Hampton, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes 

Guide to Hampton St Mary, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
St Mary's Thames Street in Hampton was established by about 1554.

'Hampton The Blessed Virgin Mary, a parish (1554), in the union of Kingston, hundred of Spelthorne, County of Middlesex, 13½ miles west by southwest of London. This parish also had within it the chapelry of Hampton-Wick, New Hampton, and The Royal Chapel or Hampton Chapel-Royal.

'The parish also a place of worship for Independents.'

The Victoria County History of Hampton with Hampton Wick (1911) is available online. It includes a history of land ownership, manors, church, advowson, and charities.

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.

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.

1666 Hearth Tax

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

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
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

Websites
Hampton on GENUKI