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England London Boroughs  Hammersmith Fulham

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



History
As with all the other London Boroughs, Hammersmith Fulham Borough was organized by the central UK Government in 1965. This reorganization did not consider the need for historical records nor genealogical research. It was formed by merging the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith and the much more ancient Metropolitan Borough of Fulham. . All were previously  part of the County of Middlesex. Included later in this document are the web sites for the now defunct County of Middlesex that should be of major help in researching family history.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Hornchurch Cemetery


 * 24 Upminster Rd
 * Hornchurch RM12 6PA

Romford Cemetery


 * 3 Crow Ln
 * Romford RM7 0EL
 * Phone: +44 1708 434433

South Essex Crematorium


 * Ockendon Rd
 * Upminster RM14 2UY
 * Phone: +44 1708 434433

Rainham Cemetery


 * Upminster Rd N
 * Rainham RM13 9RY
 * Phone: +44 1708 434433

Marks Gate Cemetery


 * 19 Rams Grove
 * Dagenham, Romford RM6 5LB
 * Phone: +44 20 8590 3280

Eastbrookend Cemetery


 * The Chase
 * Dagenham Road
 * Rush Green, Romford, Dagenham RM10 7DR
 * Phone: +44 1708 447451

Parishes
St Peter's


 * Gubbins Ln
 * Harold Wood, Romford RM3 0QA
 * Phone: +44 1708 342080

St Andrew's

4 St Andrews Rd
 * Romford RM7 9AT
 * Phone: +44 1708 728583

St Luke's


 * 201 Front Ln
 * Upminster RM14 1LD
 * Phone: +44 1708 222562

St Edward the Confessor


 * Church House
 * Market Pl
 * Romford RM1 3AB
 * Phone: +44 1708 744973

St Andrew's, Hornchurch


 * 222 High St
 * Hornchurch RM12 6QP
 * Phone: +44 1708 441571

St Michael and All Angels


 * Gidea Park
 * Main Rd
 * Romford RM2 5EL
 * Phone: +44 1708 731057

St John the Evangelist


 * The Green
 * North Rd
 * London RM4 1PL
 * Phone: +44 1708 721310

St Paul's


 * 35 Barley Ln
 * Ilford IG3 8XE
 * Phone: +44 20 8983 8998

Church of the Good Shepherd


 * 3 Redriff Rd
 * Romford RM7 8HD
 * Phone: +44 1708 745626

St Thomas'


 * Church Rd
 * Noak Hill, Romford RM4 1LD
 * Phone: +44 1708 343923

St Helen and St Giles


 * Rainham RM13 9YL, UK

St Thomas' of Canterbury


 * St Thomas Church Centre
 * St Thomas Rd
 * Brentwood CM14 4DF
 * Phone: +44 1277 201094

Non Conformists
Other Christian and non-christian groups follow:


 * Baptist
 * Celestial Church of Christ
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Evangelical
 * Immanuel Ministries
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Lutheran
 * Methodist
 * Redeemed Christian Church of God
 * Roman Catholic
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist

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


 * Buddhist
 * 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. As the Borough of Havering was previously considered part of Essex County, there is a link to the Essex County records below.


 * Havering Borough BMD records


 * ukbmd.org: Havering District BMD records


 * Essex County Council BMD records

Local Histories

 * british history on line: Romford


 * localhistories.org: Hornchurch


 * vision of britain.org: Upminster


 * vision of britain.org: Rainham


 * Romford; A History by Brian Evans


 * Voices of Hornchurch by Patricia Pound


 * Dagenham and Rainham past by Sue Curtis

Maps and Gazetteers

 * London Borough of HAvering map


 * old maps of Romford


 * francis frith: old maps of Hornchurch


 * oldmapsonline: Havering


 * francis frith: old maps of Upminster


 * hidden london: gazetteer of Havering-atte-Bower


 * hidden london: Romford gazetteer


 * hidden london: Upminster gazetteer


 * visionofbritain: Rainham gazetteer

Newspapers

 * The Romford Recorder


 * The Enquirer, Havering


 * The London Evening Standard, Havering

Occupations
The Borough of Havering is primarily a bedroom city for the greater London economy. Havering has a lower population density than other London Boroughs as large areas are parkland and 23 square miles (60 km2) (more than half the borough) is Metropolitan Green Belt protected land. Those areas of development are extensive but rarely intensive.

There are over 7,000 small businesses based in Havering Borough. Romford is the main commercial hub of the borough with a small district of mainly office development close to the railway station. There is also some industry to the south between Rainham and the River Thames such as Rainham steel headquarters, on the boundary or Elm Park. Light industry elsewhere in the borough has been in decline. New industrial development is encouraged in the south of the borough and has been encouraged by the London Development Agency (now GLA Land and Property), with the opening of the Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence.

The main retail district is also located in Romford with several interconnected or nearby shopping arcades to the main Liberty Shopping Centre. Romford Market is located to the north of Romford and is the largest market within the borough and in the surrounding area. Hornchurch and Upminster are the other main retail centers with extensive high street shopping areas.

Romford has a developed night-time economy with one of the highest concentrations of bars and nightclubs anywhere in Greater London outside the West End with public transport radiating into all parts of the borough. This activity provides a quite extensive employment opportunity locally.

Societies

 * East of London FHS


 * Romford and District History Society


 * Hornchurch and District History Society

Archives

 * City of London Archives: Havering


 * The National Archives: Havering


 * Havering Museum: Romford Archives


 * The National Archives: Hornchurch


 * Havering Museum: Upminster Archives


 * Medway Archives: Rainham

Web Sites

 * London Borough of Havering: wikipedia


 * Romford: wikipedia


 * Hornchurch: wikipedia


 * Upminster: wikipedia


 * Rainham, London: wikipedia


 * Essex England County Council