Muswell Hill St James Middlesex Family History Guide
Muswell Hill St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Middlesex, created in 1843 from Hornsey St Mary Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Muswell Hill
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MUSWELL-HILL, a hamlet in Hornsey parish, and a chapelry partly also in Clerkenwell parish, Middlesex. The hamlet lies between the Great Northern and the Midland railways, 1 mile WNW of Hornsey r. station, and 5½ NNW of St. Pauls, London; includes straggling lines of houses, with numerous villas; and has a post-office under Hornsey, London N.
The chapelry was constituted in 1843; was taken mainly from Hornsey parish; and includes only a detached portion of Clerkenwell. Pop. in 1861, 919. Houses, 161. Pop. of the Hornsey portion, 877. Houses, 154. The surface is undulating and hilly; and the higher parts, particularly at the Grove, command very fine views.
The Grove was visited by Dr. Johnson; and the grounds were laid out by his companion, Topham Beauclerk. A cottage, at the foot of the same hill, was the residence and the death-place of Newland, the Bank of England cashier; and also the residence of the poet Moore, at the time when he wrote his “Lalla Rookh.”
The recently formed Alexandra Park is here; and was expected to rival Sydenham, but has received some check. A mineral spring likewise is here, and was formerly in much repute. A cell to Clerkenwell priory stood near the mineral spring. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £296. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church was built in 1842. There is a school for girls and infants.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Middlesex
- Civil Registration District: Edmonton
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
- Diocese: London
- Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
- Poor Law Union: Edmonton
- Hundred: Ossulstone (Finsbury Division)
- Province: Canterbury