Uxbridge Moor, St John the Evangelist, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

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.

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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.

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain