Middlesex Genealogical Records
Middlesex Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index connected to original images of most early Middlesex & London baptism registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Surrey, Essex and Kent.
An index to over 200,000 baptisms occurring in Middlesex.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
Middlesex Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index connected to either abstracts or original marriage licences from London and its environs. Marriage licences can contain details supplementary to those found in marriage registers.
Images of original marriage licences from the Diocese of London, searchable by a name index. These records can provide details not listed in marriage registers, such as age, parents and occupations. They can also act as a substitute in the case of missing marriage registers.
An index connected to original images of most early Middlesex & London marriage registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Surrey, Essex and Kent.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Middlesex Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index connected to original images of most early Middlesex & London burial registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Surrey, Essex and Kent.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
Middlesex Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
An index to and images of registers recording over 17 million voters' names, their residence and qualification to vote.
Lists of those registered to vote in London, including their residence and sometimes other supplementary details. Useful for tracing families in between censuses and can be used as a post-1911 census substitute, as listings are ordered by residence. A name index connected to original images.
Records compiled by parish overseers, recording those who claimed eligibility to vote. The record name, address and the nature of their connection with that property.
Newspapers Covering Middlesex
A weekly, liberal newspaper published in London. It contains family notices.
A conservative newspaper published in Hounslow. It contains local news, notices of births, marriages and death etc.
A short lived newspaper containing local news and adverts.
A chartist newspaper that reported on chartist and 'radical' activities in the London area.
A short-lived newspaper used to disseminate 'radical' political virtues.
Middlesex Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex. These records can help trace families back to the late 16th century.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Commissary Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Consistory Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
Middlesex Immigration & Travel Records
Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Middlesex Military Records
Service records for various voluntary corps and regiments from London and Middlesex at large.
A general history of the yeomanry, focusing on the involvement of its men in WWI.
Details of almost over 10,000 London council employees who fought in WWI. Contains both occupational and military details.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Middlesex, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Middlesex, with some service details.
Middlesex Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers recording over 17 million voters' names, their residence and qualification to vote.
Registers recording details of around 9,000 prisoners held in ships stationed in Kent. Records describe a convict's name, age, place of birth, physical description, offence, conviction, sentence, discharge and conduct report.
Digital images and transcriptions of records investigating suspicious deaths in the county of Middlesex.
Digital images and transcriptions of records that tried both misdemeanor and serious offences, but mostly felony cases.
Original images of a vast array of documents detailing the administration of the dependant poor in London. Including: school registers, rate books, removals, settlements, apprenticeships, criminal records, legal records and more.
Middlesex Taxation Records
Digital images of records that detail land – its owners and tenants. Very useful for tracing the succession of freehold and tenancies, and thus genealogies. Records can be searched by a name index.
Records listing those who were assessed for taxation based on the number of hearths they possessed.
The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.
Assessments for a tax to pay for warfare in Europe. It covers London and parts of Middlesex.
An index to and images of books recording money paid for maintenance of the sick and poor. The records list the name of the owner and occupier of a property, the type of dwelling, the name or situation of the property, how much rent was collected, and the rates paid.
Middlesex Land & Property Records
Digital images of records that detail land – its owners and tenants. Very useful for tracing the succession of freehold and tenancies, and thus genealogies. Records can be searched by a name index.
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Records compiled by parish overseers, recording those who claimed eligibility to vote. The record name, address and the nature of their connection with that property.
An index to and images of books recording money paid for maintenance of the sick and poor. The records list the name of the owner and occupier of a property, the type of dwelling, the name or situation of the property, how much rent was collected, and the rates paid.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Middlesex Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Middlesex Cemeteries
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Middlesex Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Middlesex Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A collection of maps and notebooks documenting the life and distribution of poor people in the London area.
Statistics of London's population, primarily from the 18th century, with details of the source documents.
A list of charities maintained in the county of Middlesex.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Middlesex School & Education Records
Records or admission and discharge for over 1 million pupils attending over 800 state schools in London. Records are indexed by name linked to original images of the registers; and may contain details on the pupil's parents, date of birth, residence, parent's occupations and scholastic history.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Middlesex Occupation & Business Records
A name index connected to original images of over 75,000 records recording the lives of those employed by the royal family.
An index to and images of hospital records listing over 250,000 names. Records may list name, age or year of birth, occupation, residence, why in the hospital and a whole host of other details.
Details of almost over 10,000 London council employees who fought in WWI. Contains both occupational and military details.
An index to and images of documents recording the name, master, father, residence and other details of London haberdashers.
An index to and images of documents recording the name, master, father, residence and other details of London ironmongers.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Middlesex
An essential work for those researching in and around London. This publication gives genealogical and brief biographical information on several hundred thousands inhabitants of London and the surrounding area.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Middlesex Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A name index connected to original images of over 75,000 records recording the lives of those employed by the royal family.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Middlesex Church Records
An index connected to original images of most early Middlesex & London parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Surrey, Essex and Kent.
The parish registers of Middlesex are a collection of books documenting baptisms, marriages and burials from 1538 to 1965.
A calendar for the Diocese and a list of over 6,000 of its clergy.
Confirmations are Church of England ceremonies conducted by Bishops that affirm one's commitment to the doctrines of the church. These records contain the names of those confirmed, their age, date of baptism & confirmation, address and sometimes other details. The records are indexed by name and connected to images of the original registers.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Biographical Directories Covering Middlesex
Biographical details for medical professionals, institutions and businesses in the London area.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Middlesex Maps
A large collection of maps charting London and it's environs.
Seventy-three high quality maps of London, its environs and the county of Middlesex.
A collection of maps and notebooks documenting the life and distribution of poor people in the London area.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Middlesex Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
MIDDLESEX is the metropolitan county of the British empire, mostly in the diocese of London and the province of Canterbury: it was anciently occupied by the Iberians and Britons and afterwards by the Belgic tribe of the Trinobantes, who were subdued by the Romans, who placed here one of their chief settlements in Britain. The county was one of the earliest conquests of the English, and obtained its present name of Middlesex, or the County of the Middle Saxons, from being between the kingdoms of the East and South Saxons and possibly of the North Saxons, and it was settled by the same clans as Surrey and the neighbouring counties: it seems to have been a distinct commonwealth, occasionally in subjection to the kings of the East Saxons, South Saxons and Mid-English.
Middlesex is an inland shire, but having many of the advantages of a sea province and of a port by its communication with the North Sea, through the broad channel of the Thames, the tides of which flow up it: it is the smallest county in England, excepting Rutland; it is 19 miles in its greatest length from east to west, from Tottenham Mills to the Buckinghamshire boundary, and from north to south it varies, being in its eastern half, from South Mimms to the boundary of the County of London 11 miles, and in the western portion, from Rickmansworth to Weybridge, 18 miles from the northern boundary to the Thames. Its superficial area as now reduced under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1888,’’ covers 149,046 acres, 31,484 acres having been transforred to the “County of London” and 771 to Hertfordshire; its population in 1851 was 1,886,576; in 1861 was 2,206,485; in 1871, 2,539,765; in 1881, 2,920,485; in 1891, 560,012, viz.:-260,920 males and 299,092 females; the population in the metropolitan area in 1881 was 3,550,556; and in 1891, 2,687,271, which were transferred under the above Act to the “County of London.” Inhabited houses in 1891, 95,088.
Middlesex is separated from Surrey and Kent on the south by the Thames, between Staines and Chiswick Eyot; from Essex on the east by the navigable river Lee, from Waltham Abbey to Stamford Hill; from the County of London by a line drawn north from Chiswick Eyot to Willesden Junction, east to Kilburn, north to Shoot-up Hill, east round the north fronts of Hampstead and Crouch Hills, round the south of Finsbury Park, and again east to Stamford Hill, thence to the river Lee; the division from Buckinghamshire on the west is the navigable river Colne, from Rickmansworth to Staines, and from Hertfordshire on the north, an irregular arbitrary boundary running east from Rickmansworth to Barnet, north to Mimms Wood, and then east to the Stort and Lee navigation at Waltham.
This district forms part of the valley of the Thames and of the London Tertiary geological basin. The soil consists chiefly of London clay, with occasional patches of plastic clay and gravel, and is generally level, but with occasional hills of Bagshot sand, about 400 feet high, containing fossils, at Hampstead, Highgate, Hornsey, Harrow and Stanmore, and from Barnet to Elstree is a ridge about 400 to 500 feet above sea level; much of the soil is poor, but adjoining the rivers are rich tracts' of alluvium of the most productive character; the cultivation chiefly consists of fruit and vegetables, for which the county has a high reputation. The fattening of cattle and the feeding of stock for the London market are carried on to a considerable extent. The mineral productions are limited, but the manufacture of bricks and tiles is carried on to a large extent, particularly in the western districts.
The Thames is navigable in its entire length adjoining this county for small steamers, smacks and barges, while below bridge (in the County of London) sea-going vessels' of large burthen load and unload for many miles, and it winds along the southern border and receives the rivers of the county. The time of high water on the full and change of the moon at London docks is 1h. 53min. and at London Bridge 1h. 58min. the vertical rise of the tide at both points above the mean low water level of spring tides being at springs 20 ft. and at neaps 17 ¼ft. This noble stream, which derives its name from the Iberians, is crossed by many bridges, some of the finest in the world. Those adjoining this county, from the mouth upwards, are The Tower, London, Southwark (railway), Southwark, Blackfriars (railway), Blackfriars, Waterloo, Charing Cross (railway and foot), Westminster, Lambeth (suspension), Vauxhall, Victoria (railway), Chelsea (suspension), Albert (suspension), Battersea, Battersea (railway), Wandsworth, Putney, Hammersmith (suspension), Barnce (railway), Kew (railway), Kew, Richmond (railway), Richmond, Teddington (foot bridge), Kingston (railway), Kingston, Hampton Court, Walton, Chertsey, Staines (railway) and Staines; there is also a tunnel under the Thames at Rotherhithe (now utilised by the East London railway). The river contains many kinds of fish, as do its tributaries; great attention has lately been paid to the stocking and preserving of the river. The river in passing through London has been partly embanked, the Victoria embankment forming a noble promenade from Blackfriars to Westminster.
Within the London area are the London docks and the East and West India docks, with entrances from the Thames, and further down the river, but in Essex, are the Tilbury docks.
The Lee enters the county at Waltham Abbey and joins the Thames at Blackwall, being navigable in its whole course and turning many mills: the Lee Cut is an artificial course of the Lee, made parallel to the old stream and communicating with the docks and with the Thames at Limehouse and Blackwall, and the two afford a large space of wharfage.
The Colne is a navigable river, with many mills: a branch of the Colne, made in the reign of William III. runs to the south-east from Colnbrook to the Thames at Hampton.
The Brent takes its rise in the vicinity of Mill Hill, and falls into the river Thames at Brentford, alter a course of about 18 miles, and is made navigable in its lower part. The Yedding brook rises between Harrow and Pinner, and, after turning the powder mills at Cranford, pursues a circuitous course of 18 miles in all to the Thames at Isleworth.
The Fleet river (formerly navigable to Holborn Bridge), Walbrook, Langbourn, the Tye Bourse , and many other streams are now covered up and absorbed in the sewers of London.
The New River, an artificial cut made in the reign of James I. for supplying water to the northern portion of the metropolis, runs parallel to the Lee in the eastern parts from Theobald’s Park, Herts, to Islington, a distance of 40 miles.
The Grand Junction Canal takes the course of the Colne from Rickmansworth by Uxbridge to West Drayton; and thence by Hanwell to the Thames at Brentford.
Paddington and Regent’s Canals form a communication with many branches through the centre of the county, from the Grand Junction Canal at Cranford to the Thames at Limehouse.
The railways which pass through this county have, in common with the other main lines, their termini within the county of London, and it will only be necessary to show the stations occupied by each within the county of Middlesex: beginning on the east side at Tottenham will be found the Great Eastern (terminus Liverpool street), the main line of which to Cambridge runs due north through the stations of Tottenham, Park, Angel Road, Ponder’s End Brimsdown, Enfield Lock and Waltham Cnoss, while the loop to Cheshunt passes through Seven Sisters and Lower Edmonton, and there are branches to Palace Gates and Enfield town, and a connection with the Midland line at South Tottenham, giving access to St. Pancras station. The Great Northern (terminus Kind’s Cross) has its main line running from Finsbury Park to Potter’s Bar, via Hornsey, New Southgate and Hadley. Wood, and has a line from Finsbury Park through Highgate and Finchley to Barnet, having branches from Highgate to Alexandra Palace, and from Finchley to Edgware, and there is also a branch from the main line at Wood Green to Enfield. The Midland (terminus St. Pancras) runs its main line from Cricklewood, Hendon and Mill Hill, leaving the county near Elstree; from Cricklewood they connect with the north and south junction through Dudding and Willesden. The London and North Western (terminus Euston) runs the main line from Willesden Junction, where it connects with the City, and the lines south of the Thames, via Sudbury, Harrow and Pinner, to Walford and the North. The Metropolitan runs a branch from Baker Street, which passes through Brondesbury, Neasden, Harrow, Pinner, to Rickmansworth, from which it continues to Aylesbury and Ferney. The Great Central, whose terminus is in course of construction in Marylebone road, will, after joining the Metropolitan at Finchley road, follow this line and leave the county at Rickmansworth. The Great Western (terminus Paddington) runs from Acton, through Ealing and Southall to West Drayton, where it leaves the county, having two branches, one from Southall to the Thames at Brentford, the other from West Drayton northward to Uxbridge. The London and South Western enters the county from Richmond at Twickenham, whence lines run in three directions, via Feltham to Staines and Windsor via Teddington to Kingston-on-Thames, and the third, known as the Thames Valley railway, via Strawberry Hill and Sunbury to Shepperton; another branch of this railway crosses the river over Barnes Bridge, and runs through Brentford and Isleworth to Hounslow, being joined at Kew Bridge by the North and South Western Junction railway, which starts from Willesden, and from which at Acton branches the London and South Western line to Kew Gardens and Richmond, and the Metropolitan line to Ealing. The Barnes and Hounslow line (L. and S. W.) joins the Staines line near Hanworth. The Metropolitan District railway have now (1898) a line in course of construction, which, starting from a point midway between Ealing and Ealing Common, will run through Twyford, Sudbury, Harrow (South) and Ruislip, and will ultimately have its terminus at Uxbridge.
Middlesex is the seat of manufactures of many kinds, chiefly in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis, and can scarcely be described, except in connection with it; Other occupations are brick and tile making; there are, gunpowder mills, known as the Hounslow mills, at Twickenham and at Bedfont; malting, distilling and soap making.
The market towns, exclusive of the Metropolis, are Uxbridge, for corn; Brentford, for corn; Southal, for cattle and sheep; Staines, for corn; and South Mimms, Barnet, part of which is in this county, may bo considered a Middlesex town, and celebrated for its horse and cattle fair.
Many of the parishes approach the size of towns.
The Metropolis, which was a Roman station, has been the capital of the county until the formation of the County of London; Brentford, for general purposes, is now the county town.
The county has one court of general and quarter sessions and was divided into 21 petty sessional divisions, of which 13 are now in the “County of London,” this is exclusive of the City of London.
Owing to its position as the metropolitan county, Middlesex possesses seven great roads, branching from its centre at Charing Cross, or the Roman stone in Cannon street; they are (1) via Stratford to the Eastern counties, (2) via Edmonton to Lincoln (through Peterborough), (3) the Great North road, via Finchley to York &c. (4) the Edgware and St. Albans road (thence to the Midlands and North-Western counties ), (5) the Oxford road, via Ealing to Shrewsbury &c. (6) the Bath road, via Hammersmith and Hounslow to Reading and Bristol, (7) the South-West or Exeter road, via Hounslow, Staines and Salisbury.
The Militia of the City and of the Tower Hamlets is distinct from the county militia, and is raised and regulated under special statutes.
The county is within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court and of the Metropolitan Police.
The City of London forms a county of itself, with independent jurisdiction; the City of Westminster has independent jurisdiction; the Duchy of Lancaster has within it several domains; and the lieutenant of the Tower of London has a separate jurisdiction.
With the exception of part of Stanwell parish, which is in the diocese of Oxford, the county is in the diocese of London, Middlesex archdeaconry, sub-divided into the rural deaneries of Chelsea, Ealing, Enfield, Fulham, Hampton, Harrow, Highgate, Kensington, St. Pancras and Uxbridge, and contains 57 civil parishes.
At Hampton Court is a royal palace, but not used as such; at Harrow one of the great public schools; at Twickenham a training college for schoolmistresses, and one at Spring Grove for masters; at Witton Kneller Hall college for military musicians; at Mill Hill a Dissenting grammar school and a Catholic Foreign Missionary college, and large Industrial schools at Feltham and Bedfont. Hounslow is a considerable military and ordnance station, and at Enfield there is a government manufactory for small arms, for which there is a station on the Great Eastern railway.
The public parks in the county, irrespective of those immediately within the Metropolis, are Victoria Park at Hackney, Finsbury Park at Hornsey, Waterlow Park at Highgate, and Bushey Park, Hampton Court; in addition there is the extensive heath at Hampstead and likewise Highgate Woods.
The registration districts within the restricted county are:—
| No. | Name. | Area. | Pop. 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | Staines | 24,331 | 26,892 |
| 125 | Uxbridge | 26,744 | 30,272 |
| 126 | Brentford„ | 21,077 | 132,985 |
| 127 | *Hendon | 33,568 | 96,667 |
| 128 | Barnet | 25,728 | 46,072 |
| 129 | Edmonton | 47,306 | 242,111 |
* Including Willesden Union, formed in 1896.
At Colney Hatch, otherwise New Southgate, is the Lunatic Asylum for the County of London, a fine structure of brick, with stone decorations, in the Italian style, from designs by Mr. S. W. Daukes, architect, the first stone of which was laid by the late Prince Contortion May 8, 1849, and the first patients received July 17, 1851; the building, erected at a cost of about £400,000, covers upwards of four acres and will hold above 2,000 patients; the principal front, facing northwards, is nearly. 2,000 feet in length, and is flanked at either end by a ventilating tower; in the centre is the chapel, a spacious oblong chamber seating 600 persons; there are also residences for the officers, farm buildings, airing courts, laundry, gas and water works, workshop, yards and lodges, the whole covering nearly 20 acres, and with kitchen garden, burial ground and other land belonging to the establishment, an area altogether of about 119 acres and has also a farm of 160 acres; the cemetery was consecrated by Bishop Blomfield in 1851. This asylum is for the reception of pauper lunatics only, chargeable to parishes in the County of London, as provided by the “Local Government Act, 1888,” and required by the “Act 16 & 17 Vict. c. 97,” and is under the management of a committee of visitors. The Queen Adelaide fund, for the benefit of poor patients leaving the asylum, consists of about £20,000 invested in Consols and the interest is expended in gratuities varying from 10s. to £5. The cost of maintaining the asylum is about £60,000 yearly. William Joseph Seward M.B. medical superintendent; assistant medical officers, Frederick Bryan M.B. and Cecil Fowler Beadles L.R.C.P. Lond. male department; Samuel Lloyd Jones M.E.C.S. Eng. Charles Berkley Gervis M.R.C.S.Eng., John Henry Wizard M.R.C.S.Eng. and Frederick Robinson L.R.C.P. Lond. female department; Rev. Henry Hawkins M.A. chaplain; Richard W. Partridge, clerk to the committee of visitors; Robert T. Eade, clerk to the asylum; O. Mallett, steward.
In the parish of Norwood is the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, belonging to the County of London, first erected in 1829—31, but since repeatedly enlarged and greatly improved; the building is constructed of brick in a simple Italian style, and consists of a central block with projecting wings at either end; both in front and rear are spacious grounds laid out with lawns and avenues of trees; the different wards are well supplied with books and games, and musical instruments; the asylum will hold about 2,520 inmates; the chapel, in front of the main entrance, erected in 1880, is an edifice of brick, in the Early English style, and has a lofty tower with spire containing one bell: there are about 1,000 sittings. Robert Reid Alexander M.D., C.M. medical superintendent; Percy John Baily M.B., C.M. John Cautley Holderness L.R.C.P.Lond. William James Thomas M.D., C.M. Percy Charles Spark M.B.C.S.Eng. Henry William Harding M.R.C.S.Eng. and John Robert Lord M.B., C.M. assistant medical officers; Rev. Robert Andrews M.A. chaplain; Richard William Partridge, clerk to sub-committee of visitors; James William Palmer, clerk to the asylum; Miss E. King, matron; Alfred Henry Larcome, steward.
Military
The forces in the county of Middlesex are included in the Home District command under Major-General H. Trotter.
Hounslow is the depot of Regimental District No, 7, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), comprising the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th battalions (7th foot), & to which is attached the Royal Westminster Militia, the Royal London Militia & the Royal South Middlesex Militia, which form its 5th, 6th & 7th battalions, & 3 Volunteer battalions, all in the county of London; also of Regimental District No. 57, the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), comprising the 1st battalion (57th foot) & 2nd battalion (77th foot), to \vhich is attached the Royal Elthorne Militia & the Royal East Middlesex Militia, which forms its 3rd & 4th battalions: it has attached 3 Volunteer battalions, 1st with head quarters at Hornsey, 2nd at Whitton Park, Hounslow, & the 3rd (17th Middlesex) at Higi st. Camden Town; the depot for the regiments & the head quarters of the Militia regiments (except the 4th battalion of the Royal Fusiliers) are at the barracks, Hounslow Heath. A regiment of cavalry is also stationed at Hounslow. For full particulars see page 242.
Volunteer Infantry Brigades.
West London Brigade.
Comprising the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Volunteer Battalions Royal Fusiliers, 1st & 2nd Volunteer Battalions Middlesex Regiment & the 17th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps.
Fairis & Markets
Brentford, May 17, 18 & 19 & September 12, 13 & 14. Market day, Tuesday.
Enfield, November 30, chiefly for cattle.
Harlington, Whit Tuesday, for toys and pedlery Heston, May 1.
Hounslow, Trinity MKonday & Monday after Michaelmas day.
Isleworth, first Monday in July, a pleasure fair for two days.
Southall, market for cattle on Wednesday.
Southgate, Beggars Bush fair, 1st & 2nd September.
Staines, May 11, for horses & September 19, for onions & toys.
Uxbridge, March 25, July 31, September 29 & October 11, the last two being statute fairs; wool fair, August 1. Market days, Thursday & Saturday.
The following Table shows the acreage under each kind of crop, and the number of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs in the County of Middlesex, excluding the “County of London,” as taken from the Agricultural Returns, 1897:—
| CROPS. | ACRES. |
|---|---|
| Cora and cereals | 9,946 |
| Roots, artificial grasses, cabbage, kohl-rabbi and rape | 11,605 |
| Clover and grasses | 2,171 |
| Permanent pasture Bare fallow | 76,254 1,314 |
| Orchards | 4,895 |
| Woods and plantations | 3,656 |
| LIVE STOCK. | NUMBER. |
|---|---|
| Horses used solely for agriculture and brood | 4,909 |
| Unbroken horses | 1,512 |
| Cows in milk or calf | 9,180 |
| Other cattle, 2 years and above | 3,631 |
| Ditto, 1 year and under 2 | 2,014 |
| Ditto, under 1 year | 2,449 |
| Ewes kept for breeding | 5,104 |
| Sheep, 1 year old and above | 8,721 |
| Ditto, under 1 year | 5,198 |
| Sows kept for breeding | 2,006 |
| Other pigs | 11,529 |
Middlesex County Council
Under the above Act, Middlesex, after the 1st April, 1889, for the purposes of the Act, except such portion as is severed and now included in the “County of London” (sec. 40), became an administrative county (sec. 46), governed by a County Council, consisting of chairman, aldermen and councilors elected in manner prescribed by the Act (sec. 2).
The chairman, by virtue of his office, is a justice of the peace for the county, without qualification (sec. 46).
The coroners for the county are elected by the County Council, and the clerk of the peace is appointed by a standing joint committee of the Quarter Sessions and the County Council, and may be removed by them (sec. 83—2).
The clerk of the peace for the County is also clerk of the County Council (sec. 83—1).
The Council meets on the fourth Thursday in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and October and the third Thursday in December at 4.15 o’clock, and statutable meeting on such Thursday within ten days after the 8th March as the County Council may from time to time fix, at the Guildhall, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster S W.
BOUNDARIES, SITUATION, AND EXTENT
The county of Middlesex is bounded on the north by Hertfordshire; on the south by the river Thames, which separates it from the county of Surrey; on the west by the river Colne, which separates it from Buckinghamshire; and on the east by the river Lea, which separates it from Essex. It extends about twenty-three miles in length, is nearly fourteen miles in breadth, and 115 in circumference; and contains 240 square miles, or 217,000 acres.
The name of this county is derived from the Middle Saxons; the people inhabiting it lying between the east, west, and south Saxons, and those who were then called the Mercians. At the time of Cæsar’s invasion of Britain the Trinobantes occupied this part of the island, where, according to Cæsar, they had a very strong city, and their king at that time was Imanuentuis, who being murdered by Cassibelan, Mandrubratius his son saved his life by flight, and joining Cæsar in Gaul returned under his protection to Britain. At the same time the Trinobantes applied by deputies to Cæsar to defend Mandrubratius from Cassibelan’s injustice, and send him to assume the chief authority in their state. Their request being complied with, they gave 40 hostages, and were the first of the Britons that submitted to the Romans. The Trinobantes, in the time of Nero conspired with the Iceni to shake off the Roman yoke, but this insurrection Seutonius Paulinus soon suppressed, with much bloodshed on the side of the Britons as Tacitus relates. On the decline of the Roman empire in Britain, Vortigern, a Brilon, in order to obtain this liberty from the Saxons, whose prisoner he was, gave up to them this territory with others, and it was long governed by kings of its own, but subject to those of Kent or Mercia; of whom Sibert, in 603, first embraced Christianity, and Suthred the last, was conquered by Egbert in 804, and left his kingdom to the West Saxons.
All the Roman roads centered in this county at a place called London Stone in Watling Street.
AGRICULTURE
Soil
The soil of the hundred of Edmonton, including South Mims, the land of which is about one third arable and two thirds meadow; Enfield the land of which is about three-fourths arable, and one fourth meadow; Edmonton, the land of which is about one half arable, and one half meadow; and Tottenham, the land of which is chiefly meadow, consists of clay, strong loam, and a small part gravel.
The soil of the hundred of Gore, including Hendon, Harrow, Edgware, Stanmore, and Wembley, the land of which is almost, without exception, meadow, consists generally of a stiff clay, with a small portion of gravelly loam.
The soil of the hundred of Osulston seems to be distinguished by five kinds.
First, in the vicinities of Barnet, Finchley, Highgate, Hornsey, and Hampstead; the land of which is meadow, the soil consists chiefly of clay, with small portions of gravel and loam. Around Wilsdon a deep stapled soil clay, with a mixture of loam and gravel, prevails.
Second, in the vicinity of Newington, Clapham, Hackney, Bethnal Green, and Stepney, the land of which is meadow, intermixed with garden grounds and nurseries, the soil is rich and mellow, but the vicinities of Hackney frequently partake of a strong loam, approaching to a clay of that species which is called brick-earth.
Third, The soil around Islington, Pancras, and Paddington, which is almost wholly employed, first in making hay, and then in pasturage, consists of a gravelly loam, tending in some parts, but in small portions, to clay.
Fourth, In the vicinity of Kensington, Bromplon, Chelsea, Fulham, and Chiswick, the soil varies from a strong to a tender or sandy loam, and from a black and fertile, to a white and sharp sand and gravel; and, in the parish of Chiswick, it is remarkable, that in the deepest soil the gravel lies within two feet of the surface. The land of these districts is in a small proportion devoted to the plough, but is chiefly employed in raising plants and vegetables for the London markets.
Fifth, The two remaining places of this hundred, Acton and Ealing, the lands of which are partly arable and partly pasture, seems to possess a soil in a great measure similar to that of Chiswick; about Acton, however, are sometimes discovered soils of lean gravel, and of a deep staple sandy loam. In the neighbourhood of Brentford the soil is of a deep gravel, and towards Greenford and Perival of a strong loam and clay. The lands of these districts are almost without exception arable.
The hundred of Isleworth contains the places bordering on the river Thames, viz. Isleworth, Twickenham, and Teddington, the land of which is arable, meadow, and garden-ground, and consists mostly of a hazel loam, or rich mellow soil. The parish of Heston, the land of which is chiefly arable, contains a small portion of light gravel, but is in general a strong loam.
The hundred of Elthorne, in the vicinity of Cranford, Harlington, Hillington, Uxbridge, and Cowley, the land of which is for the greater part arable, consists of strong loam, and a small part gravel.
The soil in and around the parishes of Harefield and Riselip, the land of which is about three parts arable, and one part meadow, chiefly consists of strong loam, with a small part gravel. The soil of the parish of Harmondsworth and Drayton, consists chiefly of light loam and gravel, and is almost entirely devoted to the purposes of the plough. The parishes of Northolt, Hayes, Southall, and Northcott, consist of a soil partaking of a strong loamy clay and gravel.
In the hundred of Spelthorne, the parishes of Teddington and Hampton, which are chiefly occupied by gentlemen, together with those of Sunbury and Shepperton, consist of a lean gravel, and of a light loam; Littleton, Laleham, Staines, and Stanwell, of a lean gravel and strong loam; Bedford, Feltham, Ashford, and Hanworth, of a lean gravel and light loam. The whole of the lands of these districts is chiefly arable.
Garden Ground
The kitchen gardener spares neither labour nor expence to procure manure. It consists of new horse dung brought in hot from the stables, and thrown lightly into a heap, so as to afford an opportunity for the air to penetrate from the surface to the centre. In this situation it is prevented from drying, by being constantly kept watered, and turned every two or three days, until it becomes quite black, and all its smell is evaporated. When this progress is completed, which usually occupies the space of fourteen or sixteen days, the dung is made into a hot bed, in the form of a ridge, a square or an oblong, according to the nature of the seeds or plants intended to be raised thereon.
This manure having thus performed its first office, and thereby become quite rotten, is spread thickly over the ground, and made to maturate the plants, which, in its former state, it contributed to raise.
The quantity of manure laid on is generally very great. The gardener, it is said, has no known period for the sowing of any particular kind of seeds (except in very few instances).
He begins by general crops of each kind of seed as early as possible in the month of February, and repeats this process through the whole of the succeeding month, until he practically discovers the wished for season, by the production of a good crop. As his success cannot depend more upon the nature of the soil than upon the quality of the seeds, no expence or labour is spared in procuring the best of each kind. To this manure and care of sowing seeds, the kitchen gardeners who supply the markets at Spitalfields, who cultivate in general on a light black soil, owe their celebrity in the article of lettuces.
But the most perfect and best cultivated culinary grounds, seem to be in the vicinity of Chelsea. This district consists of a light sandy soil, richly manured. The hot-house makes the kitchen garden complete; and, indeed the characters of farmer and gardener, are here in general united in the same person; for the grounds are successively filled with grain and vegetables. In the months of January and February they crop with early pease, to be gathered and sold in the month of June. In a few days afterwards the ground is cleared; the pease haulm stacked up for future fodder, and the plough being set to work, the land is sown with turnips, which are sold off in the autumn; when the ground is again ploughed, and filled with coleworts for the spring use. Where the first crop of pease is of the marrowfat kind, it is generally succeeded by a crops of savoys or late cabbages. Every gardener has a favourite and particular system in the succession of his crops; but they all unanimously agree in the maxim, that to dung well, to dig well, and to seed well, is the only practice upon which the reasonable expectation of a good crop can be founded.
At Isleworth, the kitchen-gardeners adopt the following mode of preserving endive: in winter time, a bank is raised three feet high, and laid sloping to the sun. On this bank the endive is planted out in the month of September. At the bottom of the bank pease are sown. By this means the endive is prevented from rotting, and the pease are ripened as early as if each had been planted on borders under a wall.
System of Husbandry
In the district of South Mims, which consists of a wet soil, and thin cold clay, the system of husbandry is
1. Summer fallow.
2. Wheat..
3. Beans, pease, or oats.
4. Summer fallow.
On the lighter or better part of the land,
1. Turnips, on a summer fallow.
2. Barley with broad clover.
3. Clover, to be either fed or mowee.
4. Wheat, on the clover lay, with one ploughing.
In the district of Southall, Norwood, Northcott, and Hayes, the soil of which consists of a strong loam, clay, and gravel, &c. the rotation of crops, in those parts which lie in common fields is
1. Fallow.
2. Wheat.
3. Barley, or oats with clover.
In the inclosed lands,
1. Wheat.
2. Barley and clover.
3. Turnips.
In the district of Fulham, which consists of a light, black, and fertile soil, the farmers sow,
1. Barley.
2. Coleworts, off in March.
3. Potatoes, off in October.
4. Wheat.
5. Turnips or tares.
In the district of Edmonton, which consists of strong loam, they manure well for
1. Potatoes.
2. Wheat.
3. Turnips, on wheat stubbles.
4. Oats, or tares, or pease, or beans, to be gathered.
5. Wheat.
The lands about Heston are chiefly of a strong loam, and celebrated for producing the finest wheat in the county; the skin is thin, the corn full and bold, and the flowers white, or, as the millers term it, fair. The rotation of crops are,
1. Wheat.
2. Barley, with clover mowed twice.
3. Pease or beans to be gathered.
4. Turnips.
5. Wheat.
The lands about Harmondsworth consist of a light loam and gravel, and are cropped with.
1. Clover, well dressed with coal ashes.
2. Peas, beans, or tares.
3. Wheat, turnips, or stubbles fed off.
4. Barley.
5. Oats.
The soil of Chiswick is from a strong to a fender or sandy loam, and from a rich and fertile, to a white and sharp sand and gravel. The rotation of crops in this district is as follows;
1. Vetches for spring feed, or pease, or beans, to be gathered green.
2. Turnips, which answer very well on inclosed land; they are not fed off, but sold to, and drawn by, the London cow-keepers.
3. Wheat.
4. Barley or oats.
But before the pulse is sown, and also between the wheat and the barley, the land is well manured.
The farmers in this district have been obliged to pursue this practice, on account of the Lammas Tenure; by which the land is deprived of that rest which is so essential to restore its exnausted vigour, and which would be obtained by the, following course; viz.
1. Pulse.
2. Turnips.
3. Oats or barley, with clover.
4. Wheat.
Manuring well before pulse.
But, by this rotation, the Lammas graziers would avail themselves of the advantage of the clover crop to the injury of the tenant; he is, therefore, obliged to submit to the expence of an extra-manuring to pursue the first order of cropping: it is, however, observable, that this extra-dressing does not recover the land equal to that obtained by a clover lay; and that such constant tillage is a great promoter of smutty wheat.
Rye and winter vetches are usually sown in this county about Old Michaelmas, and wheat from that time to Christmas; but when the season, and all circumstances will admit, the month of October is preferred for wheat.
Pease and beans, of various sorts, are sown from Christinas to Lady-day.
Summer vetches from Lady-day to Michaelmas, for late feed.
Oats and barley, with rye, grass, and clover, from February till May; but oats succeed best in general, if sown before the month of March is expired.
The. bay-harvest is generally about Midsummer, and the corn-harvest about the month of August.
The barley which grows in the parishes of Chelsea, Fulham, and Chiswick, has been for many years distinguished for its good quality, and has been much sought after for seed. When the farmer, from a multiplicity of business, cannot get his land into a fine tilth soon enough, or that he has not eat off or drawn his turnips, or is retarded through the inclemency of the weather, the barley is the pvoperest seed to sow, even so late in the season as the month of May; for, though it is late sown, it grows quicker than any other sort; it is frequently ripe so early as the month of August. Experience has proved it to be the best barley for malting, after having been once sown in loamy or stiff lands, which give it a much larger body than the sandy loam it came from.
This barley has a great advantage over all other kind of barley; for being, by its quick growth, less time abroad, it is less exposed to great rains, which always prove unfriendly to the culture of this grain. This is the reason why the farmers of these parishes have the whitest, most thin skinned, and mellowest barley in England, and which always fetches the greatest price when sold for seed or for malt. It is, however, thought that beneficial as the cultivation of this species of grain has been, it has of late years decreased considerably, and been supplanted by the superior profit produced by the growth of vegetables for the London markets. A bushel, of the Winchester measure of this barley is said to weigh on an average of years 561.
The seed of the different kinds of grain sown on an acre is nearly as follows:
| Crop | Ammount | Measurement |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat, | 3 | bushels an acre. |
| Barley, | 4 ½ | ditto ditto. |
| Oats, | 5 | ditto ditto. |
| Beans, | 4 ½ | bushels hand drilled |
| Pease, | 3 ½ | bushels an acre |
| Clover seed about | 12 | pounds an acre |
| Turnip seed | 2 ½ | pounds an acre |
The produce throughout the county of the above different kinds of grain an acre, is difficult to ascertain; but on an average, according to the most authentic information, is nearly as follows:
| Crop | Ammount |
|---|---|
| Wheat, about | 3 ½ quarters an acre |
| Barley, from | 4 ½ to 5 |
| Oats, from | 4 ½ to 5 |
| Beans, from | 3 ½ to 4 |
| Pease, from | 3 ½ to 4 |
On the general average of years and soils, clover, hay, first cutting, about 1 ½ ton an acre. Second cutting, about 1 ton an acre.
Turnips from about 4 ½ to 9 guineas an acre; but, as they are generally sold to the cow-keepers, the price varies according to the distance of the carriage, and the scarcity or abundance of the crops.
Cattle
Oxen are not generally used for draught or for the plough in this county. The practise, however, seems to be prevailing for, they are bought of the drovers at three years old, worked for a course of three years, and then either fatted for the butcher or sold to the grazier.
Five oxen are used to draw a waggon on the road, one in the shafts, and four in pairs, with collars and holsters, or headstalls.
At plough two pair are used; a dung-cart three oxen only are used. Some of them are shod standing; others are thrown for this purpose.
The cows are kept in general for suckling calves, and for supplying the neighbourhood with milk. They are generally of a mixed breed, and are bought at Kingston, and other fairs in the neighbourhood. But the practise of suckling calves prevails mostly in the western part of the county.
Horses
Few horses of any excellency are bred in the county of Middlesex. The farmers in general supply themselves with their cart-horses, which are compact and boney, at the different fairs in the neighbouring counties, and at the repositories and stables of the several dealers in and around the metropolis. Many of the horses used in the business of husbandry in this county, as well as those used by the brewers and carmen in London, are bred in Leicestershire and the adjoining counties. They are generally bought by dealers at two and three years old, and sold by them to the farmers, particularly in Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Berkshire, who work them gently the first year, and keep them on until they are about five years old, when they sell them to the London dealers (who are always looking out for horses for the brewers and carmen) at very high prices, being then of an age fit to stand their constant work. The draught horses in general, in the possession of the brewers and carmen, are, as to strength and figure, scarcely to be equalled. The brewers and carmens horses are fed with grains, clover, chaff, and beans; racked with rye-grass, and clover, and broad do ver hay of the best quality; and in summer it is not uncommon to feed them with green tares and clover. Many of the saddle and coach horses are bred in Yorkshire, and brought up from thence and from other counties by the horse dealers. These horses are fed with meadow hay only.
Sheep
This county is not famous for the breed of sheep. Hounslow Heath, and its adjoining pastures, are the only places where flocks of sheep are kept, and this seems more for the sake of folding their lands than for the hope of sending a superior kind of mutton to market.
The farmers buy them at the fairs at Rurford, Wilton, Weyhill, and other fairs in Wiltshire and Hampshire. The flocks differ in their individual numbers in proportion to the right of common which the respective proprietors possess.
The sheep in the parish of Harmondsworth, are said to amount to nearly 2000, and about 6000 are fed on Hounslow Heath. The sheep are generally sold off between fair and fair; some few, however, are fatted. The hay farmers also, particularly in the neighbourhood of Hendon and Barnet, devote their after-grass to the agistment of sheep and other cattle, which they take in at so much a score or head.
The experiments with Spanish sheep which have taken place in the county merit a particular detail.
In the summer of 1785 Sir Joseph Banks procured from France a ram and an ewe of the true Merino breed, which he kept at Spring Grove. The flock whence they were selected had at that time been kept in the province of Burgundy for eight years, without any ram from Spain being brought to it.
In the year 1787, after having clipped this ram and ewe twice, Sir Joseph Banks delivered the four fleeces to Mr. Flumphries, an intelligent manufurer at Chippenham, who made from them cloth sufficient for a suit of cloaths; and this cloth was was judged by the trade to be as good as superfine broad cloth usually is. In the year 1789, a comparison was made by Mr. Bell, a woolstapler in Bermondsey Street, between sixteen South Down ewe fleeces, and an equal number of teg fleeces, their progeny; and he reported that the sixteen South Down ewe fleeces weighed 30 ½lb. and when sorted were worth to the manufacturer 21 5s. 4 ½. and that the sixteen teg fleeces weighed 42 ¾. and were worth to the manufacturer, 31 14s.
Mr. Bell, however, according to the custom of his trade, broke or stapled this wool, which is not to make any assortment for a higher value than twenty-one pence half-penny a pound; but he observed, in breaking the halt Spanish fleeces, that a considerable quantity of wool of higher value was put into that assortment. In the year 1790, sixteen fleeces of South Down sheep, mixed partly half, and partly three quarters, with Spanish, were put into Mr. Bell’s hands, and he was desired to sort them, as is done in Herefordshire, where the dearest class of wool, called “Picklock,” is estimated at thirty-two pence a pound, which he did, and reported as follows; “sixteen South Down and Spanish fleeces weighed 47lb. were worth to the manufacturer, 4l. 12s. 10d“
In the year 1792 a similar comparison was made by Messrs. Buxton, the present possessors of the woolstapling business in Bermondsey-street, late Bell, between 20 fleeces of Nottinghamshire Forest ewes, and the same number of their progeny by a Spanish ram belonging to Sir Joseph Banks.Stolen from Fore-bears
They reporte. d that the wool of the 20 original ewes weighed 51lb. and were worth to the manufacturer, 31. 10s. 10 ½d. that the wool of the 20 ½ bred Spanish weighed 83lb. and was worth to the manufacturer, 6l. 7s. 14 ¾d.
In the autumn of the year 1793, Sir Joseph, having made a variety of experiments, all of which tended to prove that Spanish wool had not degenerated in fineness, even on his pasture at Spring grove, though particularly unfit tor sheep, determined to part with his wool, which had been kept for the purpose of comparison from the year 1788; and accordingly he sent the whole collection to Messrs. Buxton, not expecting to hear any more concerning it, except by receiving a fair price, which he was certain, from the liberality he had observed in the dealings of those gentlemen, would, in due time, be remitted to him: he was, however; agreeably surprised, on the 11th of January 1794, by the receipt of a note, of which the following is a copy.
Messrs. Buxton present their respectful compliments to Sir Joseph Banks, and beg his acceptance of a piece of cloth, produced from three grey Spanish fleeces, weighing together 8lb. and received by them from Sir Joseph Bankes.
Messrs. Buxton are informed from Mr. Wansey (the gentlemen from whom they received the cloth in its manufactured state) that it is an excellent piece of cloth; but being made wholly of undyed wool, of its natural colour, the manufacturer is of opinion it will fade in the wear.
Bermondsey Street, Jan. 11, 1794.
The cloth appearing to Sir Joseph very fine, he, on the 14th of January, forwarded it to Mr. Wallace, woollen draper in Bedford Street, a gentleman, whose integrity of dealing he had long been accustom med to, with the following note.
January 14, 1794.
Sir Joseph Banks presents his compliments to Mr, Wallace, and requests his opinion of the cloth which accompanies this respecting its value per yard, and its degree of fineness compared with superfine broad.
To this Mr. Wallace returned, on the 18th, the following answer:
Sir,
I have had the favour of your note, and have examined the cloth you sent for my inspection very minutely, and find it in every respect very excellent. The wool is remarkably good, though I have cloth, which, in my opinion, is made of rather finer wool, though that may admit of a doubt, as judging from the feel of the cloth depends much upon the dressing, and cannot be so correct as from the wool itself. The spinning is very tine, and upon the whole it may, t think, be ranked with the best superfine cloth manufactured in England. If I except a few pieces made at a very high price, and merely out of curiosity, I find it stouter than our superfine cloth in general, and I am of opinion that such cloth from the manufacturer is well worth 19s. a yard or more; I return the cloth by the bearer; and have the honour to be,
Your most obliged,
And very faithful.
Humble Servant,
John Wallace.”
The first grey lamb bred by Sir Joseph was dropped in the year 1789, and clopped in 1790, at which time the Spanish breed had been five years in England, and 14 years out of Spain. This lamb, and one more, both males, were kept for castration, which is known to ameliorate the wool; but Sir Joseph did not chuse to obstruct his experiments, which were carrying on in several parts of the kingdom, by castrating white lambs of the pure Spanish blood.
The deduction from this experiment, that cloth may be made from the wool of sheep fourteen years after the original stock has been imported from Spain, as fine at least as that usually manufactured from the imported Spanish wool appears self-evident. For the arrangement of it we are indebted to the judicious discrimination of Mr. Wansey. By the colour of the fleeces all suspicion of Spanish imported wool being mixed in the cloth is done away, for no coloured Spanish wool is sent out of Spain, and moreover, the fleeces being only three in number, all idea of a small portion of very fine wool having been carefully selected from a much larger quantity of inferior quality is precluded.
The method of breeding house lambs in this county, is as follows.
The ewes are always, without excepion, of the Dorsetshire breed, and the rams of the county of Middlesex.
The choice given by the breeders to the Middlesex rams in preference to those of any other county in the kingdom is extraordinary; but the wisdom and utility of this preference is said to be proved by long experience. The forward or early lambing ewes, are sought for by the breeders of this county with great at ention, and are generally purchased about Michaelmas at Weyhill fair, or other places in the west country. The stock is preserved by occasionally buying the grass lamb ewes of the county of Surrey, after their lambs have been sent to market, in the month of April or beginning of May. The sheep, which begin to lamb about Michaelmas, lie in the open field until they have produced a stock of twenty or thirty lambs. These lambs are then put into a lamb-house, where they are kept with great care and attention until they are fit for the butcher. The natural mother of each lamb is turned every night into the lamb house to her respective offspring. At six o’clock in the morning these mothers are separated from their lambs, and turned into the pastures; whence they are re-driven into the lamb-house about 11 or 12 o'clock at noon, and each lamb suckled by its mother. If an ewe gives more milk than its lamb will suck, the superabundance is given to the twins or to any other lamb whose mother may not be able to furnish it with sufficient food. The shepherd must in this case, hold the stranger ewe tor about one hour to the respective lamb it is destined to suckle. The lambs are put into a coop, where there is a rack, which to prevent them gnawing the boards, or eating each others wool, is filled with clean wheat straw, and several large pieces of chalk. Clean straw is then thrown over for the lambs to lie upon: and, from their timid and nervous nature, it is extremely essential that they should be kept free from every species of disturbance; for fear, which forms a prominent feature in the character of this animal, will suspend, and, if excited to a great degree, destroy the functions of its nature. When the breeder, as he occasionally does, sends a number of lambs, to market, their mothers are let into the lamb house immediately after the natural mothers of the remaining stock are turned out, and a certain number of lambs, according to the quantity of lambs and sucklers let out of the coop. The shepherd must hold each ewe, for otherwise, she will not let the lamb suck; and after giving each lamb, by this means, as much milk as in the judgment of the shepherd is sufficient, he restores it to the coop, and continues to do the same with the rest until he has satisfied every lamb, or exhausted the ewes of their milk. Great care should, however, be taken not to defraud the twins of their share of the milk. This mode of feeding is repeated every morning and afternoon.
The ewes, when the grass begins to fail, are fed in the fields with grains in troughs, and second crop hay in racks. The sheep should be kept free from the foot rot and scab; and if they have any pitch mark on them when they lamb, it must be cut off before the lambs are taken into the house, otherwise the lambs will eat it, and thereby greatly prejudice the future growth.
A lamb-house to suckle from 160 to 180 lambs at a time, should be 70 feet long, and 18 feet broad, with three coops of different sizes at each end so constructed as to divide the lambs according to their ages.
The sheep, when separated from the lambs, ought to be so disposed as to enable the lambs to find their mothers without trouble; and for this purpose they make use of deal hurdles, placed about the middle of the sheep-house.
Punctuality of time in letting the ewes into the lambs, and keeping the lamb-house very cleanly littered are very necessary precautions.
Manures
The price of stable dung is about two shillings a cart load.
The price of night soil, horse-bones raw, bones boiled, bones burnt, and coal-ashes, six shillings a load; soot eight pence a bushel; horn-shavings from six to seven shillings a sack, of eight bushels, well stuffed; leather, dust, and shreds, two shillings and eight pence a sack, of five bushels, well stuffed; the scrapings of sheeps trotters, calves feet, and cow-heels, eight shillings a quarter; woollen rags, from two shillings and four-pence to three shillings a hundred weight; and hogs hair, if wet, fifteen shillings a cart load.
The above are the prices in London.
The chimney-sweepers, &c. who sell soot in London, mix it, if not prevented, with ashes sifted very small and fine: this they term “spicing the soot.”
The expence of each load when back carriage is reckoned, to South Mims, which is 13 miles from London, is 10s. a load; at Hendon, which is seven miles from London, it is 6s. a load.
But if the farmer send his team on purpose for manure, which is sometimes the case, the expence of carriage will be enhanced considerably.
The barges on the river Thames, supply from the different dung-wharfs, those cultivators of land who reside near the banks of the river, at a much cheaper rate. This manure is composed of horse-dung and the sweeping of the streets mixed together.
It is delivered at any distance capable of being reached in one tide, at the price of about four guineas for seventeen or eighteen cart-loads, each load consisting of nearly two tons weight.
The cultivators are supplied with dung from the different wharfs by the the river Lea canal, in barges which carry about 30 tons, or fifteen cart-loads, and deliver the same as far as Enfield, which is about 13 miles, for 41. —The price of the dung is about 30 shillings more.
Chalk is brought out of Hertfordshire by the river Lea canal barges, from Ware Park and its environs, and delivered at Enfield at the rate of 4l. for about 30 tons; and it is found to answer as manure on light lands, with tolerable success: it retains the moisture in a dry time, and on that account is useful to a hot, sandy, and gravelly soil; but in a very wet cold season, that retention of moisture proves rather hurtful, as it checks the fermentation in the earth, which is the grand principle of vegetation, unless counteracted by a dressing of dung after it.
The dung which is made in the farm yard is also collected into heaps, and mixed with other articles, as loam, ashes, mortar, rubbish, rakings of the roads, and formed into a manure.
Sheep-folding is used in different parishes in the county particularly around Hounslow Heath.
Mud, as taken out of the ponds and rivers, particularly on Hounslow Heath, is found to answer as a slight manure, both on arable and on pasture lands.
The gardeners manure twice every three years at least; the fanners in general only once; and the expence is from about 5l. to 8l. an acre, according to the distance of carriage and the quantity of manure laid on.
Willows
Mr. Foot gives the following satisfactory account of the cultivation of willows on the banks of the Thames, with the specific names of those raised in the neighbourhood of Brentford, the uses to which they are applied, and the manner in which they are cultivated.
“1st. The Salix Vitallina, or yellow willow, is cultivated chiefly by the nurserymen, and being of a tough, but yielding nature, is used for binding packages of trees and shrubs in the drawing season, and for tying up the branches of wall and espalier trees.
2ndly. The Salix Amygdalina, or almond-leaved willow, is a species of which there are several varieties, one of which is called by the planters “the small red willow,” or “binding rod,” it being chiefly used for binding the produce of garden grounds. Another kind of this willow is at present known by the loose appellation of “the new kind it is of large growth, and produces a great crop, is used both by the basket makers and the cornsieve makers, and, indeed, is fit for any work which requires a firm as well as a tough rod.
3rdly. The Salix Viminalis, or osier willow. Of this species there are also several varieties, which are called among the planters by the name of “the yellow and brown oziers,” or “Coomb’s oziers,” They are chiefly used by the basket-makers, being very pleasant working rods; and, as they produce a great crop, are much cultivated.
These three descriptions comprehend the most useful varieties, and are the most profitable in point of crop, of any that are cultivated in this district. There is, however, a coarse sort of willow, known by the name of “the Spaniard but whether it is a distinct species or not I am unable to decide; it might be rendered extremely useful in counties where much brush or underwood is found.
The mode employed in the cultivation of willows is as follows:
The ground is, during the winter, dug a full spade’s depth, and left rough, to prevent the tides from running it together again before it can be planted. The planting work begins in the month of March. The planter having procured the sets or plants, which are fifteen or sixteen inches long, cut diagonally off the strongest shoots of the last year’s growth, and care being taken that they are not cut near to the top of the rods, that part being too porous to make a sound plant, the. ground is then marked out into rows two feet asunder, and the sets are struck in the rows eighteen inches from each other, leaving about seven inches of the set above the ground. This work is very easily done, without using even a dibble or setting-stick; but when planted, care must be taken, by hoeing, to keeping them as free from weeds as possible; or, if the ground be too wet for the hoe, a weeding hook may be used to keep them down: this is absolutely necessary to ensure a good plantation. It is also equally necessary to keep the ground well drained, to prevent the tides remaining upon it any considerable time, for on that also depends the firmness and good quality of the rods.
The willows are cut the first year with a bill hook. The shoots are cut off close to the stock, and bound up in bundles, or boults as they are called, which measure forty-two inches round, at sixteen inches above the butt-ends. The same process of weeding must be pursued every summer, while they are shooting up from the stem. The next cutting season a portion of them is left to stand another year, where large stuff is wanted, for the ribs of large baskets, &c.
The planting of willows is expensive the first year; but, if well managed, they produce a great profit, as they improve in quantity every year. The profound secrecy which every willow-planter observes with respect to his individual profits, renders it impossible to ascertain to what amount this article is cultivated, but greatly profitable as it certainly is, there are still many parts on the banks of the Thames well suited to the propagation of this useful plant.“
Commons
There are many thousand acres of land in this county, within a few miles of the capital, which at present lie waste, and are of little or no value to the individuals interested in them; an absolute nuisance to the public, and yet capable of very great improvement
Among the commons now uncultivated in the county are,
Hounslow-Heath,
Finchley-Common,
The remains of Enfield Chace.
The commons in the parish of Harrow, are
Harrow-Weald Common,
Primer-Common,
Sudbury-Common,
Pinner-Marsh,
Roxhull-Green,
Apperton-Green,
Wembley-Green,
Kenton-Green,
Greenhull-Green.
The commons in the parish of Hillingdon and Uxbridge, are
Uxbridge-Moor,
Uxbridge-Common.
Memsey-Moor,
Hillingdon-Heath,
Goald's Green,
Peil-Hill.
There are also
Riselip-Common,
Sunhury-Common,
Hanwell-Common,
Wormwood Shrubs, in the parish of Fulham, and between four and five hundred acres of waste lands in the parish of Hendon, &c.
Common Meadows
There is a large tract of excellent meadow land on the Middlesex side of the river Lea, belonging to the parishes of Enfield, Edmonton, Tottenham, &c. The canal is cut through these meadows, and falls into the river Lea, near Old Ford. This tract of meadows, containing about 1000 acres, is divided, as appears by the stakes, to the different proprietors, in allotments, from about half an acre, to four or five acres, but in general in two and three acres. They are laid up to be mowed every year on the 5th of April, and after the hay is cut, and taken off, are open again for commonage on the 12th of August: and this is what is called “LammasTenure.” Every inhabitant of the respective parishes claims and exercises a right of turning into these meadows what stock he pleases; there being no stint to this right of common. Every horse, cow, or heifer, thus turned in, is marked by the parish brand for one penny each; and if any are found thereon unmarked, they are taken to the pound, and are not released without paying a fine of eighteen pence each, if they belong to a parishioner, and if otherwise the fine is three shillings each.
From Fulham to Chiswick, and almost all along the margin of the river Thames, as far as Staines, are meadows, to a great extent, which are frequently flowed both by the tides and by the floods. These inundations produce great quantities of rush, and other coarse grasses, and render it extremely difficult to make the produce into hay; and, indeed, when this is accomplished in the best possible manner, it is but little worth. Most of these meadows have open ditches dug in the lowest part of them to take off the water which remains after the tides and floods have retired; but, the surface being in general nearly a dead level, the water drains very slowly off; and in the winter season the soil is so very tender that it will hardly bear the weight of stock upon it.
Extensive and fertile meadows also adorn the banks of the river Colne, from Stains to Harefield.-Those at Harefield are known by the name of “The Moor,” and contain about 300 acres, which are watered by the river Colne. Parts of these meadows are mowed twice a year, and other parts grazed.
Implements of Husbandry
The common wooden swing plough is in the most general use in the county. The Herefordshire wheel-plough is also used by some farmers for summer following.
Harrows of various weights a pair, from the draught of one to four horses, with rollers of wood and iron of equal capacity, are made use of.
There are but few waggons used; and the carts mostly in use are the six-inch wheeled shooting-carts, with iron arms of various sizes for their axis. These carts, with the addition of moveable head, and tail ladders, carry hay, corn, &c. and, when thus enlarged, are found more convenient in the farming business than waggons, they being less expensive, and standing in less space when out of use.
Roads
The roads, both public and parochial, are in general good, considering the flatness of the surface of many of the parochial roads, which does not admit the advantages of draining, which is one of the principal objects to be attended to. To prevent roads from wearing, and to keep the middle of them as high as can be with safety to the carriages, is the best method yet known to prevent the water lying on them, and of course to preserve them much longer in a sound state than when they are level.
RIVERS
Besides the river Lea and the river Thames aforementioned, there are the rivers Brent and the New River There is likewise a navigable Canal leading from Hertfordshire along the banks of the river Lea, with which it forms a junction in the neighbourhood of Bow, from whence the united streams run to Limehouse, and incorporate themselves with the Thames.
The Braunston or Grand Junction Canal enters Middlesex near Uxbridge passing by Cowley and Eplingdon to the west; and Drayton, Harlington, Cranford Park, Norwood, and Osterley Park to the east; where intersecting the river Brent it falls into the Thames between Brentford and Sion-house.
The New River rises at Amwell, a little south of Ware, in Hertfordshire. It was first proposed by the citizens of London, and confirmed to them in the third year of the reign of James I., by an act of parliament, whereby the lord-mayor and citizens were empowered to bring water from the springs of Shadwell and Amwell, in Herts; but, being by them unattempted, it was undertaken, on his own account, by Mr. Hugh Middleton, citizen and goldsmith, who had considerably enriched himself by a copper, or, according to some, a silver mine, in Cardiganshire, which he farmed of the Company of Mines-Royal. His agreement with the city was signed on the 1st of April 1606, and set about the work with all diligence; but, in 1609 he was so obstructed by divers complaints exhibited against him by sundry persons of Middlesex and Herts, as to oblige him to petition the city for the prolongation of time to accomplish his undertaking; who granted him a term of five, in addition to the former term of four years. But Middleton's difficulties did not terminate here; for alter he had adjusted all his controversies in an amicable manner, and brought the water into the neighbourhood of Enfield, he was so impoverished by the expence of his undertaking, that he was once more obliged to apply to the city to interest themselves in this great and useful work; and upon their refusal to embark in so chargeable and hazardous an enterprise, he applied with more success to the king himself; who, in consideration of one moiety of the whole undertaking, agreed to pay half the expence of the work, past and to come. The work then went on with vigour, and was finished according to Mr. Middleton’s agreement with the city; and, on Michaelmas-day, 1613, the water was brought into the bason called the New River Head, at Islington, in presence of bis brother, Sir Thomas Middieton, lord-mayor elect, and Sir John Swinnerton, lord-mayor, attended by many of the aldermen, recorder, &c. when about 60 labourers, with green caps, carrying spades, &c. preceded by drums and trumpets, marched trice round the bason, and, stopping before the lord mayor, &c. seated upon an eminence, one of them spoke some verses in praise of this great undertaking; and then, the sluices being opened, the stream rushed into the bason, under the sound of drums and trumpets, the discharge of cannon, and the acclamations of the people. T he property of this New River water was divided into 29 shares, which were incorporated by the name of the New River Company, by letters patent in 1619. And though King James was a proprietor of one half of the whole work, Mr. Middleton, to prevent the direction of the company’s affairs from falling into the hands of courtiers, precluded him from having any share in the management; and only allowed him a person to be present at the several meetings of the company, to prevent any injustice to his royal principal. No dividend was made till the year 1633, when 11l. 19s. 1d. was divided upon each share. But the second dividend amounting only to 3l. 4s. 2d. and, instead of a third dividend, a call being expected, Charles resolved to disengage himself from such a hazardous affair; and therefore proposed to Sir Hugh Middleton, now created a baronet, that, if he would procure to him and his successors a clear fee-farm rent of 500 pounds per annum, out of the profits of the company, he would reconvey to him all his right in the said New River, which proposal being accepted, the royal moiety was reconveyed to Sir Hugh, who divided this moiety into 36 shares, to equal the shares of the other moiety, called the adventurers, which were now divided into 36 shares also: and he not only burthened them with the same rent of five hundred pounds per annum, but likewise subjected two of the adventurers shares to the payment of it. From this lime there were 72 shares, one half of which were called the adventurers; the other the king's. The proprietors of the adventurers shares, as above mentioned being originally 29 in number, the government of the company's affairs was lodged in their hands; and by this preclusion of the holders of the king’s shares from the government of the company, their shares, exclusive of their being subject to the aforesaid annuity, are not quite so valuable as those of the adventurers.-But many of the adventurers shares being by alienation, divided into fractional parts, Lord Chancellor Cowper, in 1711, decreed, that the possessors of two or more fractional parts of a share may jointly depute a person to represent them in the government of the company; whereupon every person so deputed becomes capable of being elected one of the 29 representatives of the whole, who are intrusted with the direction of the company’s affairs. This corporation consists of a governor, deputy-governor, treasurer, and twenty-six directors; a clerk and his assistant; a surveyor and his deputy; fourteen collectors, who, after deducting five per cent, for collecting the company s rents, pay their money every Thursday to the treasurer; fourteen walksmen, who have their several walks along the river, to prevent the throwing of filth into the same; sixteen turncocks; twelve paviours; twenty pipe borers, and other inferior servants and labourers.-By an exact mensuration of the New River, taken by the company’s surveyor in 1723, it appears to be 38 miles, three quarters, sixteen poles, long. In it are 43 sluices, and over it are 215 bridges; and over and under the said river, beside divers considerable currents of land-waters a great number of brooks and water courses have their passage. As this river is in some places carried over vales, in others it forces its way through subterraneous passages, and, arriving at the bason, or what is generally termed the New River Head, it is ingulfed by 58 main pipes of a bere of seven inches, by which it is conveyed into all parts of the city of London and suburbs, to the great convenience oi the inhabitants, who by leaden pipes of half-inch bore, have the water brought into their houses, to the amount of 40,000. The shares, in consequence, are of considerable value. The surveyor, Robert Mylne, Esq. has a house at the New River Head; but the business of the company is transacted at a handsome house at the bottom of Dorset-stieet, Salisbury-square, London, where is also a spacious wharf for landing the timber, and workshops for boring the pipes.
CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS
The County of Middlesex is comprised within the province of Canterbury and diocese of London. It is divided into six hundreds and two liberties; in which are two cities, London and Westminster, and seven market towns, Barnet, Brentford, Edgeware, Enfield, Hounslow, Staines, and Uxbridge.
Most Common Surnames in Middlesex
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 41,594 | 1:70 | 11.45% | 1 |
| 2 | Brown | 19,142 | 1:153 | 12.53% | 4 |
| 3 | Jones | 18,561 | 1:157 | 11.37% | 3 |
| 4 | Taylor | 14,862 | 1:197 | 8.77% | 2 |
| 5 | Williams | 13,163 | 1:222 | 12.28% | 5 |
| 6 | White | 12,284 | 1:238 | 14.52% | 11 |
| 7 | Clark | 11,515 | 1:254 | 16.36% | 18 |
| 8 | Davis | 10,905 | 1:268 | 17.75% | 26 |
| 9 | Harris | 10,008 | 1:292 | 15.02% | 21 |
| 10 | Wright | 9,912 | 1:295 | 11.41% | 9 |
| 11 | Johnson | 9,809 | 1:298 | 10.06% | 7 |
| 12 | Green | 9,649 | 1:303 | 12.03% | 15 |
| 13 | King | 9,587 | 1:305 | 16.28% | 29 |
| 14 | Wilson | 9,373 | 1:312 | 9.47% | 6 |
| 15 | Baker | 8,898 | 1:328 | 14.07% | 24 |
| 16 | Turner | 8,880 | 1:329 | 11.39% | 17 |
| 17 | Edwards | 8,261 | 1:354 | 14.24% | 30 |
| 18 | Martin | 8,196 | 1:356 | 13.69% | 27 |
| 19 | Cooper | 8,060 | 1:362 | 11.80% | 20 |
| 20 | Wood | 7,920 | 1:369 | 9.15% | 10 |
| 21 | Hall | 7,861 | 1:372 | 9.52% | 13 |
| 22 | Hill | 7,509 | 1:389 | 10.85% | 19 |
| 23 | Walker | 7,467 | 1:391 | 9.08% | 14 |
| 24 | Evans | 7,456 | 1:392 | 12.55% | 28 |
| 25 | Allen | 7,392 | 1:395 | 13.71% | 33 |
| 26 | Cook | 7,235 | 1:404 | 13.44% | 34 |
| 27 | Robinson | 7,001 | 1:417 | 7.51% | 8 |
| 28 | Thomas | 6,874 | 1:425 | 13.33% | 36 |
| 29 | Moore | 6,847 | 1:427 | 12.40% | 32 |
| 30 | Webb | 6,775 | 1:431 | 17.27% | 56 |
| 31 | Roberts | 6,744 | 1:433 | 10.32% | 22 |
| 32 | Thompson | 6,628 | 1:441 | 7.85% | 12 |
| 33 | Ward | 6,539 | 1:447 | 10.44% | 25 |
| 34 | Collins | 6,416 | 1:455 | 16.55% | 58 |
| 35 | Cox | 6,358 | 1:460 | 14.60% | 49 |
| 36 | Carter | 6,352 | 1:460 | 12.99% | 39 |
| 37 | Phillips | 6,214 | 1:470 | 17.75% | 70 |
| 38 | Clarke | 6,117 | 1:478 | 10.61% | 31 |
| 39 | Lewis | 6,053 | 1:483 | 14.76% | 53 |
| 40 | Jackson | 6,003 | 1:487 | 7.65% | 16 |
| 41 | Morris | 5,983 | 1:488 | 12.56% | 41 |
| 42 | Young | 5,765 | 1:507 | 13.36% | 50 |
| 43 | Parker | 5,741 | 1:509 | 11.03% | 35 |
| 44 | Hunt | 5,541 | 1:527 | 14.30% | 59 |
| 45 | Stevens | 5,531 | 1:528 | 18.33% | 79 |
| 46 | Scott | 5,414 | 1:540 | 11.38% | 42 |
| 47 | James | 5,358 | 1:545 | 13.99% | 62 |
| 48 | Adams | 5,342 | 1:547 | 14.12% | 63 |
| 49 | Chapman | 5,306 | 1:551 | 13.20% | 55 |
| 50 | Lee | 5,283 | 1:553 | 11.30% | 43 |
| 51 | Miller | 5,275 | 1:554 | 14.51% | 66 |
| 52 | Bennett | 5,111 | 1:572 | 11.03% | 45 |
| 53 | Watson | 5,030 | 1:581 | 9.89% | 37 |
| 54 | Palmer | 4,974 | 1:587 | 14.88% | 73 |
| 55 | Knight | 4,687 | 1:623 | 13.34% | 69 |
| 56 | Day | 4,673 | 1:625 | 17.08% | 89 |
| 57 | Rogers | 4,659 | 1:627 | 13.62% | 72 |
| 58 | Cole | 4,646 | 1:629 | 18.12% | 98 |
| 59 | Richardson | 4,492 | 1:650 | 9.64% | 44 |
| 60 | Morgan | 4,477 | 1:653 | 14.92% | 80 |
| 61 | Mitchell | 4,472 | 1:653 | 10.78% | 52 |
| 62 | Saunders | 4,399 | 1:664 | 17.48% | 101 |
| 63 | Davies | 4,397 | 1:664 | 8.78% | 38 |
| 64 | Bailey | 4,335 | 1:674 | 9.85% | 48 |
| 65 | Hughes | 4,307 | 1:678 | 9.67% | 47 |
| 66 | Harrison | 4,291 | 1:681 | 6.72% | 23 |
| 67 | Newman | 4,281 | 1:682 | 19.68% | 122 |
| 68 | West | 4,275 | 1:683 | 15.85% | 91 |
| 69 | Harvey | 4,170 | 1:701 | 14.71% | 86 |
| 70 | Andrews | 4,162 | 1:702 | 15.29% | 90 |
| 71 | Hart | 4,160 | 1:702 | 18.14% | 115 |
| 72 | Page | 4,141 | 1:706 | 18.16% | 117 |
| 73 | Mills | 4,107 | 1:711 | 11.43% | 67 |
| 74 | Ellis | 4,090 | 1:714 | 11.04% | 64 |
| 75 | Barnes | 4,089 | 1:715 | 11.62% | 68 |
| 76 | Howard | 4,085 | 1:715 | 14.22% | 84 |
| 77 | Mason | 4,066 | 1:719 | 11.06% | 65 |
| 77 | Payne | 4,066 | 1:719 | 17.36% | 111 |
| 79 | Pearce | 4,027 | 1:726 | 15.96% | 100 |
| 80 | Wells | 4,009 | 1:729 | 16.65% | 106 |
| 81 | Price | 3,961 | 1:738 | 12.36% | 74 |
| 82 | Brooks | 3,954 | 1:739 | 14.10% | 87 |
| 83 | Fisher | 3,849 | 1:759 | 12.43% | 78 |
| 84 | Anderson | 3,848 | 1:759 | 15.44% | 102 |
| 85 | Watts | 3,769 | 1:775 | 15.96% | 110 |
| 86 | Sullivan | 3,727 | 1:784 | 36.46% | 339 |
| 87 | Gray | 3,725 | 1:784 | 13.83% | 92 |
| 88 | Butler | 3,724 | 1:785 | 13.42% | 88 |
| 89 | Richards | 3,672 | 1:796 | 11.80% | 77 |
| 90 | Russell | 3,661 | 1:798 | 14.05% | 95 |
| 91 | Marshall | 3,648 | 1:801 | 8.94% | 54 |
| 92 | Bell | 3,511 | 1:832 | 8.17% | 51 |
| 93 | Ford | 3,508 | 1:833 | 13.19% | 94 |
| 94 | Barker | 3,440 | 1:849 | 8.96% | 60 |
| 95 | Powell | 3,369 | 1:867 | 13.12% | 97 |
| 96 | Barrett | 3,330 | 1:877 | 17.35% | 153 |
| 97 | Lawrence | 3,280 | 1:891 | 18.63% | 170 |
| 98 | Hawkins | 3,227 | 1:905 | 15.52% | 130 |
| 99 | Foster | 3,209 | 1:910 | 8.35% | 61 |
| 100 | Simpson | 3,188 | 1:916 | 8.21% | 57 |
| 101 | Warren | 3,186 | 1:917 | 16.57% | 152 |
| 102 | Reynolds | 3,165 | 1:923 | 13.62% | 112 |
| 103 | Matthews | 3,163 | 1:924 | 13.34% | 108 |
| 103 | Stone | 3,163 | 1:924 | 15.07% | 126 |
| 103 | Perry | 3,163 | 1:924 | 16.37% | 148 |
| 106 | Read | 3,107 | 1:940 | 16.35% | 156 |
| 107 | Bishop | 3,084 | 1:947 | 15.75% | 147 |
| 108 | Lane | 3,058 | 1:955 | 15.40% | 143 |
| 109 | Wheeler | 2,918 | 1:1,001 | 16.70% | 173 |
| 110 | Freeman | 2,866 | 1:1,019 | 15.54% | 162 |
| 111 | Holmes | 2,860 | 1:1,022 | 8.20% | 71 |
| 112 | Field | 2,838 | 1:1,030 | 19.44% | 210 |
| 113 | Murphy | 2,836 | 1:1,030 | 15.59% | 166 |
| 113 | May | 2,836 | 1:1,030 | 16.03% | 169 |
| 115 | Long | 2,827 | 1:1,034 | 15.25% | 161 |
| 116 | Nash | 2,763 | 1:1,057 | 20.86% | 243 |
| 117 | Harding | 2,719 | 1:1,075 | 13.21% | 132 |
| 118 | Lloyd | 2,712 | 1:1,077 | 12.94% | 127 |
| 119 | Cohen | 2,674 | 1:1,093 | 58.03% | 802 |
| 120 | Bird | 2,670 | 1:1,094 | 12.26% | 121 |
| 121 | Fox | 2,651 | 1:1,102 | 10.17% | 96 |
| 122 | Rose | 2,641 | 1:1,106 | 13.24% | 142 |
| 123 | Porter | 2,614 | 1:1,118 | 14.18% | 163 |
| 124 | Parsons | 2,579 | 1:1,133 | 12.89% | 141 |
| 125 | Burton | 2,577 | 1:1,134 | 10.51% | 103 |
| 126 | Reed | 2,552 | 1:1,145 | 12.22% | 128 |
| 127 | Elliott | 2,549 | 1:1,146 | 10.46% | 104 |
| 128 | McCarthy | 2,519 | 1:1,160 | 37.07% | 512 |
| 129 | Hayes | 2,510 | 1:1,164 | 14.31% | 172 |
| 130 | Wilkinson | 2,495 | 1:1,171 | 5.58% | 46 |
| 131 | Coleman | 2,446 | 1:1,195 | 17.23% | 217 |
| 132 | Jenkins | 2,434 | 1:1,200 | 16.37% | 207 |
| 133 | Curtis | 2,418 | 1:1,208 | 14.76% | 182 |
| 134 | Levy | 2,402 | 1:1,216 | 65.38% | 1,027 |
| 135 | Kelly | 2,389 | 1:1,223 | 10.76% | 118 |
| 136 | Ball | 2,371 | 1:1,232 | 9.83% | 105 |
| 137 | Shepherd | 2,362 | 1:1,237 | 12.23% | 149 |
| 138 | Willis | 2,348 | 1:1,244 | 15.24% | 199 |
| 139 | Gibbs | 2,343 | 1:1,247 | 16.76% | 223 |
| 140 | Hammond | 2,337 | 1:1,250 | 14.08% | 178 |
| 141 | Jacobs | 2,315 | 1:1,262 | 33.44% | 500 |
| 142 | Francis | 2,313 | 1:1,263 | 16.70% | 226 |
| 143 | Gardner | 2,312 | 1:1,264 | 14.01% | 179 |
| 144 | Griffiths | 2,308 | 1:1,266 | 9.76% | 109 |
| 145 | Spencer | 2,307 | 1:1,266 | 8.65% | 93 |
| 146 | Shaw | 2,303 | 1:1,269 | 4.78% | 40 |
| 147 | Holland | 2,287 | 1:1,278 | 11.19% | 135 |
| 148 | Burgess | 2,274 | 1:1,285 | 11.91% | 154 |
| 149 | Berry | 2,260 | 1:1,293 | 10.20% | 119 |
| 150 | Fletcher | 2,259 | 1:1,293 | 7.06% | 75 |
| 151 | Jennings | 2,255 | 1:1,296 | 15.29% | 209 |
| 152 | Sharp | 2,249 | 1:1,299 | 10.97% | 134 |
| 153 | Austin | 2,239 | 1:1,305 | 16.31% | 230 |
| 154 | Arnold | 2,238 | 1:1,306 | 14.65% | 200 |
| 155 | Blake | 2,219 | 1:1,317 | 16.54% | 237 |
| 156 | Dean | 2,210 | 1:1,322 | 11.01% | 138 |
| 157 | Gibson | 2,209 | 1:1,323 | 8.64% | 99 |
| 157 | Franklin | 2,209 | 1:1,323 | 22.61% | 358 |
| 159 | Frost | 2,208 | 1:1,323 | 13.38% | 180 |
| 160 | Fuller | 2,174 | 1:1,344 | 18.19% | 288 |
| 161 | Grant | 2,173 | 1:1,345 | 15.34% | 218 |
| 162 | Gregory | 2,172 | 1:1,345 | 10.84% | 140 |
| 163 | Miles | 2,165 | 1:1,350 | 13.80% | 196 |
| 164 | McDonald | 2,147 | 1:1,361 | 15.85% | 235 |
| 165 | Bull | 2,144 | 1:1,363 | 17.29% | 269 |
| 166 | Dixon | 2,135 | 1:1,368 | 6.73% | 76 |
| 167 | Pratt | 2,133 | 1:1,370 | 15.20% | 221 |
| 168 | Potter | 2,121 | 1:1,378 | 12.97% | 183 |
| 169 | Cross | 2,116 | 1:1,381 | 10.98% | 150 |
| 170 | George | 2,115 | 1:1,381 | 16.19% | 246 |
| 171 | Tucker | 2,113 | 1:1,383 | 13.96% | 203 |
| 172 | Bryant | 2,108 | 1:1,386 | 17.74% | 292 |
| 173 | Fowler | 2,090 | 1:1,398 | 13.93% | 206 |
| 174 | Simmons | 2,060 | 1:1,418 | 17.32% | 291 |
| 175 | Bates | 2,059 | 1:1,419 | 10.98% | 158 |
| 176 | Oliver | 2,034 | 1:1,436 | 11.07% | 164 |
| 177 | Barnett | 2,026 | 1:1,442 | 16.31% | 267 |
| 178 | Marsh | 2,007 | 1:1,456 | 9.64% | 129 |
| 178 | Nicholls | 2,007 | 1:1,456 | 13.31% | 204 |
| 178 | French | 2,007 | 1:1,456 | 14.82% | 236 |
| 181 | Pearson | 1,999 | 1:1,462 | 6.78% | 82 |
| 181 | Dunn | 1,999 | 1:1,462 | 9.94% | 137 |
| 183 | Skinner | 1,995 | 1:1,465 | 15.49% | 252 |
| 184 | Newton | 1,952 | 1:1,497 | 8.86% | 120 |
| 185 | Wilkins | 1,938 | 1:1,508 | 15.59% | 266 |
| 186 | Bartlett | 1,929 | 1:1,515 | 15.34% | 261 |
| 187 | Moss | 1,920 | 1:1,522 | 10.70% | 168 |
| 188 | Watkins | 1,912 | 1:1,528 | 16.42% | 305 |
| 189 | Gilbert | 1,910 | 1:1,530 | 12.06% | 192 |
| 190 | Norris | 1,909 | 1:1,531 | 15.52% | 275 |
| 191 | Murray | 1,908 | 1:1,531 | 12.90% | 208 |
| 192 | Norman | 1,896 | 1:1,541 | 14.45% | 245 |
| 193 | Stewart | 1,892 | 1:1,544 | 15.66% | 282 |
| 194 | Kemp | 1,889 | 1:1,547 | 13.10% | 214 |
| 194 | Atkins | 1,889 | 1:1,547 | 17.37% | 319 |
| 196 | Hopkins | 1,883 | 1:1,552 | 13.55% | 224 |
| 197 | Herbert | 1,882 | 1:1,552 | 19.47% | 362 |
| 198 | Robertson | 1,873 | 1:1,560 | 20.70% | 384 |
| 199 | Lambert | 1,851 | 1:1,578 | 11.90% | 197 |
| 200 | Donovan | 1,848 | 1:1,581 | 48.53% | 985 |