Uxbridge Moor, St John the Evangelist, Middlesex Genealogy

Guide to Uxbridge Moor, St John the Evangelist, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Uxbridge Moor, St John the Evangelist Middlesex. UXBRIDGE, a market-town and chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Hillingdon, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, 15 miles W by N from London with the district of Uxbridge Moor. The most ancient name of this place was Oxebreuge, or Woxbrigge, which afterwards passed through the several variations of Waxbridge, Woxbridge, and Oxbridge, whence its present name. A district church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has been built at Uxbridge Moor, here are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends and Independents.

Additional information:

St John the Evangelist Uxbridge Moor, became a district church created from Hillingdon [civil] Parish by at least 1838, but quite possibly as early as 1827; it lies within the parish boundaries of St John Hillingdon.

To see an excellent 19th Century historical perspective on "UXBRIDGE", visit Vision of Britain.org

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.

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

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.

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
Uxbridge Moor in Hillingdon on GENUKI