Hayes, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Hayes

Hayes, Middlesex family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HAYES, or HEESE, a village, aparish, and a sub-district, in Uxbridge district, Middlesex. The village stands near the Grand Junction canal and the Great Western railway, 3½ miles SE of Uxbridge.

Hayes St. Mary, a[n ancient] parish [1557], in the union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, 2 miles west by northwest from Southall (with the hamlets of Botwell and Yeading).

The following two chapelries also subdivided Hayes Parish:


 * Norwood - 1654
 * Southall Green - 1839

Nonconformist churches were built for Baptists, Independents, and Methodists as well.

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.

1666 Hearth Tax

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

Probate records
Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, and Shoreham probate records are available online at for free.

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
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain