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England London Boroughs  Hillingdon

Guide to London Borough of Hillingdon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
Hillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex that originally included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s Hillingdon experienced a rapid increase in population and was absorbed by Uxbridge Urban District in 1929. It has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

As befits a settlement that has given its name to the modern borough, Hillingdon has a long history. Once occupying a clearing in the dense woodland that covered the area, its name probably referred to ‘the hill of a man called Hilda’, although others have construed it as ‘the fort on a hill’ and cited dubious stories of a battle in which the Mercians defeated the West Saxons.

The church of St John the Baptist was in existence by 1100 and parts of the present structure date from the 13th century. The road to Oxford, which runs north-westwards through the middle of Hillingdon, divided the uncultivated north from the fertile south, where most of the early farms and dwellings were established. Several areas of common land had attracted settlement to their fringes by the late Middle Ages, including Hillingdon Heath, Colham Green, Pield Heath and Goulds Green.

The Red Lion has stood on the green west of the church since the 16th century and Charles I is said to have rested here in 1646. Numerous gentlemen’s residences were built in the southern part of the parish and of the present-day survivors the most impressive are Cedar House (now offices) and Hillingdon Court (now a school).

Uxbridge gained economic and administrative ascendancy over Hillingdon and the village languished until the early 20th century, when tram services to London began. In the west, the government acquired the much-rebuilt Hillingdon House and established the airfield that became RAF Uxbridge.

After the First World War private developers began to expand the village into a commuter suburb, although many open spaces were retained as playing fields and recreation grounds. The council acquired Coney Green in 1926 and an ancient earthwork was later uncovered here.

The conversion of the main road into a dual carriageway in the mid-1930s coincided with the fullest spate of growth to both the north and south, with the council supplementing the efforts of commercial builders. The new locality of North Hillingdon came into existence at this time.

At Colham Green, post-war council estates greatly increased the population and Hillingdon Hospital was rebuilt in a high-rise design in 1962. The hospital has since been radically redeveloped yet again.

The strength of Uxbridge as a commercial center has prevented the old village from acting as a focus for the wider suburb, which has had the benefit of preserving some of its charm, despite the intrusion of the busy road.

RAF Uxbridge closed in 2010 and the site is presently being redeveloped as St Andrew’s Park. Hillingdon House may be converted into a restaurant, with office space above. The RAF station’s ‘Battle of Britain Bunker’ is open to the public. An adjacent visitor centre opened in March 2018.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Hillindon and Uxbridge Cemetery


 * Hillingdon Hill
 * Hillingdon UB10 0JB

Cherry Lane Cemetery


 * Shepiston Lane
 * Harlington, Hayes UB3 1RN

Harlingdon Burial Ground


 * St. Peter's Way
 * Harlington, Hayes UB3 5AB

Harmondsworth Burial Ground


 * Harmondsworth Village UB7 0AG

Northwood Cemetery


 * Chestnut Avenue
 * Northwood HA6 1HR

Victoria Lane Burial Ground


 * Victoria Lane
 * Harlington UB3 5EW

West Drayton Cemetery


 * Harmondsworth Road
 * West Drayton UB7 9JS

Parishes
St Giles', Ickenham


 * 38 Swakeleys Rd
 * Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8BE, UK
 * Phone: +44 1895 622971

All Saints


 * 87 Victoria Ave
 * Uxbridge UB10 9AJ
 * Phone: +44 1895 239457

Saint John the Baptist


 * Royal Ln
 * Uxbridge UB8 3QP
 * Phone: +44 7972 618584

St Andrew's


 * Hillingdon Road
 * Uxbridge UB10 0AE
 * Phone: +44 1895 258766

St Martin's


 * Eastcote Rd
 * Ruislip HA4 8DG
 * Phone: +44 1895 625456

St Joseph's


 * Yeading La
 * Northolt UB5 6JS
 * Phone: +44 20 8842 4766

St Lawrence'


 * 5 Bridle Rd
 * Pinner HA5 2SL

St Margaret's


 * 52A Windsor St
 * Uxbridge UB8 1UT
 * Phone: +44 1895 258766

Holy Trinity


 * Gateway Cl
 * Northwood HA6 2RP
 * Phone: +44 1923 822990

Non Conformists

 * Baptist
 * Bell Farm Church
 * Christ Church
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Evangelical
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Lutheran
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * Roman Catholic
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Soteria Church

There are a number of communities of non Christian religions including the following:


 * Baha'i
 * Buddhist
 * Scientology
 * Confucian
 * Jewish
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the UK government from July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, the only available records were those kept by the ecclesiastical bodies.

Hillingdon Borough has a registration office for BMD records as follows:


 * Civic Center
 * High St
 * Uxbridge UB8 1UW
 * Phone: +44 1895 558250


 * Hillingdon Borough BMD records


 * bmd-certificates: Hillilngdon Borough


 * ukbmd org: Hillingdon District

Local Histories

 * hidden london: Hillingdon


 * London Borough of Hillingdon: History


 * british history on line: Hillingdon and Uxbridge


 * vision of britain: Hillingdon


 * Northwood through time by Eileen Boult


 * Uxbridge, Hillingdon and Cowley History

Maps and Gazetteers

 * maplandia.com: Hillingdon


 * old maps on line: Hillingdon


 * francis frish: old maps of Uxbridge


 * genuki uk Hillingdon gazetteer


 * hidden london: Uxbridge gazetteer


 * hidden london: Cowley

Newspapers

 * The Hillingdon Times


 * getwestlondon: all about Hillingdon


 * uxbridge and west drayton gazette

Occupations
Hillingdon has a large economy by national standards, ranked 14th out of 408 local area districts in Britain, and ranked 5th out of the London boroughs. A large part of the employment opportunities in the Borough are related to aerospace and avionics, and the UK's largest airport, London Heathrow, is located within its boundaries.

British Airways is headquartered in Waterside, Harmondsworth, in Hillingdon. The building officially opened in 1998. Prior to the opening of Waterside, the airline's head office was the Speedbird House at London Heathrow Airport. An office of American Airlines is located at the Orient House (HAA3) within Waterside. Other major airlines have main offices within the Borough.

British Midland International has an office in Stockley Close, West Drayton, Borough of Hillingdon. In July 1999 Sir Michael Bishop formally opened the British Midland Training Center, which is located in Stockley Close. Hellenic Imperial Airways has its United Kingdom offices in the Axis House in Harlington in the London Borough of Hillingdon. China Airlines has its UK office in the Hyde Park Hayes 3 (HPH3) in Hayes in the borough.

In 2007 Cadbury Schweppes announced it would be moving to Uxbridge from Mayfair to cut costs. The company later split and Cadbury plc moved to its new head office in Cadbury House in the Uxbridge Business Park in June 2008.

Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited has its head office in the Thistle London Heathrow in West Drayton.

Since its opening in 1986 the world renowned Stockley Park has provided the perfect work place environment for many international blue chip companies including Apple, Cannon, Glaxo Smith Kline, Marks and Spencer and Sharp. Coca-Cola, GSK and Hertz are located nearby.

To provide education for the area, as well as providing major employment opportunities in education, further education comprises of Harrow and Uxbridge College (HCUC), which supports campuses at both Uxbridge and Hayes. Uxbridge College has been rated as outstanding by Ofsted.

The borough also prides itself on having two universities: Brunel with its focus on science and engineering and Bucks New which provides a wide range of courses.

Societies

 * Hillingdon Family History Society


 * London, Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society


 * West Middlesex FHS

Archives

 * Hillingdon Borough archives


 * The National Archives: Hillingdon Borough


 * artuk: Hillingdon Archives


 * genuki uk Middlesex Archives


 * newspaper archives: Middlesex

Web Sites

 * wikipedia London Borough of Hillingdon


 * wikipedia, Hillingdon


 * wikipedia, Uxbridge


 * wikipedia, Middlesex


 * Hillingdon Borough Council