Potter's Bar, Middlesex Genealogy

EnglandMiddlesex Middlesex Parishes

Parish History
Potter's Bar, a hamlet, in the parish of South Mimms, union of Barnet, hundred of Edmonton, County of Middlesex, 3 miles north by northeast of Barnet. A district church, dedicated to St. John, was built here in 1835. The Baptists by 1848 had built a chapel in this hamlet as well.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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
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
Potter's Bar in South Mimms on GENUKI