West Middlesex Family History Society

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Gazetteer for the Greater London area

This page is intended to help identify which of the family history societies that cover the London area has an interest in a particular place. Please type the name of the place in the box below and press the Search button.

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The search is not case-sensitive. Note also that the search will accept partial place names. For example, entering "sta" will return, among others, Staines, Stanmore and Stanwell, while "ham" will return Hampton, Fulham, Hammersmith, Laleham, etc. The columns of the table can be sorted by clicking on the name of the column. Church dedications (e.g. St Mary) are not indexed, except for the City of London and cases elsewhere for which they provide the principal names by which the parish is known (e.g. St Pancras).

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Notice Board

The Notice Board was last updated on 29th March 2024.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is on Thursday 15th May 2025. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Ian Thomson titled Bletchley Park. Ian will be speaking from St. John's Centre. Members may be remote or at St. John's.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is the The Family History Show London at Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday 4th October.

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Recent updates

2-Apr-2025

The Memorial Inscriptions of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington are added.

8-Mar-2025

Our Social Media Policy is now documented and has been added to the Members Area.

7-Mar-2025

Committee Minutes for January 2025 added to Members Area.

21-Feb-2025

New image (and tip) of the month.

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