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INDEX TO WEST FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY JOURNAL 1995 Use the reference number with the list ‘Article References’ to locate the appropriate article. Lists Subject Content Ref World War I volunteers Former pupils of St George's Boys School, 3 Latin forms of William Latinised forms of William, from Derbyshire parish records 5 Latin Christian Names Latin forms of English Christian Names 5 War Dead, World War I West Middx. men, buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, 6 Belgium Poor Law Records, Mention of Middlesex Folk 8, 23 1750-1834 Protestation Return for List of names, dated 27th February 1641/2 15 Harmondsworth

Maps Subject Content Ref 1840 Notting Hill, A History of 22 Notting Hill 1863 Notting Hill, A History of 22

Names Subject Content Ref Adamson T H Adamson, owner of shed at Fishermans place 13 Barlow Wheelwrights in Reading area 18 C, ancestors of Barnes family 20 Barnes West Middlesex family since 1800 20 Beeton Cookery book used by Pentonville housewife 2 Bentley Richard Bentley, publisher of journal Miscellany, while Charles 9 Dickens was editor. Berry Berry and Edwards wharf, Isleworth 1 Bitmead Variations in children's names in censuses 5 Bitmead Christian name variations through out life 5 Britain Property owner at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Cachmaille-Day Architect of new All Saints Church , 1947 16 Carrol Mrs Mary A Carol, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Cattermole Christian name variations, Rosewarne family 5 Chamberlain Chas Chamberlain, tenant at Fishermans place Chiswick 13 Chesterman A Chesterman, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Chesterman Miss Chesterman, property owner at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Chesterman Mrs Chesterman, property owner at Fishermans place Chiswick 13 Chesterman Alice Chesterman, occupier of 11 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900- 13 02 Collins Wilkie Collins, playwright and friend of Charles Dickens. 9 Cooper Family resident at Sipson House, visited by Charles Dickens. 9 Cooper William Cooper of Rochester, sole executor of Thomas Mitton. 9 Croker Née Gillard, baker at Clarendon Rd Notting Hill, 1871 22 Curtis Joint owner of gunpowder mills 1 Davis Fined for threatening to blow up Hounslow gunpowder mill 1 Dickens Charles Dickens, visits to Slough, Datchet, Sipson, Harlington, 9 . Douglas Chas Douglas, occupier of 8 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900-04 13 Dowden Lily Dowden, first married to a Maunders, then Jim Newell 14 Dowden Charles Dowden, joined Army Boys Service and rose to be Brigadier 14 General Drabble Dr Drabble, The Grange, Ashley Road, Walton-on-Thames 14 Eales Thomas Eales, volunteered as naval recruit of Harmondsworth and 7 Harlington in 1795 Edwards Berry and Edwards wharf, Isleworth 1 Ellis Employed to monitor carriage of gunpowder through Isleworth 1 Ely Ely Bros. Cartridge factory, Edmonton 1 Evans Bluenose Evans, owned farm next to Mayfield farm. Now Gt West 14 Road Evelyn John Evelyn, diarist noted end of Hearth Tax 1689 17 Farley Rbt Farley, occupier of 4 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1903-04 13 Ford Lily Ford nee Maunders, childhood at Littleton and early 14 1900s Frister Frister and Rossman sewing machines 2 Gayton Charles Gayton, occupier of 10 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1903-4 13 Gillard Self employed tailors, Notting Hill area 1858 22 Gorringe Owner of large department store near Victoria station 2 Green Mr Philip green, Pitt Towers, Oatlands Drive 14 Gwynnne Engineering shop near Bridge 2 Haggerty executed at Newgate 1807 18 Harris In Luton area late 18c, ancestors of Barnes family 20 Harvey Joint owner of Hounslow gunpowder mills 1 Herschel Caroline Herschel, sister of astronomer William, at Elizabeth Cottage 9 Slough Hester Revd Norman Hester, first permanent priest at Woodlawn Mission 16 Church 1940 Hobbs William Hobbs, property owner Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Hole James Hole, enlistment of Naval recruit from Harmondsworth and 7 Harlington in 1795 Holloway Executed at Newgate 1807 18 Hooper Geo Hooper, occupier of 2 Fishermans place Chiswick 1904 13 Hope James Hope, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Jackson Local builder and Quaker, at Clifton Gardens Chiswick during World 11 War 2. Jennings Geo W Jennings, tenant at 4 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1888-1904 13 Kendrick Elias Kendrick, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Kenrick Elizth Kenrick, occupier of 10 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900 13 Knight Manager of Hounslow gunpowder mills 1 Leadbeater Wm H Leadbeater, occupier of 10 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1902 13 Lufflum Wife from Isleworth, married into Barnes family 1801 20 Malcolm Thomas Malcolm, owner of Malcolm Cottages Chiswick 13 Mannell Rosewarne family 5 Marlow Anthony Marlow, occupied 3 Fishermans Place Chiswick, 1900 13 Meen Wm Meen, occupier of 7 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900-04 13 Millwood Hammersmith school girl and later bride 2 Mitton Mary Ann Mitton, Sister of school boy friend of Charles Dickens 9 Mitton Thomas Mitton, schoolboy friend of Charles Dickens 9 Murrell Rose nursery, Laleham Rd 14 Nealor Lawyer, partner of Thomas Mitton of Hounslow, 1844-46. 9 Newell Jim and Lily Newell, farmed Mayfield Farm. On site of Airport 14 Northumberland Earl of Northumberland, 81 chargeable hearths, Hearth Tax 1664 23 Odell ? Ordell ? Thos Odell, tenant at 9 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1888-1904 13 Parry-Okedon Revd Parry-Okedon, Rector of St George's Hanworth 1933 16 Parsons Katherine Parsons, Painted picture of Fishermans place Chiswick in 13 1905 Peel Sarah Peel, married Alfred Smith 23rd March 1837 21 Pepys Samuel Pepys, recorded clamour against chimney money 17 Petty Sir William Petty, advocate of Hearth Tax 17 Phipps D Phipps, churchwarden All Saints Church Hanworth 16 Pollock Right Revd Bertram Pollock KCVO, Bishop of Norwich 16 Pounds Sarah Pounds, servant. Married at 1860 20 Punter W M Punter, occupier of 3 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1902 13 Ramsden Thos Ramsden, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Ramsden Hayward Ramsden, occupier of 4 Fishermans Place 1900-02 13 Randall Wm Randall, occupier of 12 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1902 13 Randell Wm Randell, tenant in cottage at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Reynolds Beer seller at Hounslow gunpowder mills 1 Roach/Roche? Wm Roach, occupier of 13 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900-04 13 Rosewarne Variations in Christian names in Censuses 5 Rosewarne Criminal records 5 Rosewarne Husbands Christian name incorrect on death certificate 5 Rosewarne Christian name variations in Cornish parish registers 5 Rosewarne Additional Christian names added later 5 Rossman Frister and Rossman sewing machines 2 Rudder Nathan Wm Rudder, occupier of 1 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1904 13 Scott Lawyer, partner of Mitton, Scott and Edwards, of Hounslow, 1846-50 9 Shengold ? Albert Shengold, occupier of 12 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1903 13 Shergold Revd W F S Shergold, of All Saints Church Hanworth, 1949 16 Shergold ? Robt Chas Shergold, occupier of 12 Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 1904 Sherwyn Richard Sherwyn, agent to administer hearth Tax 17 Smith J W Smith, property owner at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Smith Alfred Smith married Sarah Peel 23rd March 1837 21 Spackman Geo Spackman, occupier of 3 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1902/4. 13 Spinks Olive Spinks, pupil at school at Sheepwalk Shepperton 14 Stanhope Sir Michael Stanhope, Lord of Manor, East , 1609 1 Steel Lavender merchant, murdered between Staines and Hounslow 1802 18 Temple Sir Richard Temple MP, opponent of Hearth Tax 17 Ternan Ellen (Nelly) Ternan, actress friend of Charles Dickens, resident of 9 Slough. Ternan Theatrical family, know to Charles Dickens in the 1850s. 9 Ternan Nelly Ternan, actress with whom Charles Dickens became 9 infatuated. Thorneycroft Thorneycroft and Co, property owner at Fishermans place Chiswick 13 Tringham Charles Tringham, pseudonym of Charles Dickens?, rented a cottage 9 in Slough in 1865. Watts Reg Watts, studying for school scholarship 14 Webb William Webb, Agent to administer Hearth Tax 17 Weekly Richard Weekly, gave possession of Sipson House to Cooper 9 Family, 9th April 1832 Whiteley William Whiteley, of Hanworth Farms 16 Wild William Wild, a Sipson Horse Doctor. 9 Willis Thos Willis, tenant at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13 Willis Eliza Willis, occupier of 12 Fishermans Place Chiswick 1900 13 Willis Thomas Willis, builders labourer, married at Highgate 1860 20 Wing South Hertfordshire family 1800, ancestors of Barnes family 20 Withall Wife from East Bedfont, married into Barnes family 20 Wright J W Wright, property owner at Fishermans Place Chiswick 13

Places Subject Content Ref Acton Gillard family, self employed tailors, post 1880 22 Ashford An Old Tin Chapel 14 Ashford Scholarship at Ashford School 14 Ashford Hearth Tax records, 1674 24 Barnes Marriage at St Mary's Church, 1908 2 Barnes Home of Millwood family 2 Barnes Sunday School of Holy Trinity Church 2 Bedfont Threat by local man to gunpowder factory 1 Bedfont Home of Lily Maunders until aged three 14 Bedfont Ornamental trees in church yard 14 Bedfont Mayfield Farm 14 Bedfont mills Closure of gunpowder mill and cartridge factory 1 Bedfordshire Barnes family ancestors 20 Belper Home of Rosewarne family 5 Berkshire Barnes family ancestors 20 Birmingham Home of Rosewarne family 5 Botany Bay Victims of the Lottery 1792 12 Brentford Petty Sessions, threat to gunpowder factory 1 Brentford Ex Pupils of St George's Boys School who Volunteered in WW1 3 Brentford Cost of Journeys from Harmondsworth, re Naval volunteer 1795 7 Buckingham Sir Richard Temple MP objecting to hearth tax 17 Chiswick Motor repair garage in Clifton gardens 11 Chiswick Bomb damage in Clifton Gardens 1944 11 Chiswick Bomb damage in Chiswick High Road 1944 11 Chiswick Malcolm Cottages at Fishermans Place 13 Cornwall Christian name variations in Cornish Parish Registers 5 Covent Garden Journey from Harlington to sell fruit 9 Covent Garden Garden produce, sold by Barnes family 20 Datchet Railway station left by Charles Dickens to walk to Slough 9 Derby Calendar of Assize 1849, Rosewarne accused of coal theft 5 Derbyshire Attempts to Latinise Wiiliam in Derbyshire parish registers 5 Diss Christian name changes in Census returns of Cattermole family 5 Hearth Tax records, 1664 to 1674 24 East Bedfont Site of first gunpowder factory in this area 1 East Bedfont Objection to gunpowder factories in 1609 1 East Bedfont Barnes family since 1800 20 Edmonton Ely Bros. cartridge factory 1 Edmonton Death of Mary Ann Mitton, 1913 9 Elthorne Hearth Tax records 24 Elthorne Hearth Tax records, 1663 24 Hundred Epsom Death of Alice Rosewarne, 1911 5 Eton Walks by Charles Dickens 9 Home of Mitton Family for a short time 9 Feltham Barnes family since 1800 20 Flanders West Middlesex WW1 dead in Lijssenthoek Cemetery Belgium 5 Gillard family, self employed tailors, post 1880 22 Gloucestershire Reported hearing explosions at Hounslow gunpowder Mills 1 Hearth Tax records, 1664 to 1674 24 Guildford Annual picnic of staff of Gorringe's Department Store 2 Hammersmith Victorian High School for Girls 2 Hammersmith Home of Roe family, late 1920s 11 Thomas Willis, gardener 20 Hearth Tax records, 1664 to 1674 24 Hanworth 60th Anniversary Woodlawn Mission Church 16 Hanworth Viscount and Viscountess of. 16 Harlington Parish meeting at the sign of the Magpies, 10th April 1795 7 Harlington Where Charles Dickens Stored his coach whilst on the Continent 9 Harlington Cooper Family recorded in 1851 Census 9 Harlington Home of John Cartwright Cooper and Mary Ann 9 Harmondsworth Parish meeting at the sign of the Magpies, 10th April 1795 7 Harmondsworth Enclosure Act 1819 9 Harmondsworth Cooper Family children buried. 9 Harmondsworth Protestation Returns 27 February 1641/2 15 Harmondsworth Hearth Tax records, 1663 24 Birth of Mary Ann Mitton, later friend of Charles Dickens 9 Heathrow Area farmed by Cooper family 9 Heathrow Built on site of Mayfield Farm 14 Airport Hertfordshire Barnes family ancestors 20 Thomas Mitton buried 1878 9 Highgate Thomas Willis, builders labourer 20 Charles Dickens worked for a firm of Attorneys 9 Hounslow Home of Thomas Mitton, friend of Charles Dickens 9 Hounslow Ideal place for a gunpowder factory 1 Heath Hounslow Mills Collective name for local gunpowder factories 1 Hounslow Mills Remains still existing in 1 Hounslow mills Biggest local employer in the area 1 Hounslow Mills High production costs due to old plant and transportation 1 Hurst Home of naval volunteer on behalf of Harmondsworth and Harlington 7 Isleworth Berry and Edwards wharf in Church Street 1 Isleworth Complaint by vestry about gunpowder spilt on local roads 1 Isleworth Thomas Mitton jnr., Solicitor and Market Gardener 9 Isleworth Barnes family since 1800 20 Isleworth Hearth Tax records 24 A Bazaar for poor boys, Opened by Mary Ann Mitton, aged 90 9 As shown on Kensington map of 1840 22 Kensington Royal School of Art Needlework 2 Gore Kenwyn Errors in Rosewarne entries in Parish Registers 5 Kintbury attaining Residence Qualifications 20 Lambourn Unemployed shepherd returned to birthplace 20 Littleton Childhood of Lily Maunders 14 London Walks to Sipson by Charles Dickens for breakfast 9 London 157 Euston Road, home of Roe family 1898 11 London Government Loans, on basis of receipt of Hearth Tax 17 London Execution of two men at Newgate prison in 1807 18 Manchester Charles Dickens as an actor 1857 9 Middlesex North side of Hammersmith Bridge 2 Middlesex Surviving Hearth Tax records for local parishes 24 (West) Middlesex folk mentioned in Poor Law Records 8 North Feltham Cartridge factory established in 1865 1 Hearth Tax records, 1664 to 1674 24 Norwich Bishop of,. Dedication of Woodlawn Church 16 Notting Hill As shown on Kensington map of 1840 22 Notting Hill Development of area, as shown on map of 1863 22 Notting Hill Gillard family, self employed tailors, 1858 22 Notting Hill Croker family, bakers, 1871 22 Wife of Thomas Mitton drowned in pond 9 Oxfordshire Barnes family ancestors 20 Queen Victoria's funeral cortege 2 Paddington GWR Railway used by Charles Dickens 9 Paddington Smith family, record searches 21 Home of Charles Dickens in 1867 9 Peivale Hearth Tax records, 1664 to 1674 24 Pentonville Engineer and operative brewer in local brewery 2 Phillack Baptism of Rosewarne family 5 Roydon Birth of Daniel Cattermole 5 Shenley Wing family prior to 1880 20 Shepherds Gillard family, self employed tailors, post 1880 22 Bush Shepperton Childhood of lily Maunders 14 Shepperton Bells Cottages, Charlton Rd, Shepperton 14 Shepperton National School. and Band of Hope 14 Sipson Birth of Cooper family children 9 Sipson Home of Mitton Family 9 Slough Frequently visited by Charles Dickens 9 Slough Home of Richard Bentley, publisher friend of Charles Dickens 9 Slough Windmill Hotel, destroyed by fire 1882 9 Slough New Railway station built 1882 9 Somers Town Thomas Mitton, publican 9 Southgate Home of Mitton Family in 1861 9 Southsea Nelly Ternan buried 1914 9 Spelthorne Hearth Tax records 24 Staines Flower Stall on main road 14 Staines Lino Factory 14 Sunbury Mitton Family home 9 Sunbury Visits by Charles Dickens to Mitton family 9 Sunbury Good Templars home for orphan girls 14 Sunbury Barnes family since 1800 20 Sunderland Baptism of Rosewarne family 5 Sunderland Rosewarne baptisms at Robinson Lane Independent Chapel 5 Surrey Home of owners of Pentonville Brewery 2 Syon Reach Moorings for gunpowder barges 1 Home of Roe family 1944 11 Twickenham Hearth Tax records, 1664 24 Cost of journeys from Harmondsworth, re Naval volunteer 1795 7 Victoria Station Gorringe Department Store nearby 2 Walton-on- Home of Dr Drabble and his family 14 Thames Warwickshire County Court, Rosewarne as insolvent debtor 1857 5 Waterloo SR Railway Station used by Charles Dickens 9 Home of Cooper family in 1806 9 Westminster Cooper children christened at St. Margaret's Church 9 Westminster Marriage of Mary Ann Mitton to John Cartwright Cooper, 1843 9 Westminster Charles Dickens buried 1870 9 Abbey Windsor Railway Station used by Charles Dickens on way to Slough 9

Topic Subject Content Ref The Family Historian's Ten Basic rules for genealogy 19 Commandments The Family, Occupation and Research project by Cambridge University 4 Stratification Hearth Tax Background of tax 1662-89 17 Malcolm Cottages, Chiswick Occupants 1841-1916 13 Newgate Prison Execution in the year 1807 18 Protestation Return, Transcript of listing 27 Feb. 1641/2 15 Harmondsworth State Lotteries – 200 Years Ago Opinion offered in The Times, 12th April 1792 12 Woodlawn Mission Church History of 16 World War I Soldiers index Alphabetical index of all soldiers who served 1914- 6 18 Wreck of the Northfleet Poem written by 12 year old girl, at time of wreck 10

Article References Ref Title Author Vol.-Part-Page 1 Gunpowder Industry Yvonne 13 (1), p.11 Woodbridge 2 Courtship on Hammersmith Bridge Ruth Bagnall 13 (1), p.15 3 St George's Boys' School, Brentford Richard Chapman 13 (1), p.21 4 The Family, Occupation and Social Stratification Dr K Prandy and Dr 13 (1), p.22 W Bottero 5 Trouble with Christian Names Vic Rosewarne 13 (1), p.23 6 World War 1 Soldiers Index Grace Bevan 13 (1), p.27 7 Naval Recruiting – 1795 Style Peter Lee 13 (2), p.7 8 West Middx Refs. in Mortlake Poor Law Records (1 David Neller 13 (2), p.8 of 3) 9 Charles Dickens And His Local Connections Douglas Rust 13 (2), p.11 10 Drown'd in the Northfleet: Postscript Richard Chapman 13 (2), p.20 11 The Night They Bombed My Dad's Garage Peter Roe 13 (2), p.21 12 Views on the Lottery – 200 years Ago Richard Chapman 13 (2), p.25 13 Malcolm Cottages: A mystery solved Peter Jennings 13 (3), p.7 14 I Remember Judy Cole 13 (3), p.11 15 Protestation return for Harmondsworth Peter Lee 13 (3), p.15 16 Woodlawn Mission Church Ted Dunstall 13 (3), p.17 17 Legacy of the Chimney Men (Hearth Tax 1662-89) Richard Chapman 13 (3), p.23 Part 1 18 Execution at Newgate Janet Huckle 13 (3), p.31 19 The Family Historians Ten Commandments Annie Weare 13 (4), p.9 20 How My Ancestors Came To West Middlesex Douglas Barnes 13 (4), p.10 21 Frustrated Researcher Royston Smith 13 (4), p.14 22 Notting Hill, Just Passing Through Peter Gillard 13 (4), p.19 23 West Middx. Refs. in Mortlake Poor Law Records David Neller 13 (4), p.32 (2 of 3) 24 Legacy of the Chimney Men (Hearth Tax 1662-89) Richard Chapman 13 (4), p.23 Part 2

Compiled by Peter Roe