Hanworth Middlesex Family History Guide
Hanworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1731
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629-30; 1639; 1800
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HANWORTH, a village and a parish in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands 2 miles NNW of Hampton r. station, and 5 W by N of Kingston-on-Thames; and has a post office under Hounslow, London W., and a picturesque inn. The parish comprises 1,390 acres. Real property, £3,826. Pop., 763. Houses, 169. The property is not much divided.
The manor belonged to Ulf, the Saxon; came to the Crown; was the pleasure seat of Queen Catherine Parr; is noted for Queen Elizabeth having lived in it in her youth, and for her having visited it after she ascended the throne; passed to the Killigrews, the Cottingtons, and others; and belongs now to A. Perkins, Esq. An ancient castellated mansion which stood on it was burnt in 1797. Hanworth Park is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London. Value, £451. Patron, the Rev. O. J. Cresswell. The church was enlarged and mainly rebuilt in 1865. There are a national school, and charities £32. The dramatist Killigrew and the first Lord Berkeley of Stratton, were natives.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Hanworth Marriages 1732 to 1837
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Middlesex
- Civil Registration District: Staines
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
- Diocese: London
- Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
- Poor Law Union: Staines
- Hundred: Spelthorne
- Province: Canterbury