Perivale, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Perivale

Parish History
PERRIVALE, a parish, in the union of Brentford, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, 3¼ miles (S. by E.) from the town of Harrow; containing 46 inhabitants. It is on the bank of the Brent river, a short distance from the Paddington canal; and comprises 627 acres, of which 34 are common or waste. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Lady T. Croft; net income, £185.

1. Samuel Lewis, ed. A Topographical Dictionary of England 555-558. (London: S. Lewis and Co., 1848), Online | here, (accessed: 03 May 2010).

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.

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Census records
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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
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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