Heston, Middlesex Family History Guide

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Heston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Middlesex.

Other places in the parish include: Sutton, Scrattage, North Hyde, Lampton, Cranford, and Spring Grove.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Leonard

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HESTON (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Brentford, hundred of Isleworth, county of Middlesex; containing 4071 inhabitants, of whom 1386 are in that portion forming part of the town and chapelry of Hounslow.

The parish is situated in a fertile district, and the inhabitants are principally employed in agriculture; the soil is remarkable for the production of excellent wheat, and according to Norden and Camden, the bread for the supply of the royal table in the reign of Elizabeth, was made of wheat grown exclusively in Heston. There is a manufactory for oil of vitriol. A pleasure-fair is held in the village on the 1st of May. Within the parish is Osterley Park, once in the possession of Sir Thomas Gresham, who entertained Queen Elizabeth here; the house was rebuilt in 1760 for the Child family, and now belongs to the Earl and Countess of Jersey.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £11; net income, £654; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of London: the tithes were commuted for land in 1813. The church has been enlarged, and 400 free sittings provided: the tower is one of the finest in the county, and the west window is very splendid, and rich in details. Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, and his lady, are buried in the church; and there is a monument to Anthony Collins, the free-thinker, and author of various works, who was a native of the parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Middlesex, Heston – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Heston, 1639-1640
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Heston (Middlesex)

Church records, 1874-1908
Author:    Richmond Circuit (Richmond, Surrey : Wesleyan Methodist); Southall Green Chapel (Southall, Middlesex : Wesleyan Methodist); Richmond Hill Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Richmond, Surrey); Friar’s Stile Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Richmond, Surrey)

Church records, 1892-1904
Author:    Staines Road Primitive Methodist Chapel (Hounslow, Middlesex)

Marriages at Heston, 1559-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Heston (Middlesex)

Monumental inscriptions of Heston Cemetery

Parish registers of Hounslow, 1708-1875, 1708-1875
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Hounslow (Middlesex)

England, Middlesex, Heston – Voting registers ( 1 )
Registers of electors and index of streets for Heston and Isleworth, 1946-1965
Author:    Heston (Middlesex); Isleworth (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