Winchmore Hill, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Winchmore Hill

Parish History
WINCHMORE-HILL, a chapelry, in theparish,union, and hundred of Edmonton, county of Middlesex, 8 miles (N.) from London. Thechapel, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 1828. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, for Independents, and Wesleyans; and a national school. .

From: 'Wincanton - Windy Nook', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 592-613. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51412 Date accessed: 29 October 2013. St. Paul's, Winchmore Hill was a chapel of ease (or chapelry) built in the year 1805 and lay within the civil parish boundaries of Edmonton All Saints.

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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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