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England London Boroughs   Redbridge

Guide to London Borough of Redbridge history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
As with most of the other London Boroughs, the British Government action of 1965 destroyed all traces of the original settlements from the point of view of Family History. Researchers should instead consider researching Redbridge in its original county of Essex.

At the time of the Domesday Survey the hundred of Redbridge (Rodbrige, xi cent.) included the parishes of Eling, Fawley, Dibden, Oakley in Mottisfont, 'Hariford' (perhaps Hartford in Beaulieu), Otterwood in Beaulieu, 'Gatingeorde' (perhaps Gatewood in Exbury), ' Titegrave' (perhaps Tidgrove in Kingsclere) and 'Roweste' and 'Northam,' which have not been identified. In 1316 only Eling, Dibden and Stone in Fawley remained in the hundred. Stone was transferred between 1831 and 1841 to Dibden Liberty,  in which the rest of the parish of Fawley is now situated. Wigley has always formed part of Thorngate Hundred. Cadnam also, which lies partly in the parish of Eling and partly in that of Minstead, has always been in the hundred of Thorngate.

A survey of the hundred was taken in 1651. The court leet and law day were held twice yearly at Hocktide and Martinmas, either at Totton or Lyndhurst, as were the three-weekly hundred courts. In the tithing of Eling it was the custom for the last taker of any land there to do the service of tithingman. The steward for the courts was usually appointed by the Warden of the New Forest, who was also, as a rule, the owner of the hundred for the time being. The bailiff was appointed by the sheriff of the county.

Redbridge was a royal hundred, but was several times given in dower to the queens consort of England or otherwise granted out by the Crown, and in this way was granted to Eleanor (in 1279) and Margaret (in 1299), consorts of Edward I; Isabella consort of Edward II in 1318, Philippa consort of Edward III in 1331, who granted it to Thomas West in 1333 and John de Beauchamp about 1343. The king confirmed it to John de Beauchamp in 1359–60, and granted it to Richard de Pembrugg in 1360; to Sir John de Foxle in 1372–3 and 1376); to Edward Duke of York in 1397; to Sir Edward Courtenay in 1415; and to Thomas Earl of Salisbury in 1418. It was granted to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester in 1428, and in 1441 to William de la Pole Earl of Suffolk on the death or cession of Duke Humphrey. The duke held it until his death in 1446–7, and it was granted in 1461 to William Fiennes Lord Say and Sele, who surrendered it in 1467 to William Earl of Arundel, to whom a grant of the hundred was made for life with remainder to Sir Thomas Arundel and his heirs male by Margaret his wife. This grant was confirmed in 1490 to Thomas, then Earl of Arundel. (fn. 30) No further grants of the hundred have been found until 1624, when it was granted to the Earl of Pembroke during the minority of the Earl of Southampton, by whose father the hundred had formerly been held. In 1668 a warrant was issued for a grant of the hundred to Charles Lord St. John de Basing,  and in 1689 it was confirmed to him as Marquess of Winchester.  Presumably in the next century it reverted to the Crown, by whose appointment the office of steward of the hundred of Redbridge and the manor of Lyndhurst is held.

The Redbridge formed part of the ancient parish of Barking, Essex. In 1888 it became part of the new civil parish of Ilford. The civil parish became a local board district in 1890, urban district in 1894 and municipal borough in 1926. The Municipal Borough of Ilford was abolished in 1965 and its former area became part of the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Buckingham Road Cemetery


 * 495 High Rd
 * Ilford IG1 1RE

Barkingside Garden of Rest


 * 87 Greenleafe Dr
 * Ilford IG6 1LH

Forest Park Cemetery and Crematorium


 * Forest Rd
 * lford, Hainault IG6 3HP
 * Phone: +44 20 8501 2236

Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium


 * Holders Hill Rd
 * London NW7 1NB
 * Phone: +44 20 8359 3370

Roding Lane Cemetery


 * Woodford
 * Woodford Green IG8 8NA
 * Phone: +44 20 8501 2236

Parishes
Christ the Saviour


 * New Broadway
 * Ealing, London W5 2XA
 * Phone: +44 20 8567 1288

St Paul's


 * Ridley Ave
 * London W13 9XW
 * Phone: +44 20 8579 9444

St Mary's


 * St Mary's Rd
 * London W5 5RH
 * Phone: +44 20 8579 7134

St Peter's


 * Mount Park Road
 * Ealing London W5 2RU
 * Phone: +44 20 8997 3655

St Stephen's


 * 1 St Stephen's Rd
 * London W13 8HB
 * Phone: +44 20 8991 0164

St John's


 * St James' Ave
 * London W13 9DJ
 * Phone: +44 20 8840 2586

St John with St. James


 * Mattock Ln
 * London W13 9LA
 * Phone: +44 20 8566 3507

St Matthew's


 * N Common Rd
 * London W5 2QA
 * Phone: +44 20 8567 3820

Non Conformists

 * Baptist
 * Bliss Community Church
 * Church of Christ
 * Church of the Assension
 * Ealing Christian Center
 * Living Hope Church
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * The Vineyard Church

Additionally the following non-Christian groups have assemblies in the region of Glasgow:


 * Buddhist
 * Hindu
 * Jewish
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths records have been kept by the UK government since July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, local parishes of the Episcopal Church, and other religious organizations, were the only repositories of this information.

Ealing does have a BMD records office as listed below:


 * Ealing Town Hall
 * New Broadway, W5 2BY
 * Tel:(020) 8825 7171

On line documents can be obtained from:


 * Ealing Borough Council


 * freebmd.org: Ealing


 * ukbmd.org: Ealing


 * ukbmd.org: Middlesex Parish records

Local Histories

 * Ealing Council: Area History


 * Vision of Britain: Ealing


 * National Archives: Ealing Local History Center


 * Ealing, a Concise History by Peter Hounsell


 * Ealing then and Now by Jonathan Oates and Paul Howard Lang

Maps and Gazetteers

 * viamichelin map of Ealing


 * Ealing Council: maps


 * oldmapsonline: Ealing


 * Vision of Britain: Ealing Gazetteer


 * genuli: Ealing Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * getwestlondon: all about Ealing


 * Ealingtoday: internet newspaper


 * The Ealing Times


 * The London Evening Standard: Ealing news

Occupations
Ealing's major claim to fame are its film studios, which are the oldest in the world and are known especially for the Ealing comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets, Passport to Pimlico, The Ladykillers and The Lavender Hill Mob. The studios were taken over by the BBC in 1955, with one consequence being that Ealing locations appeared in television programs including Doctor Who to Monty Python's Flying Circus. Most recently, these studios have again been used for making films, including Notting Hill and The Importance of Being Earnest. Most recently, St Trinian's, a remake of the classic film, was produced by Ealing Studios; some locations in Ealing can be seen in this film.

Since the UK eliminated the 10:00 pm closing time for all pubs and night clubs, Ealing has a developed night-time economy that is backed by numerous pubs and restaurants located on The Mall, The Broadway and New Broadway (forming part of the greater Uxbridge Road).

At the center of West London between London’s West End and Heathrow airport, Ealing is in a strong economic position. West London is a strong attraction for visitors and tourists and this tourism alone is said to generate over £2 billion annually.

Major companies/employers with a presence in Ealing include: AMT Coffee, Bestway, Carphone Warehouse, Diageo, Ealing Studios, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Glaxosmithkline (GSK), Initial Security Ltd, JRS Asian Foods, Katsouris Fresh Foods, MW Kellogg Ltd, Noon Products Ltd, Northworld Ltd, Sunrise Radio, The Tetley Group, TNS, Ultra Electronics, United Biscuits, Walkers and West LondoMental Health Trust.

In the North East of the borough is the Park Royal Industrial Estate, shared with the London boroughs of Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham. This is the largest industrial estate in Europe, covering about 263 hectares (650 acres). Park Royal Industrial Estate started in the 1940s with a focus on heavy industries, including the production of jet engines.Current specialities are: food (in particular ethnic food) film & TV transport & logistics.

Societies

 * London, Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society


 * The Middlesex Genealogy Society


 * London Roots research Group


 * Ealing History Society

Archives

 * The National Archives: Ealing


 * ealingewsextra: Archives


 * newspaperarchives: Ealing

Web Sites

 * Albans wikipedia; St Albans


 * St Albans District Council


 * Hertfordshire County Council