Roxeth, Middlesex Genealogy

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Parish History
ROXETH, a hamlet, in the parish of Harrow-on-the-Hill, union of Hendon, hundred of Gore, county of Middlesex; containing 842 inhabitants.¹

ROXETH, a hamlet and a chapelry in Harrow-on-the-Hill parish, Middlesex. The hamlet lies nominally 1 mile S W of Harrow town; but, by great recent increase in buildings, has become almost united with it. The manor was originally part of Harrow manor; was given as a separate possession, in 1371, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Sir William Brembre; passed to the Dudleys, the Hutchinsons, the Nicolls, and P. Hart, Esq.; and, at the death of Mr. Hart, was divided among three. The chapelry was constituted in 1861. Post-town, Harrow. Pop., 890. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £196. Patrons, Trustees.²

1. From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 705-707. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51247 Date accessed: 12 May 2010.

2. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870)

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