Bedfont, Middlesex Family History Guide

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Bedfont an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex. The Civil Parish was generally known as East Bedfont.

Alternative names: East Bedfont, Bedfont East, Bedfont East with Hatton

Other places in the parish include: Hatton.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BEDFONT (East), a village and a parish in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands adjacent to the Southwestern railway, near Feltham station, 3½ miles ENE of Staines; and has a post office, of the name of Bedfont, under Hounslow.

The parish includes also the hamlet of Hatton. Acres, 1,856. Real property, £6,497. Pop., 1,150. Houses, 237. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £288. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is ancient, has a Saxon porch, and has been enlarged and improved. There is a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Middlesex, East Bedfont – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St. Mary’s, Bedfont
Author: Barker, Dee; West Middlesex Family History Society; Hounslow Local History Society

England, Middlesex, East Bedfont – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for East Bedfont, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Middlesex, East Bedfont – Church records ( 1 )
Bedfont, St. Mary’s church records : births, 1813-1820; baptisms, 1695-1700
Author: Watts, Sandra E. M.

England, Middlesex, East Bedfont – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Index to the baptisms at East Bedfont, 1695-1850
Author: Watts, Sandra E. M.

Index to the burials at East Bedfont, 1678-1852
Author: Watts, Sandra E. M.

Index to the marriages at East Bedfont, 1695-1860
Author: Watts, Sandra E. M.

England, Middlesex, East Bedfont – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1621-1793
Author: Manor of Paites. Court (Middlesex)

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Middlesex
  • Civil Registration District: Staines
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex
  • Diocese: London
  • Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
  • Poor Law Union: Staines
  • Hundred: Spelthorne
  • Province: Canterbury