Willesden, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to Willesden, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WILLESDEN St. Mary, a parish, in the union of Hendon, Kensington division of the hundred of Ossulstone, County of Middlesex, 5 miles west by northwest of London. The parish contains the ancient village of Neasden, the village of Harlesden Green, part of Kensal Green (the two latter on the Harrow Road), and a part of the large village of Kilburn.'

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
Here is a list of St Mary Willesden Parish's chapels of ease and district churches, all lying within its boundary prior to about 1900:


 * St Mary the Virgin - 1569 (the ancient parish)
 * All Souls, Acton Lane - 1879
 * All Souls, Station Rd, Harlesden - 1875
 * Christ Church, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury - 1867
 * Holy Trinity, Brondesbury Lane, Kilburn - 1867
 * St Andrew's, Willesden Green - 1881
 * St Andrew and St Philip, Kensal Green - 1871
 * St Anne's, Salisbury Road - 1900
 * St Catherine's, Neasden Lane - 1879
 * St Cecilia's, Harlesden - 1896
 * St Gabriel's, Willesden Green - 1896
 * St John the Evangelist, Kilburn - 1864
 * St Luke the Evangelist, Kilburn - 1877
 * St Martin's, Kensal Rise - 1899
 * St Mary, Priory Rd, Kilburn - 1857
 * St Matthew's, St. Mary's Road - 1895
 * St Michael &amp; All Angels, Stonebridge - 1886
 * St Paul Kilburn Sq, Willesden -1859
 * St Paul's Chapel - 1825
 * St Peter's, College Park, Stonebridge - ND

Willesden parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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.


 * Records are also available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

1600 Lay Subsidy

 * 1600 - Lay Subsidy Returns for London, Middlesex, Surrey (north) 1593-1600: Wyllesdone (TNA E179/142/234) at Alan H. Nelson website - free

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Willesden at British History Online - free.

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.

Manorial Records
Records survive for seven manors in Willesden Parish: Bounds Manor (1422-1871), Brondesbury Manor (1649), Chamber's Manor (1649), Harlesden Manor (1437-1689), Malories Manor (1437-1448), Oxgate Manor (1649), and Willesden Rectory Manor (1675-1900). The Manorial Documents Register will help you locate these records.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Welcome to St Mary's: The Parish Church of Willesden (official website)
 * Willesden on GENUKI