Willesden Middlesex Family History Guide

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Willesden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex. West Twyford is a chapelry of Willesden. 

Alternative names: Wilsdon

Other places in the parish include: Willesden Green, Sherrick Green, Neasdon, Kilburn, Harlesden, Dollis Hill, and Brondesbury. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

HIGH ROAD WILLESDEN GREEN MIDDLESEX SHOWING THE LIBRARY 1907
HIGH ROAD WILLESDEN GREEN MIDDLESEX SHOWING THE LIBRARY 1907

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WILLESDEN, or Wilsdon, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hendon district, Middlesex. The village stands 1½ mile N by W of Willesden-Junction r. station, and 7½ WNW of St. Paul’s, London; and has a post-office under London NW, a police station, and fairs on Holy Thursday and St. James’ day.

The parish includes W.-Green, Dollis-Hill, Sherrick-Green Neasdon, and Harlesden hamlets, Brondesbury domain, and parts of Kilburn and Kensal-Green villages. Acres, 4,190. Real property, £28,401. Pop. in 1851, 2,939; in 1861, 3,879. Houses, 642. Pop. in 1869, about 15,000. The property is much subdivided.

The manor was given by King Athelstan to St. Paul’s, London; and was known, at Domesday, as Willesdone. W. House, Brondesbury Park, Neasdon House, Dollis Hill, Harlesden House, Heathfield, Mapesbury House, Bramshill Lodge, Glynfield House, and the Rookery are chief residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £320. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The church is later English.

The rectory of Brandesbury and two p. curacies of Kilburn are separate benefices.

There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £27.

The sub-district consists of W. parish and Twyford-Abbey extra-parochial tract.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Finding aids
Author: London Borough of Brent; Grange Museum of Local History (London)

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Monumental inscriptions at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Kensall-Green, London
Author: Murray, Barbara; Wells, Peggy

Monumental inscriptions of Willesden Cemetery

The parish church of St. Mary and old cemetery, Willesden
Author: Brownsell, Len; London & North Middlesex Family History Society; Catholic Church. St. Mary (Willesden, Middlesex)

St. Mary’s Catholic cemetery, Kensal Green
Author: Murray, Barbara; Wells, Peggy; English Catholic Ancestor. London Branch

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

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Church history ( 1 )
The Golden chain : the story of the Willesden Green Baptist Church, 1882-1982

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Church records ( 5 )
Parish registers of Harlesden, 1875-1904
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Harlesden (Middlesex)

Parish registers of St. Andrew and St. Phillip’s Church in Kensall-Green, 1878-1902
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s and St. Phillip’s Church (Kensall-Green, Middlesex)

Parish registers of St. Andrew’s Church, Willesden, 1881-1946
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Willesden, Middlesex); Church of England. St. Gabriel’s Church (Cricklewood, Middlesex)

Parish registers of St. Matthew’s Church, Willesden, 1895-1903
Author: Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Willesden, Middlesex)

Parish registers of Stonebridge, 1886-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stonebridge (Middlesex); Church of England. St. Cecilia’s Mission Church (Stonebridge, Middlesex); Church of England. Mission Church of the Good Shepherd (Stonebridge, Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Genealogy – Handbooks, manuals, etc. ( 1 )
Researching in … Willesden
Author: Fountain, Michael; Gibbens, Lilian; North Middlesex Family History Society

England, Middlesex, Willesden – History ( 2 )
Brent, Wembley, Willesden and Kingsbury : a pictorial history
Author: Snow, Len

Neasden : a historical study
Author: Valentine, K. J. (Kenneth James)

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Land and property ( 1 )
Leases of the manor, 1682-1706
Author: Manor of Willesden. (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Willesden – Manors ( 1 )
Leases of the manor, 1682-1706
Author: Manor of Willesden. (Middlesex)

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Middlesex
  • Civil Registration District: Hendon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Diocese: London
  • Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
  • Poor Law Union: Hendon
  • Hundred: Ossulstone (Kensington Division)
  • Province: Canterbury