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+#REDIRECT[[Ashford, Middlesex]]<br><br>[[Category:Middlesex|Middlesex]]
-[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Middlesex]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Ashford
-== Parish History  ==
-ASHFORD, a village and a parish in Staines [Registration]district, Middlesex. The village stands amid a richly-cultivated tract, near the London, Richmond, and Reading railway, 2 miles E of Staines; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Staines. The parish includes the western part of Old Hounslow Heath, once the retreat of highwaymen, and the terror of travelers. Acres, 1,378, Real property, £3,586. Pop., 784. Houses, 130. Ashford Common was formerly a field for military reviews, but has now been long enclosed and cultivated. Ashford Lodge, Manor House, and Clock House are handsome seats. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £136. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1859. A Welsh charity school, an edifice in the Tudor style, for 200 children. was founded in 1857.
-== Resources  ==
-==== Civil Registration  ====
-Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
-==== Church records  ====
-To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ 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, nonconformist 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.
-Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] (FHL) in Salt Lake City.
-=====Non-Conformist Churches=====
-==== Census records  ====
-Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link 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|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.<br>
-*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
-*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
-== Web sites  ==
-Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
-== Bibliography ==
-''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.'' Wilson, John M.(1870-72)<br>
-[[Category:Middlesex]]