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EDGWARE (St. Margaret), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Hendon, hundred of Gore, county of Middlesex, 8 miles (N. W. by W.) from London; containing 659 inhabitants. This place, from its situation within an easy distance of the metropolis, and the excellence of the road to it through an almost uninterrupted succession of elegant villas and agreeable scenery, has become the residence of numerous opulent and respectable families. The Roman Watlingstreet, leading to the ancient city of Verulam, passes over a bridge near the entrance to the village. Of the principal street, the western side is in the parish of Little Stanmore, where, in the early part of the eighteenth century, James, Duke of Chandos, at an expense of £250,000 erected the magnificent palace of Canons. The walls of this edifice were twelve feet in thickness at the base, and nine feet thick in the upper part; the pillars of the hall and the steps of the grand staircase were of the most beautiful marble, and the locks and hinges of the doors were silver: the grounds were adorned with a profusion of statuary. The chapel was richly embellished with paintings of the Italian school: the most eminent composers were employed in the arrangement, and the most eminent masters in the vocal and instrumental performance, of the musical services. After the death of the duke, this noble mansion was taken down and sold piecemeal: the columns formed part of the portico of Wanstead House; the marble staircase was put up in the Earl of Chesterfield's residence in May-fair, London; and the equestrian statue of George I. at present decorates the area of Leicester-square. The village is supplied with water from a well, dug in 1822, by public subscription. The market, on Thursday, has been discontinued, but a fair is still held on the first Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in August, for cattle and toys: on the two last days are races, which are in general well attended. There are courts baron and leet on the 1st of May; and the petty-sessions for the division are held in that part of the village which is in Little Stanmore. Blackstone mentions a singular ancient custom as existing here, for the lord of the manor to provide a minstrel or piper to play for the amusement of the tenants, and a small field in Edgware is still called Piper's Green. The parish comprises by admeasurement 1968 acres, of which 165 are arable, 1758 meadow and pasture, and about 45 woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy, but having been from time immemorial endowed with the vicarial tithes, may be considered a vicarage, not in charge; net income, £493; patron and impropriator, John Lee, Esq., LL.D. The church, with the exception of its embattled tower, which is of flint and stone, was rebuilt of brick in 1763, and the interior was thoroughly repaired in 1822. The present churchyard was the site of the old vicarage-house and garden, and upon a new house being erected, the ground was presented to the parish, and consecrated for burial purposes, with the reservation of a right of road through it to the vicarage, and of a piece of ground for a school, which was erected in 1833, at the expense of Charles Day, Esq. An almshouse for four aged women was founded in 1680, by Samuel Atkinson, who endowed it with land now producing, with another benefaction, an income of £32. 10. Charles Day, Esq., in 1828 founded almshouses for eight aged persons, and endowed them with £100 per annum; the premises, situated at the northern extremity of the village, cost £2000, and are in the later English style¹.
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EDGWARE, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district in Hendon district, Middlesex. The town stands on Watling-street, at the terminus of the London and Edgware railway, 4 miles NE of Harrow; is partly in Little Stanmore parish; was known formerly as Edgeware; consists chiefly of one street; was formerly a market town; has still a fair on the first Monday of Aug., with races on the two following days; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; publishes a weekly newspaper; and has a post office‡ under London, NW. The parish includes also Edgwarebury and part of the village of Elstree. Acres, 1, 979. Real property, £5, 677. Pop., 705. Houses, 148. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged formerly to the Lonspées, the Lacys, and others; and belongs now to All-Souls college, Oxford. Canons, an adjacent estate in Little Stanmore parish, belonged to the first duke of Chandos, and belongs now to David Begg, Esq. A magnificent palace was built on it by the Duke of Chandos, at a cost of upwards of £250,000; and was the place where Handel composed much of his music, while acting as chapel-master to the Duke; but was pulled down in 1747. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, 493.* Patron, Dr. John Lee. The church was rebuilt in 1845, but has the tower of a previous edifice. There are an Independent chapel, two national schools, and alms-houses with £131. Francis Coventry, the author of "Pompey the Little, " and Thomas Martyn, a Cambridge professor who died in 1797, were vicars.-The sub-district contains four parishes. Acres, 6,737. Pop., 3,423. Houses, 651².  
Guide to '''Edgware, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.  


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| Type = [[Chapelry]]
| County = Middlesex
| Hundred = Gore
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hendon/ Hendon]
| Registration District = Hendon
| PRbegin = 1717; For more records see Kingsbury
| BTbegin = 1630; 1639; 1800
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = London
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Not created until 1858
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| Probate Court = Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
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| Archive = [[Middlesex Record Office]]
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1. John Marius Wilson, [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' (1870-72)<br>2. Samuel Lewis,&nbsp;[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50940#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 144-147. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50940 Date accessed: 19 March 2010.
== Parish History  ==
 
EDGWARE (St Margaret of Antioch), a '''parish''' and formerly a market-town, in the union of Hendon, hundred of Gore, county of Middlesex, 8 miles NW by W from London; containing 659 inhabitants.<ref>John Marius Wilson,   [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6131  ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'']  1870-72  Date accessed and adapted 22 October 2013.</ref>
 
== Resources  ==
 
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
 
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
 
=== Cemeteries ===
* {{FSC|605762|title-id|disp=St. Margaret's, Edgware, Middlesex, Monumental Inscriptions}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
* {{FSC|75849|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions of Edgware Cemetery}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 
=== Civil Registration  ===
 
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 
=== Church Records  ===
 
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
 
==== Church of England ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
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| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CMiddlesex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/middlesex-baptisms 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/greater-london-marriage-index 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/greater-london-burial-index 1400s-1900s]</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-baptisms 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-marriages 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-burials 1400s-1900s]</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-banns 1700s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1558/ 1800s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1623/ 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1559/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2056/ 1600s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
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| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1600s-1800s]</center>
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|}
'''''Other Websites'''''
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Middlesex/ Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/middlesex-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
 
====Nonconformist Records====
"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.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast ($), index and images; coverage may vary
 
=== Census Records  ===
 
{{British Census|438774}}
 
==== 1666 Hearth Tax  ====
 
*[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118835 Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666: Edgeware] at [http://british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online] - free.
 
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
 
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 
== Websites  ==
 
Edgware on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/Edgware GENUKI]
 
== References  ==
 
<references /> {{Middlesex}}
 
[[Category:Middlesex Parishes]]

Latest revision as of 10:32, 14 June 2024

Guide to Edgware, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Edgware, Middlesex
Type Chapelry
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Gore
County Middlesex
Poor Law Union Hendon
Registration District Hendon
Records begin
Parish registers: 1717; For more records see Kingsbury
Bishop's Transcripts: 1630; 1639; 1800
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Not created until 1858
Diocese London
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
Location of Archive
Middlesex Record Office

Parish History[edit | edit source]

EDGWARE (St Margaret of Antioch), a parish and formerly a market-town, in the union of Hendon, hundred of Gore, county of Middlesex, 8 miles NW by W from London; containing 659 inhabitants.[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

  • Type the name of the parish in the search bar
  • Click on the location pin on the map
  • Choose Options from the pop up box
  • Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England[edit | edit source]

Due to the increasing access of online records:

  • Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
  • Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Edgware Online Parish Records
Collections
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Middlesex
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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1700s-1800s
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FreeREG
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Middlesex ($)
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1400s-1900s
Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($)
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1400s-1900s
Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($)
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1700s-1800s
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Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($)
1500s-1800s
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1500s-1800s
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1500s-1800s
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Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($)
1800s-1900s
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1700s-1900s
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1800s-2000s
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Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($)
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1600s-1900s
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Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
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1500s-1900s
1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
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1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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1500s-1800s
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National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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1600s-1800s

Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

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.

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.


1666 Hearth Tax[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

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

Websites[edit | edit source]

Edgware on GENUKI

References[edit | edit source]

  1. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-72 Date accessed and adapted 22 October 2013.