Anne and All Saints


 * Miles Street
 * South Lambeth Road
 * London SW8 1SA
 * Tel: 020 7735 3191

St Stephen


 * St Stephen's Terrace
 * London SW8 1DH
 * Tel: 020-7564 1930

St Andrew


 * Landor Road
 * London SW9 9JE

St Michael


 * Stockwell Park Road
 * London SW9 0DA

Non Conformists

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

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


 * Baha'i
 * Buddhist
 * Scientology
 * Confucian
 * Jews
 * 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.


 * Lambeth Council BMD records


 * ukbmd: Lambeth registration district


 * bmd certificates: Lambeth

Local Histories

 * British History on line: Lambeth


 * Vision of Britain: Lambeth in Surrey


 * Lambeth Parish History by Thomas Allen


 * Lambeth Past by Hannah Renier


 * Lambeth, Kennington, and Clapham by Jill Dudman

Maps and Gazetteers

 * google maps of Lambeth Borough


 * francis frith: old maps of Lambeth


 * old maps on line: Lambeth


 * genuki: gazetteer of 1868 Lambeth


 * hidden london: Lambeth Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * lonndon live: Lambeth


 * London Evening Standard: Lambeth edition


 * The Southwark News

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

 * Lewisham history society


 * East Surrey Family History Society


 * West Surrey Family History Society


 * Surrey County Council family history websites

Archives

 * Lambeth Council archives


 * The National Archives: Lambeth


 * The National Archives: Wandsworth


 * Vauxhall History: Kennington Archives


 * Surrey County Council: Archives and History

Web Sites

 * Lambeth Council website


 * wikipedia: Lambeth


 * wikipedia: Borough of Lambeth


 * Surrey County Council