Hillingdon, Middlesex Genealogy

England Middlesex  Middlesex Parishes

Guide to Hillingdon, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'HILLINGDON St. John the Baptist; [1559]), a parish, in the union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, 13½ miles west by north of London, containing the chapels of Uxbridge, and Uxbridge-Moor.'

Here is a complete list of all those district churches and chapels lying within the civil boundaries of St John the Baptist Hillingdon:


 * Hillingdon East - 1894
 * Hillingdon St Andrew 1865 (also known as Uxbridge St Andrew)
 * Hillingdon West - 1894
 * Uxbridge St John the Evangelist - 1827
 * Uxbridge St Margaret - 1538 (became a parish in 1842)

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: Hillingdon at British History Online - free.
 * Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Great Hillingdon 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.

Manorial Records
Records survive for Uxbridge Manor (1422-1813) in Hillingdon Parish. The Manorial Documents Register will help you locate these records.

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
Hillingdon on GENUKI