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The church of Saint Nicholas Acons was built in 1084 for Malmesbury Abbey. 'Acons' is probably a corruption of 'Haakon', a benefactor. The church was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was not rebuilt. The parish of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr was united to the parish of Saint Nicholas Acons in 1670. The parish of Saint Benet Gracechurch was united to the parish of Saint Leonard Eastcheap in 1670.

The united parishes of Saint Benet Gracechurch and Saint Leonard Eastcheap were united to the parish of All Hallows Lombard Street in 1864. The parish of Saint Dionis Backchurch was joined to All Hallows Lombard Street and united parishes in 1876. These united parishes were joined to the united parishes of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr and Saint Nicholas Acons in 1937 to form Saint Edmund the King and Martyr and united parishes.

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

History of the united parishes:

The churches of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, Saint Ann Blackfriars, Saint Peter Paul's Wharf, Saint Benet Paul's Wharf, Saint Mary Mounthaw, Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey and Saint Nicholas Olave were all destroyed in the Great Fire.

Saint Ann Blackfriars was not rebuilt and the parish united to Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe in 1670. Similarly, Saint Peter Paul's Wharf was united to Saint Benet Paul's Wharf in 1670, and Saint Nicholas Olave was united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1670. Saint Nicholas Olave was not rebuilt. Saint Mary Mounthaw was united to Saint Mary Somerset in 1670 and the parishes were united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1866.

Saint Benet Paul's Wharf was rebuilt by Wren, 1677-83 and the parish united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1879, when the church became the London church of the Welsh Episcopalians. Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey was rebuilt by Wren in 1677, gutted in 1941 and restored in 1962. The parish was united to Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe in 1954.

The church of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe was rebuilt by Wren, but destroyed in 1940, except for the walls and tower. In 1955-61 it was rebuilt to Wren's original plans.

History of the united parishes of Saint Margaret Lothbury, Saint Martin Pomeroy, Saint Bartholomew by the Exchange, Saint Mildred Poultry, Saint Mary Colechurch, Saint Olave Jewry and Saint Christopher le Stocks:

The church of Saint Margaret Lothbury was first mentioned in the 12th century. It was destroyed in the Great Fire and was rebuilt in 1690. The parish of Saint Christopher le Stocks was united to Saint Margaret Lothbury on the demolition of the church in 1781. In 1839 Saint Bartholomew by the Exchange was added when its church was also demolished.

Saint Olave Jewry is first mentioned in 1181. It was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666, and united with the parishes of Saint Martin Pomeroy and Saint Mary Colechurch in 1670. Saint Olave was rebuilt by Wren in 1670-76, but was demolished in 1888 under the Union of City Benefices Act and the site was sold. Saint Mildred Poultry was united to Saint Olave's in 1871 and these combined parishes were united with Saint Margaret Lothbury in 1886.

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

The site of the church of Saint Peter Cornhill has been used for Christian worship since antiquity, although it is unlikely that a church was founded on the site by the (mythical) King Lucius in AD 179 as is claimed. In the 15th century a grammar school and library were established at Saint Peter Cornhill. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666, but rebuilt by Wren in 1677-87. Owing to its antiquity and status, the parish was expressly excluded from the Union of Benefices Act of 1860 under which many City churches were demolished. The church was restored by J D Wyatt in 1872. A former churchyard to the south of the church, which lies on the west side of Gracechurch Street with its north porch on Cornhill, remains as an open space.

History of the united parishes:

The church of Saint Peter, Paul's Wharf was situated on Upper Thames Street. It is first mentioned in 1170, when it was called Saint Peter the Little. The church was popular with the nobility during the Commonwealth period.

The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, 1666, along with the churches of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, Saint Ann Blackfriars, Saint Benet Paul's Wharf, Saint Mary Mounthaw, Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey and Saint Nicholas Olave.

Saint Ann Blackfriars was not rebuilt and the parish united to Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe in 1670. Similarly, Saint Peter Paul's Wharf was united to Saint Benet Paul's Wharf in 1670, and Saint Nicholas Olave was united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1670. Saint Mary Mounthaw was united to Saint Mary Somerset in 1670 and the parishes were united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1866.

Saint Benet Paul's Wharf was rebuilt by Wren, 1677-83 and the parish united to Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1879, when the church became the London church of the Welsh Episcopalians. Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey was rebuilt by Wren in 1677, gutted in 1941 and restored in 1962. The parish was united to Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe in 1954.

The church of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, was first mentioned in 1137. It was damaged in the Great Fire of 1666 and was rebuilt in 1670-71. However the tower and outer wall survived and date from around 1450. The church is now the National Musicians' Church. The church is also known as Saint Sepulchre without Newgate as it stood just outside the Newgate walls. The parish was partly within the City of London and partly within the former county of Middlesex.

Holy Trinity the Less was situated on Knightrider Street. It is first mentioned in 1258. The church was rebuilt in 1607-08 at the expense of the Merchant Taylor's and Vintner's Companies. It was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the site was purchased by merchants, who built a German church. The parish was united with Saint Michael Queenhithe in 1670 (P69/MIC6). After the demolition of Saint Michael Queenhithe in 1875 the parish was united with Saint James Garlickhythe (P69/JS2).

Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

Saint Barnabas Church is situated on the north side of Clapham Common at the corner of Lavender Gardens. It is a large stone building constructed between 1897 and 1898 in a 14th century style. The church of Saint Matthew, Lavender Hill was a daughter church of Saint Barnabas in 1898.

From: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 8-17.

St James' Church was built as a chapel of ease to St Mary, Hornsey for the benefit of the inhabitants of Muswell Hill. It was consecrated on 25 July 1842 and in 1843 it was assigned a consolidated chapelry. The original chapel soon became too small for the growing population of Muswell Hill. It was enlarged in 1874 and further extensions were necessary by the 1890s. In 1900 the old church was demolished and a much larger church was built partly on the site of the old church and partly on the grounds of the the vicarage. The new church was completed in 1910 with the construction of the tower and spire. The church was badly damaged by bombing on 19 April 1941. Temporary repairs allowed the congregation to return to St James' Church in April 1944. The church was restored after the War and was rededicated by the Bishop of London on 24 October 1952. The daughter parish of St Matthew, Muswell Hill, formed out of St James' parish in 1939, was reunited with St James in 1979.

In December 1883 an iron mission church was opened in Burgoyne Road, Harringay which seated 200 people in a district still thinly populated within the parish of Hornsey. In 1887, the Reverend J. H. Greaves became priest of this temporary church in place of the Reverend J. Stanley, who had acted as mission priest since 1833. By 1887 the population of the area had grown to such an extent that the iron church had to be enlarged and the committee formed several years before for building a permanent church decided to dissolve itself in favor of a larger committee, constituted in 1888. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 31 May 1890, and the nave consecrated by the Bishop of London in October 1891. The old iron church was then converted into a parish room and an additional church room was opened in Cavendish Road in 1895. In 1902 St Paul, Harringay became a parish in its own right with the Reverend J. H. Greaves as its first vicar, and between 1902 and 1903 the chancel and vicarage were constructed. The parish was enlarged in 1903 by the addition of a portion of the parish of St Ann, Tottenham on the east side of Greenlands and a mission room was built there and dedicated in 1904. In 1925 a new parish hall was opened in Burgoyne Road on the site of the demolished parish room and in 1975 the church room in Cavendish Road was replaced by a new church hall/community centre.

St John's was built by private subscription, on land given by Joseph Baxendale in 1832, as a chapel of ease to Finchley. In 1836 it became a district chapelry and in 1876 a parish. The church was enlarged in 1879 and 1898. It has no burial ground.

The parish of New Brentford had its origins as a medieval chapelry formed out of the southern end of the parish of Hanwell. Between 1175 and 1179 Ralph de Brito founded St Lawrence's Hospital, New Brentford in honour of the royal family, his lord and his own kin. Beside it he founded St Lawrence's chapel, served by a chaplain and with its own burial ground. All offerings and tithes were reserved to the Rector of Hanwell. De Brito made no provision for appointments, and the chapel was served by the Rector of Hanwell or his nominees. The chaplain enjoyed some tithes by 1721 when New Brentford, already governed by its own vestry, was made a separate ecclesiastical parish. The patronage still remained with the Rector of Hanwell and in 1744 New Brentford became a perpetual curacy or vicarage in the gift of the Rector of Hanwell. In 1961 St Lawrence was amalgamated with St George and St Paul, Old Brentford under the patronage of the Bishop of London.

Source of information: 'Ealing and Brentford: Churches: Brentford', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 153-157.

The Township of Old Brentford was formerly part of the ancient parish of Ealing and had no church nor chapel of its own until 1762 when an unconsecrated chapel was built from subscriptions raised from 57 prominent inhabitants. The baptisms, marriages and burials, of inhabitants of Old Brentford continued to be recorded in the registers of St. Mary, Ealing until 1828 when a district was assigned to St George's Chapel. Baptisms were performed there from 1828 and marriages from 1837 when it was licensed for their solemnisation. The brick building constructed in 1766 by J. J. Kirby, in the shadow of the Gas Works, had become dilapidated by 1863 and was demolished in 1886. A new site had been purchased in 1852 but was used as the site for St. Paul's iron church, built in 1861, and another site, bought in 1881, was made superfluous by the creating of the parish of St. James Gunnersbury. Eventually it was decided to build a new church on the old site, designed by A. W. Blomfield. Fittings transferred from the old chapel included a painting of the Last Supper by Zoffany, c. 1770. The church was closed in 1959 and used as a musical museum from 1963. In 1961 St. George was amalgamated with St. Lawrence, New Brentford and St. Paul, Old Brentford.

Source of information: 'Ealing and Brentford: Churches: Brentford', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 153-157. Available online.

Saint Paul's Church was originally constructed as an iron church provided by the Ealing Ruri-decanal Association to serve the western part of Old Brentford. It was built on the site acquired for the projected new Saint George's Church, and was assigned a district in 1864. The patronage was divided between the Crown and the Bishop of London alternately, but by 1915 it was solely in the gift of the Bishop. The foundation stone for the new ragstone building was laid in December 1867 on a new site, and the church was consecrated in 1868. It was damaged by bombing the the 2nd World War and restored by M. Farey, 1953. Saint Paul's became a Chapel of Ease to Saint Lawrence, New Brentford, 1952 and principal church of the united parish of Brentford from 1961.

An iron mission church dedicated to St Peter was erected in 1888. A new church of St Peter was consecrated on 5 August 1897 and was assigned a parish on 20 May 1898. The parish was united with the parish of St Martin, Town Road, Edmonton, in 1978; St Peter's Church becoming the parish church of the united parish.

Saint Martin's Church was consecrated on 25 February 1911, and was assigned a consolidated chapelry on 12 May 1911. The church was closed in May 1977 and was formally declared redundant on 1 April 1978. The parish was united with Saint Peter, Bounces Road, Edmonton. The church building is now used by the Greek Orthodox Church.

The medieval parish of Hampton comprised the Town of Hampton and the Hamlet of Hampton Wick. Most of the land within the parish was held by copyhold of the Lord of the Manor of Hampton Court ie. the King. The relationship between the Hamlet and the Town tended to be rather strained for a period of over 200 years, and on a number of occasions the two resorted to taking legal proceedings against each other.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist, Hampton Wick was built in the early 1830s, at the same time as the old parish church of Saint Mary, Hampton was being rebuilt. Saint John's was intended to be a chapel of ease to Saint Mary's but upon completion, the district of Saint John was made a separate parish. Separation into two ecclesiastical districts did not end the dispute between Hampton and Hampton Wick. The records show, for example, that there was much discontent over the resultant division of the proceeds from the Hampton Parochial Charities.

Saint Michael's Church, Wood Green, was designed by the architects George Gilbert Scott and WB Moffat and consecrated as a chapel of ease in 1844. Following a temporary closure in the 1850s due to problems of subsidence, it was reconstructed in 1865. In 1866 Saint Michael's became a district chapelry, taken from the parent parish, with the vicar of Tottenham as patron. Saint Michael's ran two mission churches: Saint John, Brook Road was dedicated in 1898, and the Good Shepherd, Berwick Road was dedicated in 1916.

The church of Saint John the Baptist, on St John's Road, Isleworth, was opened in 1856, on land given by the Duke of Northumberland with funds towards the building. The original endowment had consisted of £100 a year from the living of the vicar of Isleworth, who was, and remains, the patron.

From: 'Heston and Isleworth: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 122-129. Available online.

St Faith's opened in October 1901 as a district Mission Church of the parish of Old Brentford. The baptism registers commence in 1901 and the marriage registers in 1907. The original church was an iron construction. Since 1987 the area served by St Faith's has been part of the United Parish of Brentford.

Brentford and Chiswick Housing Association was formed in July 1929 by the amalgamation of the Brentford and Chiswick Housing Committees with the aim of putting Christian social principles into practice. General committee consists of persons in close touch with needs of local housing situation who are representative of the neighbourhood's churches and religious bodies).

St James' was a consolidated chapelry formed on 14 August 1880 from the ecclesiastical districts of Christ Church, Turnham Green, St George, Old Brentford and a small part of South Acton. The church was erected in 1886/7 and consecrated on 8 November 1887. The living was in the gift of the vicar of St George, Old Brentford. Since 1987 it has been part of the United Parish of Brentford.

The church of St Michael originated as a mission church and from 1910 services were held in a temporary iron church in Golders Green Road. In 1914, when the parish was taken from that of St Mary, Hendon, work began on the building of a new church. This church, a large Gothic building of buff brick, was designed by J.T. Lee of Tufnell Park. Two more bays were added to the nave in 1925 and a low north western tower, surmounted by a classic cupola, was added in 1960. From 1970 the church was shared with a Greek Orthodox community, which had previously used Christ Church, Brent Street. St Michael's Church was closed in 1979 on union with St Alban the Martyr and is now used wholly by a Greek Orthodox congregation.

In the late nineteenth century the church of St Michael and All Angels was built as a chapel of ease to Enfield parish church and was therefore served by clergy from that church. A schoolroom near the junction of Chase Side and Gordon Hill was licensed for services in 1871. The permanent church was built in 1873 in land given by George Batters of Brigadier Hall. A parish was formed in 1931. The church, which was designed by R.H. Carpenter, was left unfinished in 1874 because of lack of funds; it is a ragstone building in a fourteenth century style.

The parish of Saint Andrew, Willesden was created out of the parish of Saint Mary, Willesden, in 1880. A permanent mission church (later used as an Infants' School) was erected in 1882, replacing an earlier iron church. The present church was consecrated in 1887 and extended, with the addition of a nave and aisles, in 1897.

Saint Andrew's Church of England School opened as a High School in 1884; elementary schools for boys and girls were added in 1888-89. Steps towards uniting the parish with that of Saint Francis of Assisi, Willesden, began in 1976, when the incumbent of Saint Francis was appointed "priest in charge" of Saint Andrew's. The benefices were united in 1983 and the two parishes were formally joined in 1991, becoming the parish of Saint Andrew and Saint Francis of Assisi, Willesden.

This series includes two registers for Saint John the Baptist, Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden, a mission church of Saint Andrew's which appears to have closed in the early 1950's (see DRO/099/191-192). Baptisms at Saint John the Baptist's are also entered in DRO/099/6-14. DRO/099/1-2 and DRO/099/5 include baptisms at Saint Gabriel, Walm Lane, Cricklewood, a mission church which became an independent parish in 1898.

In 1882, the temporary iron church of St Andrew was erected in Mount Park Road in the northern part of the parish of Christ Church, Ealing. The priest-in-charge was William Petty, curate of Christ Church. In 1889, the dedication was changed to St Peter, in order to avoid confusion with the nearby newly built Presbyterian church of St. Andrew. Due to the increasing population of the area, a larger, permanent church was soon needed and in 1891 the building of the present church, designed by John Dando Sedding, was begun on land adjoining the temporary church site. The church was consecrated by the bishop of London, 15th July 1893, and the formation of the new parish was ratified by Order in Council, 27th July 1894. William Petty was instituted to the living, 25th November 1894. After building, considerable improvements were made to the church, most notably with the building of the organ in 1894 and the addition of the lady chapel in 1913. In 1956, following a fire, the sanctuary was restored. Certain features of Sedding's original design, however, in particular a tower and spire on the North transept, were never executed due to lack of money. The vicarage was built in 1910 and the parish hall in Hillcroft Crescent in 1923. The Hillcroft Crescent site was subsequently sold and a new church centre built, 1977-80. In 1988, St Barnabas, St. Peter, St. Stephen, Ealing Group Ministry was formed.

Christ Church was opened as a chapel of ease to Saint Giles, South Mimms in 1845. It was built principally at the cost of Captain Trotter of Dyrham Park, who purchased part of Four Acre field from George Byng of Wrotham Park in 1844. He first erected a minister's house and a school in which services were held. In 1852 the church was consecrated and in 1853 a conventional district was assigned to it. An independent parish was created in 1884. The church, a flint building with stone dressings, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Early English style. It has undergone various alterations over the years. The Pennefather Memorial Hall (named for Revd William Pennefather, the second incumbent) was erected in 1907.

The church of Saint Saviour began as a temporary iron church, founded in 1900. It seated 300 and was used for services until a permanent church could be constructed. The new church was built between 1904 and 1909 in a Decorated style; it seated 700. A district chapelry was assigned in 1904; the Bishop of London was patron. The parish was united with Saint Andrew, Alexandra Park Road, in 1993; to form the new parish of Alexandra Park. Saint Andrew's is used as the parish church.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 348-355.

Saint Mary's oldest part is 12th century and the church was largely remodelled in the 13th century. Its octagonal font dates to c 1200. Other parts of the church date from the 14th, 15th, 16th and 19th century. It was extensively restored in 1862-1863. St Mary's contains the tomb of Richard Cox (d.1845), a local brewer who was responsible for perfecting Cox's Orange Pippin at Colnbrook in the adjoining parish. The church has a tower with a cupola. The doorway is Norman and the interior varies between 13th and 16th centuries. Some of the pews are 16th century. All the brasses were stolen at the time of the restoration in the mid 19th century.

Teddington began as a chapelry of Staines, under the jurisdiction of the priest at Staines. It gained independence as a parish by the end of the Middle Ages, when patronage was transferred to the manor. The church of Saint Mary was a medieval construction, however, later repairs and rebuilding has meant that no part of the present building dates from before the 16th century. In 1889 the church was closed for services and Saint Albans became the parish church. Repairs were carried out and the church reopened for occasional use in 1898.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 76-79.

The church of Saint Peter originated in services held in a tent and in a council school from around 1906. A temporary church was built in 1907, which was converted into a parish hall when the permanent church was completed in 1915. The chancel screen came from the Quebec Chapel in Marble Arch and the organ came from Saint Alphage, London Wall. The patron is the Bishop of London.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 35-39.

In 1793 cavalry barracks were built on the heath in Heston north of the Staines Road. Accommodation for infantry was first provided in the 1870s. When the Isleworth and Heston part of the heath was inclosed in 1818, 268 acres south of the Staines Road were purchased by the government to be an exercise ground for the barracks. A chapel was opened at the Barracks in the 19th century.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 94-96.

The church of Saint Giles was built in 1954 to serve the northern part of the parish of Jesus Church, Forty Hill.

In 1934 a mission district was established to serve the newly built houses on the former farm-land of New College, Oxford. A hall was constructed in 1935 and services were held there until 1958, when the red brick church of Saint Michael and All Angels was constructed. The Bishop of London is patron.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 257-260.

Holy Trinity, Wealdstone, was constructed in 1882 to serve the expanding population. It was built on land donated by Christ Church, Oxford. The parish was assigned in 1881 out of the parishes of Harrow, Harrow Weald, and Pinner. Holy Trinity is now one of two churches in the parish of Trinity St Michael. Its sister church is St Michael and All Angels.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 257-260.

Saint Paul's, Winchmore Hill, was constructed in 1828 as a chapel of ease to Edmonton parish church. It became a district chapelry in 1851. The church building was designed by John Davies and erected in 1828, in a Gothic style. Repairs were necessary in 1844 after thieves set fire to the building; and enlargements were carried out in 1888 and 1928. A parish hall was added in 1905.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 181-187.

The church of St Joseph, serving the West End area of Northolt, was one of three 'daughter' churches of the 15th century St Mary's in Northolt established in response to local population growth due to development during the 1930s, and extensive council housing building after 1945.

The church started in 1942 wtih mission services in temporary premises off Watery Road, demolished in 1944 to make way for housing. The congregation continued to meet in a variety of buildings, including Arundell School and the church house in Hawtrey Avenue. The first permanent church, a brick-built dual-purpose hall behind 'The White Hart' in Ruislip Road was dedicated in 1959. In 1963 land in Yeading Lane was purchased for the erection of a new church. The moden concrete structure with a separate bell tower was designed by Murray and Maguire architects and completed in 1969.

The parish of All Souls, Saint Margaret's-on-Thames lies within Hounslow Deanery, which is within the Kensington Area of the Diocese of London. The parish boundaries are described in detail in the Parish Magazine for January 1899 (DRO/169/K/01/001), with further comments in the magazine for January 1959 (DRO/169/K/01/035).

The parish church of All Souls, Saint Margaret's-on-Thames was dedicated on 2 January 1898. It replaced a temporary iron church dedicated to Saint Margaret, which had been used for worship since 6 February 1886.

Holy Cross, Greenford is an ancient parish in the Ealing West Deanery which is within the Willesden Area of the Diocese of London. Due to population increases in the 1930s, three mission churches were opened in the parish: All Hallows in North Greenford; Christ the Redeemer, Windmill Lane and St Edward the Confessor in Perivale Park. All Hallows became a parish in its own right in 1949, as did Christ the Redeemer in 1964. The connection between Holy Cross and its mission churches is evident in the Parochial Church Council minutes.

In spite of the increased provision of places of worship within the parish the church at Holy Cross was proving far too small for the population by the end of the 1930s. Professor Sir Albert Richardson designed the New Church which was built in 1939-1940. It is situated a few yards to the west of the Old Church.

Due to its state of repair the Old Church was closed in 1951. After restoration it was reconsecrated in 1956. Currently services take place in both churches.

The parish of Saint Martin was founded in 1907 from parts of the parishes of Saint Mary's, Acton, and Christ Church, Acton and Saint Mary's, Ealing. An iron church was dedicated in 1903, but was replaced in 1906 by a permanent brick church designed by E. Monson. The iron church was used as a hall until 1960 when a new one was constructed.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 35-39.

Christ Church, Roxeth was built in 1862 and had a capacity of 350 people. The building was designed and built by George Gibert Scott, who would later be knighted. The church consisted of a chancel, nave, transepts, north aisle and a tower with a small spire, a later addition to the church was a south aisle which was added in 1866. The building underwent restoration work between 1953 and 1954, this was carried out by G.H. Jenkins.

Christ Church became a district chapelry in 1863, it was created from the mother parish of Harrow and bordering the new chapelry of St John the Evangelist in Wembley. There was a perpetual curate at the church until 1873 when a vicar was appointed. Between 1963 and 1964 the church was served by a vicar and a curate. The patronage was originally exercised by trustees and in 1963-4 by the Church Patronage Society. During the early 1980's church attendance declined and the parishes of Christ Church and St Peter's amalgamated to become The Parish of Christ Church, Roxeth and St Peter, Harrow.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971) pp 257-260

Saint George's was constructed in 1909 to the designs of J S Alder. It originated in a mission established to reach the growing suburbs in this area.

The diocese of Winchester has existed since the seventh century, when the episcopal seat was transferred to Winchester in 676 from the West Saxon bishopric of Dorchester-on-Thames. During this period it covered the entire West Saxon area but was reduced in size, first in the eighth century, when Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall were taken to form the diocese of Sherborne, and then again in the tenth century, when the diocese of Ramsbury, later Salisbury, was formed from Wiltshire and Berkshire.

By the tenth century the diocese of Winchester consisted of the counties of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight) and Surrey. These boundaries remained virtually unchanged until 1877 when the area of south London administered by the diocese of Winchester, now covered by the diocese of Southwark, was added to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Southwark was formed in 1905. The greatest change came in 1927 when the new dioceses of Guildford, covering Surrey and some parishes in north east Hampshire, and Portsmouth, taking in south east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were formed. The present day diocese of Winchester covers parishes in central and west Hampshire. It also includes the Channel Islands which were added to the diocese in 1568.

Up until 1927, the diocese has two archdeaconries, the archdeaconry of Surrey which included most of Surrey and the archdeaconry of Winchester which included Hampshire (and had included the Isle of Wight until 1871 when the archdeaconry of the Isle of Wight was constituted).

G Bedford is a party mentioned in the marriage settlement of 1843.

Several of the documents mention Sir W S Prideaux, possibly Sir Walter Sherburne Prideaux, solicitor of Prideaux and Sons, Goldsmith's Hall. Presumably Prideaux was acting in a professional capacity in these property transactions.

Bovril Limited are now owned by Unilever. The following history is from the Unilever website (accessed Oct 2009): "Way back in 1871, Napoleon ordered a million cans of beef for his hungry army. A Scot, John Lawson Johnston, rose to the challenge with his invention "Johnston's Fluid Beef". This was renamed Bovril back in 1886, and so the beefy drink we know and love was born. 16 years later, on Christmas Day of 1902, and far, far away near the South Pole, Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton supped on a cup of Bovril after a chilling 4-hour march. By 1909, it wasn't just explorers and soldiers that took strength from Bovril; hundreds and thousands of football supporters up and down the country were gulping down steaming hot cups of Bovril. In fact, by this time, Bovril was so popular with Brits that an electric advertising sign was erected in London's Piccadilly Circus. By 1968, the Bovril empire owned Argentinean beef ranches that totalled the equivalent to half the size of England. Production was also moved from London to its current home in Burton on Trent." (http://www.ubfoods.co.uk/brands/foodbrands/bovril.aspx).

The land comprising Camden Estate is situated to the east of the High Road in what is now known as Camden Town. The western boundary being the High Road from Crowndale Road in the south, continuing northwards up Kentish Town Road as far as Bartholomew Road in the north. The northern boundary continued across until it met Brecknock Road just north of Camden Road. The western limits being York Way as far as Agar Grove, eastwards across Agar Grove to St Pancras Way rejoining Crowndale Road in the South. The land was originally part of the manor of Cantelowes, which was in the possession of the Canons of St Paul as prebendaries. In 1649 the Commonwealth sold the land and Manor house. However, by 1660, during the Restoration the rights of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's were reinstated together with the original lessees or their representatives.

In 1670 the lease was purchased by John Jeffreys and passed, by the marriage of his granddaughter, Elizabeth, to Charles Pratt, who was born in 1713 and created Baron Camden in July 1765 and Viscount Bayham and Earl Camden in May 1786.

Initially, very little stood on the land other than the 'halfway house,' the Mother Red Cap, and the Manor house. Shortly before his death in October 1794 Earl Camden started to develop the land. Building leases were granted in 1790 for the land in the south of the estate, abutting west onto High Street Camden Town. The building was continued by his son John Jeffreys (Pratt) 2nd Earl of Camden, who was created Marquess of Camden and Earl Brecknock in September 1812. By his death 1840 urbanisation was complete. Earl Camden laid out his buildings along the eastern side of the High Street. They contrasted greatly with those on the western side on Lord Southampton's estate. They were more generous in their proportions. Many of the streets and roads on the remainder of the estate took names which reflected the personal and family connections of the Earl, including Pratt Street, Brecknock Road, Bayham Street and Georgiana and Caroline Street (two of his daughters). His son married Harriet Murray (Murray Street), daughter of the Bishop of Rochester (Rochester Square) and his builder was Augustine Greenland (St Austine's Road and Greenland Street).

The writer and diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) came from a landed estate at Wotton in Surrey, although as a younger son he did not expect to inherit the family lands. In 1647 he married Mary Browne, sole heir of Sir Richard Browne, and through this marriage gained Sayes Court in Deptford with surrounding lands (as confirmed by a grant from Charles II). Evelyn had a stong interest in horticulture and created a famous garden at Sayes Court. However, Evelyn's elder brother died and he did inherit the Surrey estates, moving there and letting out the house at Deptford. His most famous tenant was Peter the Great, czar of Russia, who was visiting Deptford to study shipbuilding and whose drunken revelries caused damage to the gardens. The estate remained in the Evelyn family, although the manor house was torn down in 1728 and a workhouse and the Admiralty Victualling Yard were built on the site. In 1884 W J Evelyn granted some land to the London County Council to create a public open space.

The property in Fulham was owned by Sir Brooke Bridges. It came into the Fielding family via his widow Dame Elizabeth Bridges, who married the Honorable Charles Fielding of Goodnestone, Kent.

Robert Gunter, of Earl's Court Lodge, Kensington, was a Captain in the 4th Dragoon Guards.

The property was owned by William Holland, who died in 1874 leaving it to Louisa Froud. Louisa left the house to her daughter Jessie Blount in 1922. In 1938 the house was purchased by the London County Council for demolition in a road widening scheme.