Twickenham St Mary the Virgin Middlesex Family History Guide

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Twickenham St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex.

Other places in the parish include: Richmond, Twickenham Green, and Whitton.

Alternative names: Twickenham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629-30; 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholi, Roman Catholic (Austrian Embassy), and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

EEL PIE ISLAND.TWICKENHAM AND RIVER THAMES MIDDLESEX
EEL PIE ISLAND.TWICKENHAM AND RIVER THAMES MIDDLESEX

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TWICKENHAM, a village and a parish in Brentford district, Middlesex. The village stands on the river Thames, and on the London and Windsor railway, 1 mile SW of Richmond; was anciently called Twitnam and Twittnaham; was noted, in last century, as a place of fashionable resort; is associated with the names of very many distinguished men, by residence in or near it; and has a post-office under London SW, a r. station with telegraph, a hotel, two churches, three dissenting chapels, a literary and scientific institution, large schools, and fairs on Holy Thursday and 9 and 10 Aug.

The parish contains also T.-Green, Whitton village, and a new suburb of Richmond. Acres, 2,249. Real property, £41,388. Pop. in 1851, 6,254; in 1861, 8,077. Houses, 1,536. The property is much sub-divided. Strawberry Hill, erected by Horace Walpole, is a chief residence. Pope’s Villa, famous as the residence of the poet Pope, has been divided into several residences. Marble Hill is the seat of Gen. Peel. Mansions, villas, and ornate cottages are very numerous.

Much of the land is disposed in market-gardens. An islet, called Eel Pie, is a favourite holiday resort. Both the head living and that of Trinity are vicarages in the diocese of London. Value of the former, £800; of the latter, £200. Patrons of the former, the Dean and Canons of Windsor; of the latter, the Bishop of London.

The chapelry of Montpelier and the vicarage of Whitton also are separate benefices.

Kneller Hall, for training soldiers as band-masters, and the London Carpenters, alms houses, are in the parish.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Archives and libraries ( 1 )
Exhibition of documents and views relating to Twickenham and neighbourhood 26th June to 1st July, 1950
Author: Borough Council (Twickenham, England)

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 4 )
Cambridge Park, Twickenham, and its owners 1616-1835
Author: Bunch, Maureen

Church Street, Twickenham
Author: Morris, E. A. (Edward Alan), 1910-1997; Cashmore, T. H. R.

Twickenham 1600-1900 : people and places
Author: Simpson, Donald; Cashmore, Dick; Urwin, Alan

York House, Twickenham
Author: Cashmore, T. H. R.

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Twickenham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
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England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Church history ( 2 )
Chapel next the Green : the story of Twickenham Congregational Church
Author: Bryer, A. C.

Memorials of Twickenham : parochial and topographical
Author: Cobbett, Richard Stuteley

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Twickenham, 1629-1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Twickenham (Middlesex)

Marriages at Twickenham, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Twickenham (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Directories ( 1 )
Kelly’s Richmond, Kew, Twickenham, St. Margarets, Petersham, Mortlake, Sheen & Teddington directory

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – History ( 6 )
Alexander Pope’s Twickenham : 18th century views of his classic village
Author: Cashmore, T. H. R.; Simpson, D. H. (Donald H.); Urwin, A. C. B.; Borough of Twickenham Local History Society

The Cole papers : the Coles of Heatham House, Twickenham; the brewery and the Cole Park and Amyand Park estates, 1575-1901
Author: Mercer, G. E.

Memorials of Twickenham : parochial and topographical
Author: Cobbett, Richard Stuteley

The Orleans family in Twickenham, 1800-1932
Author: Cashmore, T. H. R.; Louis-Philippe I, Roi des Français, 1773-1850

Parish and empire : some overseas links of Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton
Author: Simpson, D. H. (Donald H.)

Twickenham in 1818, the year of the enclosure
Author: Cashmore, T. H. R.

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Land and property ( 1 )
Twickenham and the Anthony Death Charities : how rents from Strawberry Hill and Twickenham provided scholarships for boys of London
Author: Bligh, H. W.

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Occupations ( 1 )
The Cole papers : the Coles of Heatham House, Twickenham; the brewery and the Cole Park and Amyand Park estates, 1575-1901
Author: Mercer, G. E.

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Social life and customs ( 1 )
Twickenham in 1818, the year of the enclosure
Author: Cashmore, T. H. R.

England, Middlesex, Twickenham – Voting registers ( 1 )
Registers of electors and index of streets for Twickenham, 1937-1965
Author: Twickenham (Middlesex)

Administration

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