Hounslow, Middlesex Genealogy

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Parish History
HOUNSLOW, a district chapelry, and formerly a market-town, partly in theparish of Isleworth, but chiefly in that of Heston, union of Brentford, hundred of Isleworth, county of Middlesex, 9½ miles (W. S. W.) from London; The ancientchapel of the priory, which, after the Reformation, was used as a chapel of ease to Heston, was taken down, and the erection of a newchurch on its site was completed in Dec. 1829, There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

HOUNSLOW Holy Trinity, was created a district chapelry [by 1708], and was formerly a market-town, lying partly in the Parish of Isleworth, but mostly in the Parish of Heston, union of Brentford, hundred of Isleworth, County of Middlesex, 9½ miles west by southwest of London. The ancient priory chapel was, after the Reformation, used as a chapel of ease to Heston. A new chapel was built on its site, and was completed in December 1829.'


 * Holy Trinity - 1708
 * St Dunstan &amp; Holy Angels - 1882
 * St George’s Barrack Chapel -
 * St Paul, Hounslow Heath - 1873

FindMyPast has digitised Hounslow St Paul baptisms


 * St Richard of Chichester, Forge La -
 * St Stephen - 1877

There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

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.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Hounslow 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.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

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
Hounslow on GENUKI