New Brentford, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes  London  London Parishes   New Brentford

Parish History
New Brentford was a chapelry within the parish of Hanwell and had the following chapels and district churches associated with it, including--New Brentford (1721; it was a chapelry until 1721), St George's, High Street [an ancient curacy established in 1653], St Faith's, Windmill Road (?), St George Old Brentford (1828), St Laurence High Street (1570) and St Paul's St Paul's Road built in 1868.

Here is an excerpt on a 19th century historical perspective by the famed topographer, Samuel Lewis:

"BRENTFORD, a market-town, and the head of a union; comprising Old Brentford, in the parish of Ealing, Kensington division of the hundred of Ossulstone, and New Brentford, in the parish of Hanwell, hundred of Elthorne, county of Middlesex, of which it is the county town; 7 miles (W. by S.) from Hydepark Corner...[and also encompassing]..."Old Brentford". "The chapel, [was] dedicated to St. Lawrence"...

There were places of worship built for Particular Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans.

1. Samuel Lewis, ed. A Topographical Dictionary of England 353-357. (London: S. Lewis and Co., 1848), Online | here, (accessed: 03 May 2010).

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.

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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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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