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:
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.
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 CollegiateChurch 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 Katharineby 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 ofWestminster / 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 andSt 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 |
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 | ||
| Elthorne | ||
| Gore | ||
| Isleworth | ||
| Ossulstone | ||
| 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 |