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List of places in Middlesex

The historic county of Middlesex, England divided into the six hundreds.

List of the parishes in Middlesex, grouped by hundred, as of 1831.

The historic county of Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six hundreds of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (Isleworth in all later records),[1] Ossulstone and Spelthorne, as follows:

Hundred Parishes Area (1831)
acres[2]
Edmonton[3] Edmonton (All Saints) • Enfield (St Andrew) • Monken Hadley • South Mimms (St Giles) • Tottenham (All Saints) 31,410
Elthorne[4] Cowley (St Lawrence) • Cranford (St Dunstan) • Greenford • Hanwell (St Mary) • Harefield (St Mary) • Harlington • Harmondsworth (St Mary) • Hayes (St Mary the Virgin) • Hillingdon • Ickenham (St Giles) • New Brentford • Northolt • Norwood • Perivale (St Mary the Virgin) • Ruislip (St Martin) • Uxbridge Hamlet • West Drayton (St Martin) 35,690
Gore[5] Edgware (St Margaret) • Great Stanmore (St John) • Harrow on the Hill (St Mary) • Hendon (St Mary) • Kingsbury (St Andrew) • Little Stanmore (St Lawrence) • Pinner (St John) 28,660
Isleworth[6] Heston (St Leonard) • Isleworth (All Saints) • Twickenham (St Mary the Virgin) 9,280
Ossulstone[7] Acton (St Mary) • Bethnal Green • Bow • Bromley • Charter House • Chelsea (All Saints) • Chiswick (St Nicholas) • Clerkenwell • Duchy of Lancaster • Ealing (St Mary) • Finchley (St Mary) • Friern Barnet • Fulham (All Saints) • Furnival's Inn • Glasshouse Yard • Gray's Inn • Hackney • Hammersmith (St Paul) • Hampstead (St John) • Holy Trinity Minories • Hornsey • Islington (St Mary) • Kensington (St Mary Abbots) • Liberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place • Liberty of the Rolls • Limehouse • Lincoln's Inn • Mile End New Town • Mile End Old Town • Norton Folgate • Old Artillery Ground • Old Tower Without • Paddington • Poplar • Precinct of the Savoy • Ratcliffe • Shadwell • Shoreditch • Spitalfields • (St Andrew) Holborn • Staple Inn • St Botolph Aldersgate • St Botolph without Aldgate • St Clement Danes • Stepney (St Dunstan) • (St George) Bloomsbury • St George in the East • St George the Martyr • St Giles in the Fields • St Katharine's by the Tower • St Luke • St Marylebone • St Mary le Strand • Stoke Newington • St Pancras • St Sepulchre • Wapping • West Twyford • Whitechapel • Willesden (St Mary the Virgin) [Links incomplete] 47,950
Spelthorne[8] Ashford (St Michael) • East Bedfont (St Mary the Virgin) • Feltham (St Dunstan) • Hampton (St Mary the Virgin) • Hampton Wick • Hanworth (St George) • Laleham (All Saints) • Littleton • Shepperton (St Nicholas) • Staines (St Mary) • Stanwell (St Mary the Virgin) • Sunbury (St Mary the Virgin) • Teddington (St Mary) 23,500

The City of London (i.e., the original ″Square Mile″) was geographically located within Middlesex (and was bounded by the hundred of Ossulstone to the west, north and east) but was essentially independent of the county for most purposes.

Later development of civil parishes

See also List of Middlesex boundary changes. This list includes those areas (marked [L]) which became part of the County of London in 1889. See also List of civil parishes in the County of London in 1891. The list should be comprehensive.

Parish Created Abolished Notes
Acton Ancient 1965
Ashford C15th 1974 Medieval chapelry to Staines, later a civil parish, transferred to Surrey 1965.
Bethnal Green [L] 1743 1965 Church built 1743. Previously it had been a "hamlet" of Stepney parish.
Bloomsbury [L] 1731 1774
Bow or Stratford-at-Bow [L] 1719 1907 Had been a chapelry of Stepney since the 13th century.
Bromley-by-Bow [L] 1537 1965 Formerly an area in the parish of Stepney. Acquired a chapel 1537.
Charter House [L] 1858 1915 Formerly extra-parochial. Abolished to form Finsbury.
Chelsea [L] Ancient 1965
Chiswick Ancient 1965
Clerkenwell [L] Ancient 1915 Abolished to form Finsbury.
Close of the Collegiate

Church of St Peter [L]

1858 1922 Formerly extra-parochial.
Cowley Ancient 1938 Merged into Uxbridge.
Cranford Ancient 1934 Split between Harlington, and Heston and Isleworth.
Ealing Ancient 1965
East Bedfont Ancient 1965
Edgware unknown 1931 Formerly a medieval chapelry to Kingsbury. Merged into Hendon.
Edmonton Ancient 1965
Enfield Ancient 1965
Feltham Ancient 1965
Finchley Ancient 1965
Finsbury [L] 1915[9] 1965
Friern Barnet Ancient 1965
Fulham [L] Ancient 1965
Furnival's Inn [L] 1858 1930 Formerly extra-parochial.
Glasshouse Yard [L] 1866 1915 Formerly part of St Botolph's Aldersgate lying in Middlesex. Abolished to form Finsbury.
Gray's Inn [L] 1858 1932 Formerly extra-parochial.
Great Stanmore Ancient 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Greenford Ancient 1926 Merged into Ealing.
Hackney [L] Ancient 1965
Hadley 1894 1965 Formerly part of Monken Hadley. Moved to Hertfordshire in 1894.
Hammersmith [L] 1834 1965 Formerly part of the parish of Fulham; a chapel of ease was erected in 1631
Hampstead [L] C15th 1965 Formerly a medieval chapelry to Hendon.
Hampton Ancient 1937[10]
Hampton Wick 1866 1937 Formerly part of Hampton.
Hanwell Ancient 1926 Merged into Ealing.
Hanworth Ancient 1965
Harefield Ancient 1938 Merged into Uxbridge.
Harlington Ancient 1965
Harmondsworth Ancient 1949 Abolished to form Yiewsley and West Drayton.
Harrow 1934 1965
Harrow-on-the-Hill Ancient 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Harrow Weald 1894 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Hayes Ancient 1965
Hendon Ancient 1965
Heston Ancient 1927 Abolished to form Heston and Isleworth.
Heston and Isleworth 1927 1965
Hillingdon Ancient 1894 Split into Hillingdon East and West.
Hillingdon East 1894 1938 Merged into Uxbridge.
Hillingdon West 1894 1938 Merged into Uxbridge.
Holy Trinity Minories [L] 1858? 1895 Extra-parochial from the Reformation onwards.
Hornsey Ancient 1965
Ickenham Ancient 1938 Merged into Uxbridge.
Isleworth Ancient 1927 Abolished to form Heston and Isleworth.
Islington [L] Ancient 1965
Kensington [L] Ancient 1965
Kingsbury Ancient 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Laleham C15th 1974 Formerly a medieval chapelry to Staines. Moved to Surrey 1965.
Liberty of the Rolls [L] 1866 1922 Until C15th part of St Dunstan-in-the-West lying in Middlesex, then extra-parochial.
Limehouse [L] 1725 1927[11] Formerly a hamlet in Stepney parish. Merged back into Stepney.
Lincoln's Inn [L] 1858 1932 Formerly extra-parochial.
Little Stanmore Ancient 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Littleton Ancient 1974 Moved to Surrey 1965.
Mile End New Town [L] 1866 1921 Formed by the division of Stepney. Merged into Whitechapel.
Mile End Old Town [L] 1866 1927 Formed by the division of Stepney. Merged into Stepney.
Monken Hadley Ancient 1965 Transferred to Hertfordshire in 1889 along with parts of Enfield and South Mimms.
New Brentford unknown 1965 Formerly a medieval chapelry (of St Lawrence) in the parish of Hanwell.[12]
Northolt Ancient 1928 Mostly merged into Ealing, with a small area going to Harrow.[13]
Norton Folgate [L] 1858 1921 Formerly extra-parochial. Merged into Whitechapel.
Norwood (Green) unknown 1965 Formerly a medieval chapelry in Hayes parish, later a civil parish.
Old Artillery Ground [L] 1858 1921 Formerly extra-parochial. Merged into Whitechapel.
Old Brentford 1894 1965 Formerly a hamlet in the parish of Ealing, gaining its first chapel in 1762.
Old Tower Without [L] 1858 1895 Formerly extra-parochial. Merged into St Botolph without Aldgate.
Paddington [L] Ancient 1965
Perivale Ancient 1926 Merged into Ealing.
Pinner unknown 1934 Formerly a medieval chapelry to Harrow-on-the-Hill. Abolished to form Harrow.
Poplar [L] 1817 1965 Formerly part of Stepney. Became Poplar Borough parish in 1907.
Precinct of St Katharine

by the Tower [L]

1858 1895 Formerly extra-parochial. Merged into St Botolph without Aldgate.
Precinct of the Savoy [L] 1866 1922 Formerly extra-parochial.
Ratcliff [L] 1866 1921 Formed by the division of Stepney. Merged into Limehouse.
Ruislip Ancient 1965
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden,

Ely Rents and Ely Place [L]

1866 1930 Formerly extra-parochial.
St Andrew Holborn [L] Ancient 1907 A City of London parish with a portion in M'sex till 1767 (which was merged into the below).
St Andrew Holborn Above the

Bars w St George the Martyr [L]

1767 1930
St Anne Within the Liberty of

Westminster / St Anne Soho [L]

1687 1922
St Botolph's Aldersgate [L] Ancient 1907 A City of London parish with a portion in M'sex till 1866 (which became Glasshouse Yard).
St Botolph without Aldgate [L] Ancient 1921 A City of London parish with a portion in M'sex, which was merged into Whitechapel 1921.
St Clement Danes [L] Ancient 1922 Abolished to form Westminster.
St Dunstan-in-the-West [L] Ancient 1907 A City of London parish with a portion in M'sex till C15th (later Liberty of the Rolls).
St George Hanover Square [L] 1724 1922[14]
St George in the East [L] 1729 1927 Created out of Stepney and merged back into it.
St George the Martyr [L] 1723 1767 Abolished to form St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr.
St Giles [L] Ancient 1774
St Giles Cripplegate [L] Ancient 1907 A City of London parish with a portion in M'sex till 1733 (which became St Luke's).
St Giles in the Fields and

St George Bloomsbury [L]

1774 1930
(St John of) Wapping [L] 1694 1921 Created out of Whitechapel. Merged into Limehouse.
St Luke's [L] 1733 1915 Formerly that part of St Giles Cripplegate which lay in Middlesex.
St Martin in the Fields [L] Ancient 1922
St Mary le Strand [L] Ancient 1922
St Marylebone [L] Ancient 1965
St Pancras [L] Ancient 1965
St Paul Covent Garden [L] 1645 1922
St Sepulchre [L] Ancient 1915 A City of London parish with a portion in Middlesex.
Shadwell [L] 1670 1921 Created out of Stepney. Merged into Limehouse.
Shepperton Ancient 1974 Moved to Surrey 1965.
Shoreditch [L] Ancient 1965
South Hornsey 1894 1900
South Mimms Ancient 2023 Now in Hertfordshire. Merged into South Mimms and Ridge 2023.
South Mimms Urban 1896 1965 Created out of South Mimms in 1896 and simultaneously transferred to Hertfordshire.
Southgate 1894 1965 Became a chapelry of Edmonton in 1615.[15]
Spitalfields [L] 1729 1921 Created out of Stepney. Merged into Whitechapel.
Staines Ancient 1974 Moved to Surrey 1965.
Stanwell Ancient 1974 Moved to Surrey 1965.
Staple Inn [L] 1858 1930[16] Formerly extra-parochial.
Stepney [L] Ancient 1866 Lost area before 1866; remainder divided into Ratcliff, Mile End Old, Mile End New 1866.
1927 1965 Merger of Whitechapel, Limehouse, Mile End Old Town and St George in the East
Stoke Newington [L] Ancient 1965
Sunbury Ancient 1974 Moved to Surrey 1965.
Teddington C13th 1937[17] Formerly medieval chapelry to Staines.
Tottenham Ancient 1965
Tower of London [L] 1858 1901 Formerly extra-parochial, despite church. Merged into St Botolph without Aldgate.
Twickenham Ancient 1965
Uxbridge 1866 1965 Formerly medieval chapelry of Hillingdon.
Wealdstone 1894 1934 Abolished to form Harrow.
Wembley 1894 1965 Created out of Harrow-on-the-Hill.
West Drayton Ancient 1949 Abolished to form Yiewsley and West Drayton.
West Twyford 1858 1926 Formerly an extra-parochial medieval chapelry to no church.[18] Merged into Ealing.
Westminster [L] 1922 1965[19]
Westminster St James [L] 1685 1922
Westminster St John [L] 1727 1922
Westminster (St Margaret) [L] Ancient 1922
Whitechapel [L] c. 1338 1927 Created out of Stepney (formerly a chapelry of that parish). Merged into Stepney.
Willesden Ancient 1965
Wood Green 1894 1965 Previously a hamlet in Tottenham parish.[20]
Yiewsley 1894 1949 Previously a hamlet to Hillingdon. Abolished to form Yiewsley and West Drayton.
Yiewsley and West Drayton 1949 1965

Medieval parishes

The parishes of Middlesex did not alter very much between c. 1250 and 1831, but there were some small changes. Note that the below table also includes chapelries (in italics).

Hundred Parishes
Edmonton Edmonton • Enfield • Monken Hadley • South Mimms1 • Tottenham
Elthorne Cowley • Cranford • Greenford • Hanwell (New Brentford) • Harefield • Harlington • Harmondsworth • Hayes (Norwood) • Hillingdon (Uxbridge) • Ickenham • Northolt • Perivale • Ruislip • West Drayton
Gore Great Stanmore • Harrow on the Hill (Pinner • Tokyngton) • Hendon • Kingsbury (Edgware) • Little Stanmore
Isleworth Heston • Isleworth • Twickenham
Ossulstone Acton • Chelsea • Chiswick • Clerkenwell • Ealing • Finchley • Friern Barnet • Fulham • Hackney • Hampstead2 • Hornsey (Highgate • Muswell Hill) • Islington • Kensington • Paddington • St Clement Danes • St Giles • St Martin in the Fields • St Marylebone • St Mary le Strand • St Pancras (Kentish Town) • Shoreditch • Stoke Newington • Stepney (Isle of Dogs • Stratford-at-Bow • Whitechapel) • West Twyford3 • Westminster • Willesden
Spelthorne East Bedfont • Feltham • Hampton • Hanworth • Littleton4 • Shepperton4 • Staines4 (Ashford4 • Laleham4 • Teddington) • Stanwell4 • Sunbury4
(City of London)5 St Andrew Holborn • St Botolph Aldersgate • St Botolph without Aldgate • St Dunstan-in-the-West • St Giles Cripplegate • St Sepulchre

1now in Hertfordshire rather than Greater London 2a chapelry to Hendon, in Gore hundred 3a chapelry to no church 4now in Surrey rather than Greater London 5Parish churches in the City of London but with parishes extending into parts of Middlesex; see List of civil parishes in the City of London

References

  1. ^ "The hundred of Isleworth". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3. 1962. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  2. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Middlesex hundreds 1831 census population. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edmonton hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  4. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Elthorne hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  5. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gore hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  6. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Isleworth hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  7. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ossulstone hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  8. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Spelthorne hundred. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  9. ^ "Finsbury CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Hampton CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Limehouse CP/ExP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ^ "New Brentford CP/Ch through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Northolt AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ "St George Hanover Square CP/Vest through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Southgate Ch/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Staple Inn CP/ExP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Teddington CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  18. ^ "West Twyford: Church | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  19. ^ "City of Westminster CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Wood Green CP/Ch through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Middlesex