Sunbury on Thames Middlesex Family History Guide

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Sunbury on Thames is an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex.

Other places in the parish include: Upper Halliford and Charlton.

Alternative names: Sunbury

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1565
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1630; 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SUNBURY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Staines district, Middlesex. The village stands on the river Thames, and on the Thames Valley railway, 4¾ miles W of Kingston; was known, at Domesday, as Suneberie; gave the title of Viscount to the Montagues; and has a post-office under London W, a r. station with telegraph, a police station, and many fine residences.

The parish contains also two hamlets, and comprises 2,400 acres. Real property, £11,960. Pop. in 1851, 2,076; in 1861, 2,332. Houses, 488. The property is much divided. Kempton and Spelthorne are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £390. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The church was rebuilt in 1752, and was recently repaired and enlarged.

There are an Independent chapel, a Wesleyan chapel of 1866, a military training college, a national school, and charities £146.

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

Parish Registers

Sunbury Marriages 1566 to 1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sunbury, 1630-1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sunbury (Middlesex)

Marriages at Sunbury, 1566-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sunbury (Middlesex)

Parish registers for Sunbury, 1565-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sunbury (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Sunbury or Sunbury on Thames, Lond., Eng

Parish register printouts of Sunbury on Thames, London, England, marriages, 1754-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1784-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Description and travel ( 1 )
The Official guide, Middlesex

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – History ( 2 )
A history of Sunbury’s pubs
Author: Heselton, Kenneth Y.; Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society (England)

Our village
Author: Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society (England)

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Land and property – Maps ( 2 )
Map of the parish of Sunbury
Author: Eastcott, David; Ryde, Edward

Property owners & tenants of Sunbury in 1848 : with reference to the 1848 field map
Author: Trimble, Nan; Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society (England); Staines Union. Board of Guardians

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court roll and account roll, 1404, 1318
Author: Manor of Sunbury. Court (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Manors – History ( 1 )
The royal manor of Kempton from 1086 to 1993
Author: Heselton, Kenneth Y.; Trimble, Nan

England, Middlesex, Sunbury – Maps ( 1 )
Map of the parish of Sunbury
Author: Eastcott, David; Ryde, Edward

Middlesex Historical Directories

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