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England London Boroughs  Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Guide to The Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames history, family history, and genealogy parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
As with all other London Boroughs created in 1965, Family History researchers need to understand that this is a melding of many historic areas without consideration to history or family research. Researchers should plan on using old Surrey county records, as well as referring to the old Boroughs' towns and villages as listed below.

This area of the London Suburbs has major historic significance, dating to before the conquest of William the Conqueror. Many of the major Saxon kings had their coronations here, as identified below, using the ancient coronation seat shown in the main heading.

Kingston was called Cyninges tun in AD 838, Chingestune in 1086, Kingeston in 1164, Kyngeston super Tamisiam in 1321 and Kingestowne upon Thames in 1589. The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun. It belonged to the king in Saxon times and was the earliest royal borough. The first surviving record of Kingston is from AD 838 as the site of a meeting between King Egbert of Wessex and Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury. Kingston lay on the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, until in the early tenth century when King Athelstan united both to create the kingdom of England. Probably because of the town's symbolic location, several tenth-century kings were crowned in Kingston, Æthelstan in 925, Eadred in 946 and Æthelred in 978. Other kings who may have been crowned there are Edward the Elder in 902, Edmund in 939, Eadwig in 956, Edgar in about 960 and Edward the Martyr in 975.

The church was built about the 14th century; retains portions of a previous church, of Norman character, built by Archbishop Lanfranc; has a western embattled tower, with lofty spire; was recently repaired and beautified, at a cost of £7,000; and contains a Norman font of Purbeck marble, and many interesting brasses and monuments.

The grammar school was founded in 1571, by John Lyon, a yeoman of the parish; has a very small income from endowment, with four exhibitions and two scholarships at the universities; is free to all boys who are natives of the parish, and also receives "Foreigners." It is conducted on the same system as Eton; and has now an attendance of about 500 scholars. Archery was originally a part of the school training, but ceased to be so in 1771.

The original building (see picture above), erected about three years after the founder's death, still exists, and is a Tudor structure, of red brick, with stone dressings. Several commodious residences, for the undermaster and the pupils, in a Tudor style to comport with the original building, are of recent erection. There is a memorial library, in honor of the distinguished headmaster, Dr. Vaughan, and after designs by Mr. Scott, and was erected in 1863. Queen Victoria visited the school in 1848. The present Archbishop of Canterbury was master; and the antiquary Baxter, Sir W. Jones, Sheridan, Dr. Parr, the traveller Bruce, Sir Robert Peel, the Marquis of Hastings, Lord Byron, Lord Palmerston, Lord Dalhousie, Archbishop Trench, and Lord Normanby were all scholars here.

Harrow Urban District was formed in 1934 as an urban district of Middlesex by the Middlesex Review Order 1934, as a merger of the former area of Harrow on the Hill Urban District, Hendon Rural District and Wealdstone Urban District. The local authority was Harrow Urban District Council.

The urban district gained the status of municipal borough on 4 May 1954 and the urban district council became Harrow Borough Council. The 50th anniversary of the incorporation as a borough was celebrated in April 2004, which included a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its former area was transferred to Greater London from Middlesex under the London Government Act 1963 to form the London Borough of Harrow. It is the only London borough to replicate exactly the unchanged boundaries of a single former district. This was probably because its population was large enough.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Harrow Cemetery


 * 46 Devonshire Rd
 * Harrow HA1 4LR

Harrow Weald Cemetery


 * Stanmore HA7 3JS

Eastcote Lane Cemetery


 * 6 Reverend Cl
 * Harrow HA2 8DP

Wealdstone Cemetery


 * 111 Kenmore Ave
 * Harrow HA3 8PA

Carpenders Lawn Cemetery


 * Oxhey Ln
 * Watford WD19 5RL
 * Phone: +44 20 8937 5733

Kensal Green Cemetery


 * Harrow Rd
 * London W10 4RA
 * Phone: +44 20 8969 0152

St Mary's Catholic Cemetery


 * Harrow Rd
 * White City, London NW10 5NU
 * Phone: +44 20 8969 1145

Parishes
St Peter's


 * Sumner Rd
 * Harrow HA1 4BX
 * Phone: +44 20 8422 6297

St John's Greenhill


 * Sheepcote Rd
 * Harrow HA1 2JE
 * Phone: +44 20 8863 3690

St John the Baptist


 * Church Ln
 * Pinner HA5 3AA
 * Phone: +44 20 8866 2676

All Saints


 * 90 Uxbridge Rd
 * Stanmore, Harrow HA3 6DQ
 * Phone: +44 20 8954 8865

St Michael and All Angels'


 * 95 Bishop Ken Rd
 * Harrow HA3 7HP
 * Phone: +44 20 8861 1383

St Mary the Virgin


 * 3 St Leonards Ave
 * Harrow HA3 8EJ
 * Phone: +44 20 8907 2914

St Margaret of Antioch


 * 1 Station Rd
 * Edgware HA8 7JE
 * Phone: +44 20 8952 4066

St Andrew's


 * 200 Malvern Ave
 * Harrow HA2 9HE

St Lawrence's


 * Whitchurch Ln
 * Edgware HA8 6QS
 * Phone: +44 20 8952 0019

St Andrew


 * 956 Harrow Rd
 * Wembley HA0 2QA
 * Phone: +44 20 8904 4016

Non Conformists
The following other Christian denominations and religions are also represented in Harrow Borough:


 * All Saints
 * Baptists
 * Evangelical
 * Christian Science
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Greek Orthodox
 * Jehovah's Witness
 * Methodists
 * The Potters House
 * Presbyterians
 * Roman Catholics
 * Roxeth Community CHurch
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * South Harrow Christian Fellowship
 * V2V Community Church

Non Christian populations include:


 * Baha'i
 * Buddhists
 * Confucian
 * Hindus
 * Jews
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths, have been kept by the UK government from July 1837 to the present day.


 * Harrow Council BMD records


 * ukbmd.org: Harrow District


 * ukbmd.org: Middlesex

Local Histories

 * Harrow Council HIstory Center


 * british history on line: Harrow and Pinner


 * british history on line: Hendon


 * vision of britain: Wealdstone


 * wordery: Harrow through time by Don Walter


 * Book of Wealdstone by Ron Brown


 * A HIstory of Hendon by John Hopkins

Maps and Gazetteers

 * google maps: Harrow Borough


 * viamichelin: Harrow street map


 * oldmapsonline: Harrow


 * francis frith: old maps of Hendon


 * {https://www.francisfrith.com/wealdstone/maps francis frith: old maps of Wealdstone]


 * hidden-london: Harrow on the Hill Gazetteer


 * hidden-london: Hendon Gazetteer

Newspapers

 * The Harrow Times


 * Get West London, Harrow


 * The London Evening Standard: Harrow edition

Occupations
Historically Enfield was a community of mechanical and engineering technicians. For many years, the Royal Small Arms factory was located there, as were a number of other specialty engineering and manufacturing firms.

The world's first solid state circuitry color televisions were manufactured by Ferguson at their now closed plant in Enfield. The first mass-produced dishwasher was manufactured in Hotpoint's now closed Enfield plant. The Barclays Bank branch in Enfield was the first place in the world to have an ATM or cash machine.

However these are all gone, and Enfield is primarily a bedroom city for Greater London. The only real occupations now available locally are in the retail and service areas.

In 2007, Enfield Town center completed a major redevelopment project under the name PalaceXchange while retaining the Palace Gardens Shopping Center. An extension was added to the existing retail area with many new shops, and a second multi-storey car park was built along with a new road layout.

A major redevelopment of Edmonton Green including the shopping center, and adjacent municipal housing over a wide area, started in 1999. This is still on-going, and provides new housing, health facilities, a new leisure center, a supermarket, and many other civic features.

Many local activities are located around the A10 road, on the sites of former industrial enterprises, which has a number of large retail outlets and a large multiplex Cineworld cinema.

Societies

 * London Westminster and Middlesex FHS


 * West Middlesex FHS

Archives

 * The Harrow Borough Council Archives


 * The National Archives: Harrow Collection


 * The National Archives: Hendon and Barnet Archives

Web Sites

 * Borough of Enfield wikipedia, London Borough of Enfield


 * London Borough of Enfield Council


 * Middlesex County Council history