Winchmore Hill, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
WINCHMORE-HILL, a chapelry, in the parish, union, and hundred of Edmonton, county of Middlesex, 8 miles (N.) from London. The chapel, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 1828. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, for Independents, and Wesleyans; and a national school. .

Additional information:

From: 'Wincanton - Windy Nook', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 592-613. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51412 Date accessed: 29 October 2013. St. Paul's, Winchmore Hill was a chapel of ease (or chapelry) built in the year 1805 and lay within the civil parish boundaries of Edmonton All Saints.

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.

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Winchore Hill in Edmonton on GENUKI