Willesden St Matthew, Middlesex, England Genealogy
Guide to Willesden St Matthew, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Willesden St Matthew's Church is an Anglican Parish church in Willesden in the London Borough of Brent. It is situated on the corner of St. Mary's Road and Fawcett Road in Willesden. It is in the deanery of Brent, in the archdeaconry of Northolt, in the Diocese of London.[1]
St Matthew Willesden was a late-built district church, completed by the year 1902. It lay within the civil parish boundaries of St Mary the Virgin Willesden.
St. Matthew Willesden, was founded by the London Diocesan Home Mission 1894. St. Matthew was formed from St. Mary's and All Souls in 1902. The patron is the bishop of London.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
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Church Records[edit | edit source]
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Church of England[edit | edit source]
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- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
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| Willesden St Matthew Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Middlesex | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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 Union[edit | edit source]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
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- England Jurisdictions 1851
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- Google Map (courtesy: WeRelate)
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, Willesden Churches from British History Online, Adapted. Date accessed: 21 January 2014.
- ↑ T F T Baker, C R Elrington (Editors), Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot, M A Hicks, Willesden: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982). Adapted, date accessed 21 February 2014