Twyford Abbey, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Twyford Abbey

Parish History
"TWYFORD-ABBEY, an extra-parochial tract in Hendon district, Middlesex; 8½ miles WNW of St. Paul's, London. Acres, 300. Pop., 18. Houses, 4. T. Abbey is the seat of T. Wood, Esq.; and a small church is in its grounds."¹

"TWYFORD, an extra-parochial liberty, in the union of Kensington, Kensington division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county of Middlesex, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from London; containing 27 inhabitants. Near this place, the London and Birmingham railway is carried over the valley of the Brent by a viaduct 30 feet wide, resting upon a river arch of 60 feet span, and 6 semicircular land arches of 16 feet span each. There is a private chapel at Twyford Abbey."²

This is extra parochial place also known as West Twyford.

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

2. Samuel Lewis, ed. A Topographical Dictionary of England 404-407. (London: S. Lewis and Co., 1848), Online | here, (accessed: 05 May 2010).

Civil Registration
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Church 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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Web sites
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