Staines Genealogical Records
Staines 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.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of St Peter, Staines. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around St Mary, Staines and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present. Records can include name of child, parents' names, residence, occupations and more.
Baptism records from people born in and around Staines between 1813 and 1905. Lists the name of people's parent's and other details.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Laleham, Staines. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Staines 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.
Details on those who married at St Peter, Staines between 1894 and 1921. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically the record marital status and residence of the bride and groom.
Details on those who married at Littleton, Staines between 1754 and 1921. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
Staines 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.
Burial records for people buried at Laleham, Staines between 1813 and 1963. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Littleton, Staines. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Burial records for people buried at St Mary, Staines between 1812 and 1948. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial records for people buried at St Mary, Staines between 1538 and 1813. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Staines 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 Staines
A local paper including news from the London area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the High Wycombe area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the London area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the New Windsor district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A weekly, liberal newspaper published in London. It contains family notices.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines Court & Legal Records
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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.
Staines Histories & Books
A number of historical articles detailing life on the River Thames through the ages. Also includes 1,000s of original documents.
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.
Staines 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.
Staines 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 Staines
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.
Staines 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.
Staines Church Records
The parish registers of Staines provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1538 to 1813. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1538.
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
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.
Biographical Directories Covering Staines
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.
Staines Maps
A map charting London and 25 miles round.
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.
Staines 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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Stains is about 17 miles distant from London and six miles from Windsor. The church has a tower, which is said to have been designed by Inigo Jones, who resided some time in this town.
Here is an elegant stone-bridge consisting of three elliptic arches; that in the centre 60 feet wide, the others 52 feet each. The expence of it, according to contract, was 8, 400l.
At some distance above the bridge, at Colne Ditch, stands what is called London Mark-stone, which is the ancient boundary to the jurisdiction of the city of London on the Thames. On a moulding round the upper part, is inscribed "God preserve the city of London. A. D. 1280."
"An Pontes of the Itinerary has been placed at Stanes by Stukely, but by Horsley at Old Windsor. The Thames running in more streams than one near that place would require several bridges.
Dr, Stukely says Stanes was ditched round, and traces a Roman road pointing to Stanes bridge, and from it to Turmham Green, at which last place was found, 1731, an urn full of Roman coins. It crosses a little brook, called from it Stanford Bridge, comes into the Acton road at a common, so along Hyde Park wall, and crosses Watling Street about Tybourn. Unlaf came A. D. 999, with 93 ships to this place, and after laying waste the country about it proceeded to Sandwich and Ipswich. A. D. 1009 an army of Danes, after burning Oxford, returned along the Thames, and hearing that an army was coming against them, passed the river at this town, and, after ravaging the country all the winter, went into Kent about Lent, to repair their ships."—Gough’s Addition to Camden.
The weekly market is on Friday. The two fairs on the days mentioned in our list.
Staines is a lordship of the crown, and governed by two constables, with four head-boroughs appointed by the king’s stewards.
The town has been much improved, and the market-house, which stood in the middle of the high road, removed to one side. The Thames is here about 180 feet broad.
STAINES is a union town and parish, on the east bank of the river Thames, where the Colne falls into it, and on the Great Western road, with a station on the Windsor branch of the London and South Western railway: the Great Western railway have also a branch from West Drayton, with a terminal station here, opened in Sept. 1885; it is 6 miles south-east from Windsor, 9 south from Uxbridge and 19 from London by rail, 16 ½ by road, in the Uxbridge division of the county, Spelthorne hundred and petty sessional division, Chertsey county court district, rural deanery of Hampton, archdeaconry of Middlesex and diocese of London. The distance from Staines Bridge to London Bridge by land is 20 miles, and owing to the circuitous course of the Thames 34 by water. A handsome stone bridge of three arches, erected in 1832, at a cost of about £70,000, and opened by William IV. and Queen Adelaide, connects Staines with Egham. Staines being a lordship of the Crown is not incorporated; it was formerly governed by a Local Board, formed in 1872, but under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), is now controlled by an Urban District Council; it is within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan police. The town and neighbourhood is supplied with water, derived from the chalk, by the South-West Suburban Water Company, formed in the year 1883, the works being at Egham, and is lighted with gas by a company formed in 1871. Staines is said to derive its name from the boundary stone, dated 1285, standing in a meadow above the bridge, and marking the ancient jurisdiction of the city of London over the western portion of the river Thames. This memorial was repaired in 1781, during the mayoralty of Sir Watkin Lewis kt. and placed on a pedestal raised on three steps: the pedestal bears the names of various Lord Mayors who have visited the spot. The chinch of St. Mary the Virgin, which occupies the site of the ancient church, built in 675, was erected (with the exception of the tower) in 1631, and is an edifice of brick with York stone dressings, in a debased Gothic style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower of brick, with crocketed pinnacles, containing a clock and 8 bells; the tower was built by Inigo Jones in 1631 and enlarged and repaired in 1828: in the churchyard is buried Letitia, wife of Sir John Lade kt. once coachman to the Prince Regent: the interior was restored in 1885, the chancel extended, and its roof raised: in the chancel are three stained windows, one of which was presented by the late Emperor Frederick III. of Germany and the Empress Frederick, in memory of Miss Byng: there are 720 sittings. The register dates from the year 1692. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £443, with glebe (£61) and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1873 by the Rev. John Hopkins Armstrong M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The parish church of St. Peter, Laleham road, erected at a cost of £10,000, entirely contributed by Sir Edward Clarke Q.C., M.P. and consecrated by the Bishop of Marlborough, August 30, 1894, is an edifice of red brick and stone in the Perpendicular style, from designs by Mr. G. H. Fellows Prynne, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north and south porches and a western tower, and will seat 600 persons: the choir stalls were presented by Sir E. Clarke, the altar and altar hangings by Lady Clarke, and the window in the south aisle by W. B. Puckle esq. The register dates from the year 1880. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £175, in the gift of Sir Edward Clarke Q.C., M.P. and held since 1889 by the Rev. George Villiers Briscoe, of the University of London. The Catholic chapel is in Gresham road; there is also a Congregational chapel, seating 350 persons, Baptist chapel, built in 1837, and a Wesleyan chapel, in the Kingston road, with a tower and spire, erected in 1889—90, at a cost of £4,000, and affording 532 sittings. The meeting house of the Society of Friends, in the High street, built about 1842, will seat 200. The Salvation Army barracks are in Kingston road. The cemetery, comprising 1a. 2r. and 27p. was consecrated July, 1880, and adjoins the churchyard: it is under the control of the Urban District Council of 12 members. The Town Hall, in the Market square, erected in 1880—1, is a structure of white brick with Beer stone dressings, surmounted on the north front by a turret containing a chiming clock with three illuminated dials: the large hall is 72 feet long, 45 feet wide and 32 feet high: it has a raised stage and gallery, and will hold 499 persons: the building also contains the Urban District Council and surveyor's offices, and over these a Council room; the rest of the building comprises dressing, retiring and waiting rooms, with lavatories and caretaker’s apartments. There are two banks, viz. that of Messrs Thomas Ashby and Co. and a branch of the London and Provincial Bank Limited. The brewery of Messrs, Charles Ashby and Company Limited, the brewery of Thomas Fladgate Harris, the Linoleum Manufacturing Co. and the mustard mills of Messrs. Finch, Rickman and Co. afford employment for many persons. Two pleasure fairs are held, one on the 11th of May, and the other on the 19th of September. Two newspapers are published here, the Middlesex and Surrey Express, weekly, and the West Middlesex Times, bi-weekly. The E Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment has its head quarters in the town. There are several charities and gifts in connection with this parish, distributed in money, bread, meat and coals, varying in amounts. Staines was identical with the Roman station “Ad Pontes,” and various remains of the Roman period have been met with in the vicinity, as well as axe-heads and other relics of an earlier date. The new rifle range for the Metropolitan Volunteers and others, situated in this parish, was formed by the Metropolitan Rifle Range Co. Lim, and opened in 1892. The property acquired for the purpose is two and a half miles in length, and from one mile to half a mile in width; there are 70 targets with ranges from 100 to 1,200 yards, a camping ground, canteen, pavilion &c.; a station called “Runnymede Range,” has been erected by the Great Western Co. within 3 minutes’ walk of this range, on their branch from West Drayton. In the immediate neighbourhood, but in the parish of Egham, Surrey, is Runnymede, the place where the barons assembled to force from King John the great charter, known as “Magna Charta,” sealed 12th June, 1215, as some say, on a small island, now called “Magna Charta Island,” opposite Ankerwyke. Duncroft House stands near the church on the site of an ancient building, in which King John is said to have slept the night after he signed “Magna Charta”; it is a picturesque mansion in the Elizabethan or Early Jacobean style, with some fine oak chimney-pieces, once belonging to Lord Cranstoun, and is now occupied by John Mitchel Chapman esq. J.P. Thorncote is the charming river side residence of Sir Edward Clarke Q.C., M.P. Capt. Sir Charles Gibbons bart. R.N., D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor, Harmer Honner esq. Messrs. Reffell and John Ashby esq. J.P. are the principal landowners. The “Pack Horse” hotel, pleasantly seated on the river bank, and the “Swan,” on the opposite bank, and close to the bridge, are both much patronised by boating parties and anglers. The Staines and Egham Hythe Constitutional Club of 300 members is in Market square. The commons in Staines, covering 350 acres, are now subject to the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866 and 1869, and a scheme has been sanctioned for their management, under the control of the Urban District Council. The soil is alluvial; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, turnips and beans. The area is 1,834 acres of land and 74 water; rateable value, £37,411; the population in 1871 was 3,659, in 1881 4,638, and in 1891 5,060, now (1898) about 6,000.
Runnymede, already alluded to, and one of the most important and interesting of our historic sites, is a meadow of about 160 acres, lying north of Egham, and between it and the river: the name has been derived from the Maeso-Gothic “runa,” a council, and hence “the council meadow”; another suggested derivation is from the Latin “runcare,” to clear a field of brambles, by the Gauls called “ronces.” Various conferences were held by the barons at different places with reference to the Great Charter, and on 6 Jan. 1215, they presented their demands to the King at London: some delay then occurred, but eventually the Charter was ratified and formally sealed at Runnimede on the 12 June following. The local tradition that this took place on a small island, some distance higher up the river, can hardly be sustained in the face of the subscription at the end of the Charter, which runs thus:-“Data per manum nostram in prato quod vocatur Runimede inter Windleshoram et Stanes”; this fable probably took its rise in 1834, when G. S. Harcourt esq. then lord of the manor, constructed a bridge from the mainland to the island, and erecting on the latter a sort of castellated cottage, placed in it a framed octagonal stone tablet, bearing an inscription to the effect that the Charter was signed on this island.
Hammonds farm, 1 mile north, in Stanwell parish, Duncroft, Shortwood Common, half a mile east, and Withygate Field, 2 miles south-east on the road to Sunbury, are other places.
Staines Union
Board day, alternate Tuesdays, at the workhouse at Stanwell, 11 o’clock.
The union comprises Staines & 12 other parishes, viz.:-Ashford, Bedfont, Cranford, Feltham, Hanworth, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Laleham, Littleton, Shepperton, Stanwell & Sunbury. The population of the union in 1891 was 26,885; area, 24,331 acres; rateable value in 1898, £180,069.
Workhouse.-Stanwell, a structure of brick to hold 350 inmates, Rev. N. G. Pilkington, chaplain.
Places of Worship, with times of services
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Rev. John Hopkins Armstrong M.A. vicar; Rev. Alfred John Judson M.A. curate; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. Tues. Thur. & Sat. 8 a.m.; Wed. & Fri. 11 a.m.
St. Peter’s Church, Rev. Geo. Villiers Briscoe, ineumbent; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. & Fri. 5 p.m.
Society of Friends’ Meeting House, High st.; 10.30 a.m.
Baptist, Bridge street, various; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Congregational, Thames street, Rev. H. De Vere Gookey; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7 p.m.
Old School Mission Room (Unsectarian), Hale street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Catholic (Our Lady of the Rosary), Gresham road, Rev. David E. Dewar; 9.30 & 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; holidays, 8 & 10 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.
Schools
A School Board of 5 members was formed 21 January, 1885. Meets at the Town hall, on the 4th Tuesday in every month at 5.30 p.m.
All the schools have been taken over by the School Board.
Board, London road, erected in 1863, for 250 children; average attendance, 175; (girls), Bridge street, erected in 1850, for 128 children; average attendance, 120.
Board (infants), erected in 1850, for 108 children; average attendance, 108.
Board (boys), Thames street, erected in 1874, for 150 children; average attendance, 136.
Board (girls), Thames street, erected in 1874, for 197 children; average attendance, 158; (infants) Wyatt road, erected in 1896, for 310 children; average attendance, 180.
Catholic (mixed), Gresham road, on the roll 30 children; average attendance, 26.
Most Common Surnames in Staines
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Spelthorne Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 118 | 1:64 | 0.28% | 1 |
| 2 | Green | 60 | 1:126 | 0.62% | 12 |
| 3 | Pearce | 53 | 1:142 | 1.32% | 79 |
| 4 | n | 50 | 1:151 | 14.53% | 1,199 |
| 5 | Jones | 48 | 1:157 | 0.26% | 3 |
| 5 | White | 48 | 1:157 | 0.39% | 6 |
| 7 | Harris | 47 | 1:160 | 0.47% | 9 |
| 8 | Clark | 43 | 1:175 | 0.37% | 7 |
| 8 | Cooper | 43 | 1:175 | 0.53% | 19 |
| 10 | Williams | 42 | 1:179 | 0.32% | 5 |
| 11 | Brown | 40 | 1:188 | 0.21% | 2 |
| 11 | Ashby | 40 | 1:188 | 5.41% | 550 |
| 13 | Howard | 37 | 1:204 | 0.91% | 76 |
| 14 | Wicks | 34 | 1:222 | 3.79% | 455 |
| 15 | Taylor | 31 | 1:243 | 0.21% | 4 |
| 15 | Earles | 31 | 1:243 | 43.66% | 4,919 |
| 17 | Webb | 29 | 1:260 | 0.43% | 30 |
| 17 | Powell | 29 | 1:260 | 0.86% | 95 |
| 19 | Johnson | 28 | 1:269 | 0.29% | 11 |
| 19 | Chapman | 28 | 1:269 | 0.53% | 49 |
| 19 | Wooden | 28 | 1:269 | 75.68% | 8,286 |
| 22 | Butler | 27 | 1:279 | 0.73% | 88 |
| 23 | Hall | 26 | 1:290 | 0.33% | 21 |
| 23 | Ward | 26 | 1:290 | 0.40% | 33 |
| 23 | Clarke | 26 | 1:290 | 0.43% | 38 |
| 23 | Phillips | 26 | 1:290 | 0.42% | 37 |
| 23 | Reed | 26 | 1:290 | 1.02% | 126 |
| 28 | Andrews | 25 | 1:301 | 0.60% | 70 |
| 28 | Saunders | 25 | 1:301 | 0.57% | 62 |
| 28 | Bates | 25 | 1:301 | 1.21% | 175 |
| 28 | Nicholls | 25 | 1:301 | 1.25% | 178 |
| 32 | Baker | 24 | 1:314 | 0.27% | 15 |
| 32 | West | 24 | 1:314 | 0.56% | 68 |
| 32 | Arnold | 24 | 1:314 | 1.07% | 154 |
| 32 | Dyos | 24 | 1:314 | 48.00% | 6,530 |
| 36 | King | 23 | 1:328 | 0.24% | 13 |
| 36 | Nash | 23 | 1:328 | 0.83% | 116 |
| 38 | Walker | 22 | 1:343 | 0.29% | 23 |
| 38 | Hughes | 22 | 1:343 | 0.51% | 65 |
| 38 | Mott | 22 | 1:343 | 4.68% | 881 |
| 41 | Roberts | 21 | 1:359 | 0.31% | 31 |
| 41 | Scott | 21 | 1:359 | 0.39% | 46 |
| 41 | Cox | 21 | 1:359 | 0.33% | 35 |
| 41 | Hunt | 21 | 1:359 | 0.38% | 44 |
| 41 | Bolton | 21 | 1:359 | 1.59% | 302 |
| 46 | Wilson | 20 | 1:377 | 0.21% | 14 |
| 46 | Collins | 20 | 1:377 | 0.31% | 34 |
| 46 | Day | 20 | 1:377 | 0.43% | 56 |
| 46 | Silvester | 20 | 1:377 | 6.27% | 1,291 |
| 46 | Dexter | 20 | 1:377 | 10.81% | 2,110 |
| 51 | Davis | 19 | 1:397 | 0.17% | 8 |
| 51 | Carter | 19 | 1:397 | 0.30% | 36 |
| 51 | Freeman | 19 | 1:397 | 0.66% | 110 |
| 51 | Lock | 19 | 1:397 | 1.64% | 344 |
| 55 | Robinson | 18 | 1:419 | 0.26% | 27 |
| 55 | Martin | 18 | 1:419 | 0.22% | 18 |
| 55 | Holland | 18 | 1:419 | 0.79% | 147 |
| 55 | Rowe | 18 | 1:419 | 1.00% | 213 |
| 55 | Ryan | 18 | 1:419 | 1.01% | 215 |
| 55 | Mansell | 18 | 1:419 | 4.17% | 967 |
| 55 | Beach | 18 | 1:419 | 4.12% | 953 |
| 55 | Henwood | 18 | 1:419 | 14.40% | 2,992 |
| 55 | Spittle | 18 | 1:419 | 14.88% | 3,085 |
| 64 | Edwards | 17 | 1:443 | 0.21% | 17 |
| 64 | Adams | 17 | 1:443 | 0.32% | 48 |
| 64 | Stevens | 17 | 1:443 | 0.31% | 45 |
| 64 | Watts | 17 | 1:443 | 0.45% | 85 |
| 64 | Alexander | 17 | 1:443 | 1.04% | 241 |
| 64 | Gibbs | 17 | 1:443 | 0.73% | 139 |
| 64 | Blake | 17 | 1:443 | 0.77% | 155 |
| 64 | Gosling | 17 | 1:443 | 3.39% | 815 |
| 72 | Young | 16 | 1:471 | 0.28% | 42 |
| 72 | Barnes | 16 | 1:471 | 0.39% | 75 |
| 72 | Porter | 16 | 1:471 | 0.61% | 123 |
| 72 | Perry | 16 | 1:471 | 0.51% | 103 |
| 72 | Higgs | 16 | 1:471 | 1.72% | 443 |
| 72 | Budd | 16 | 1:471 | 2.56% | 636 |
| 72 | Strange | 16 | 1:471 | 3.29% | 851 |
| 72 | Berryman | 16 | 1:471 | 7.37% | 1,815 |
| 72 | Spires | 16 | 1:471 | 22.22% | 4,855 |
| 81 | Price | 15 | 1:502 | 0.38% | 81 |
| 81 | Newman | 15 | 1:502 | 0.35% | 67 |
| 81 | Read | 15 | 1:502 | 0.48% | 106 |
| 81 | May | 15 | 1:502 | 0.53% | 113 |
| 81 | Lambert | 15 | 1:502 | 0.81% | 199 |
| 81 | Lake | 15 | 1:502 | 1.45% | 392 |
| 81 | Bone | 15 | 1:502 | 2.08% | 556 |
| 81 | Cullen | 15 | 1:502 | 2.96% | 805 |
| 81 | Lines | 15 | 1:502 | 3.14% | 864 |
| 90 | Jackson | 14 | 1:538 | 0.23% | 40 |
| 90 | Turner | 14 | 1:538 | 0.16% | 16 |
| 90 | Watson | 14 | 1:538 | 0.28% | 53 |
| 90 | Cook | 14 | 1:538 | 0.19% | 26 |
| 90 | Allen | 14 | 1:538 | 0.19% | 25 |
| 90 | Rogers | 14 | 1:538 | 0.30% | 57 |
| 90 | Dixon | 14 | 1:538 | 0.66% | 166 |
| 90 | Brooks | 14 | 1:538 | 0.35% | 82 |
| 90 | Hawkins | 14 | 1:538 | 0.43% | 98 |
| 90 | Stevenson | 14 | 1:538 | 1.12% | 317 |
| 90 | Barrett | 14 | 1:538 | 0.42% | 96 |
| 90 | Poole | 14 | 1:538 | 0.90% | 259 |
| 90 | Slade | 14 | 1:538 | 1.37% | 400 |
| 90 | Montgomery | 14 | 1:538 | 3.84% | 1,135 |
| 90 | Munday | 14 | 1:538 | 2.38% | 681 |
| 90 | Hazell | 14 | 1:538 | 3.22% | 960 |
| 106 | Mitchell | 13 | 1:580 | 0.29% | 61 |
| 106 | Richardson | 13 | 1:580 | 0.29% | 59 |
| 106 | Holmes | 13 | 1:580 | 0.45% | 111 |
| 106 | Ford | 13 | 1:580 | 0.37% | 93 |
| 106 | Curtis | 13 | 1:580 | 0.54% | 133 |
| 106 | Lucas | 13 | 1:580 | 0.76% | 226 |
| 106 | Baldwin | 13 | 1:580 | 0.88% | 268 |
| 106 | Weston | 13 | 1:580 | 0.80% | 242 |
| 106 | Parr | 13 | 1:580 | 2.16% | 659 |
| 106 | Goodall | 13 | 1:580 | 2.39% | 741 |
| 106 | Davenport | 13 | 1:580 | 4.61% | 1,441 |
| 106 | Ware | 13 | 1:580 | 1.74% | 548 |
| 106 | Hewett | 13 | 1:580 | 2.13% | 650 |
| 106 | Unwin | 13 | 1:580 | 4.10% | 1,294 |
| 106 | New | 13 | 1:580 | 3.26% | 1,056 |
| 106 | Greenaway | 13 | 1:580 | 5.10% | 1,599 |
| 106 | Sylvester | 13 | 1:580 | 10.66% | 3,054 |
| 106 | Huse | 13 | 1:580 | 50.00% | 10,932 |
| 124 | Wright | 12 | 1:628 | 0.12% | 10 |
| 124 | Knight | 12 | 1:628 | 0.26% | 55 |
| 124 | Palmer | 12 | 1:628 | 0.24% | 54 |
| 124 | Fisher | 12 | 1:628 | 0.31% | 83 |
| 124 | Ball | 12 | 1:628 | 0.51% | 136 |
| 124 | Woods | 12 | 1:628 | 0.67% | 218 |
| 124 | Sanders | 12 | 1:628 | 0.71% | 229 |
| 124 | Franklin | 12 | 1:628 | 0.54% | 157 |
| 124 | Gale | 12 | 1:628 | 1.18% | 397 |
| 124 | Challis | 12 | 1:628 | 2.82% | 981 |
| 124 | Hulatt | 12 | 1:628 | 75.00% | 15,543 |
| 124 | Morford | 12 | 1:628 | 70.59% | 14,864 |
| 124 | Sylvestor | 12 | 1:628 | 100.00% | 19,120 |
| 137 | Davies | 11 | 1:685 | 0.25% | 63 |
| 137 | Wood | 11 | 1:685 | 0.14% | 20 |
| 137 | Lloyd | 11 | 1:685 | 0.41% | 118 |
| 137 | Cole | 11 | 1:685 | 0.24% | 58 |
| 137 | Coates | 11 | 1:685 | 1.56% | 571 |
| 137 | Mathews | 11 | 1:685 | 0.90% | 330 |
| 137 | Horne | 11 | 1:685 | 1.25% | 470 |
| 137 | Weller | 11 | 1:685 | 1.71% | 621 |
| 137 | Butterfield | 11 | 1:685 | 2.83% | 1,080 |
| 137 | Rivers | 11 | 1:685 | 3.03% | 1,139 |
| 137 | Maidment | 11 | 1:685 | 5.07% | 1,815 |
| 137 | Hack | 11 | 1:685 | 5.91% | 2,097 |
| 137 | Goring | 11 | 1:685 | 9.17% | 3,110 |
| 137 | Pimm | 11 | 1:685 | 10.48% | 3,499 |
| 137 | Gaulton | 11 | 1:685 | 64.71% | 14,864 |
| 152 | Evans | 10 | 1:754 | 0.13% | 24 |
| 152 | Harrison | 10 | 1:754 | 0.23% | 66 |
| 152 | Lee | 10 | 1:754 | 0.19% | 50 |
| 152 | Ellis | 10 | 1:754 | 0.24% | 74 |
| 152 | Foster | 10 | 1:754 | 0.31% | 99 |
| 152 | Wells | 10 | 1:754 | 0.25% | 80 |
| 152 | Bird | 10 | 1:754 | 0.37% | 120 |
| 152 | Humphries | 10 | 1:754 | 1.39% | 556 |
| 152 | Cope | 10 | 1:754 | 1.64% | 650 |
| 152 | Broughton | 10 | 1:754 | 2.30% | 960 |
| 152 | Donovan | 10 | 1:754 | 0.54% | 200 |
| 152 | Newell | 10 | 1:754 | 1.46% | 584 |
| 152 | Brand | 10 | 1:754 | 1.14% | 468 |
| 152 | Swann | 10 | 1:754 | 5.62% | 2,181 |
| 152 | Hutchins | 10 | 1:754 | 1.42% | 569 |
| 152 | Bent | 10 | 1:754 | 4.95% | 1,940 |
| 152 | Poulter | 10 | 1:754 | 2.85% | 1,171 |
| 152 | Pursey | 10 | 1:754 | 5.52% | 2,150 |
| 152 | Gubbins | 10 | 1:754 | 12.66% | 4,512 |
| 152 | Earwaker | 10 | 1:754 | 14.29% | 4,977 |
| 152 | Hinge | 10 | 1:754 | 20.41% | 6,624 |
| 152 | Prangley | 10 | 1:754 | 27.03% | 8,286 |
| 152 | Mulberry | 10 | 1:754 | 38.46% | 10,932 |
| 152 | Ayrs | 10 | 1:754 | 90.91% | 20,380 |
| 152 | Drom | 10 | 1:754 | 100.00% | 21,873 |
| 152 | della Malle | 10 | 1:754 | 100.00% | 21,873 |
| 152 | Skiltrail | 10 | 1:754 | 100.00% | 21,873 |
| 179 | Bell | 9 | 1:837 | 0.26% | 92 |
| 179 | Barker | 9 | 1:837 | 0.26% | 94 |
| 179 | Grant | 9 | 1:837 | 0.41% | 161 |
| 179 | Elliott | 9 | 1:837 | 0.35% | 127 |
| 179 | Hamilton | 9 | 1:837 | 0.63% | 279 |
| 179 | Gardner | 9 | 1:837 | 0.39% | 143 |
| 179 | Barber | 9 | 1:837 | 0.50% | 214 |
| 179 | Bond | 9 | 1:837 | 0.50% | 210 |
| 179 | Mann | 9 | 1:837 | 0.54% | 232 |
| 179 | Thorpe | 9 | 1:837 | 0.94% | 431 |
| 179 | Perkins | 9 | 1:837 | 0.55% | 238 |
| 179 | Manning | 9 | 1:837 | 0.54% | 230 |
| 179 | Nixon | 9 | 1:837 | 1.69% | 761 |
| 179 | Drake | 9 | 1:837 | 0.78% | 347 |
| 179 | Harwood | 9 | 1:837 | 1.07% | 490 |
| 179 | Bedford | 9 | 1:837 | 1.00% | 452 |
| 179 | Reeve | 9 | 1:837 | 1.00% | 452 |
| 179 | Beckett | 9 | 1:837 | 1.35% | 602 |
| 179 | Hutchings | 9 | 1:837 | 1.14% | 517 |
| 179 | Fish | 9 | 1:837 | 1.60% | 711 |
| 179 | Bennet | 9 | 1:837 | 2.23% | 1,045 |
| 179 | Wiltshire | 9 | 1:837 | 1.31% | 579 |
| 179 | Hawley | 9 | 1:837 | 4.39% | 1,906 |
| 179 | Willett | 9 | 1:837 | 3.04% | 1,377 |
| 179 | Goodyear | 9 | 1:837 | 6.25% | 2,633 |
| 179 | Dorman | 9 | 1:837 | 6.12% | 2,582 |
| 179 | Tims | 9 | 1:837 | 8.65% | 3,532 |
| 179 | Burchett | 9 | 1:837 | 6.92% | 2,899 |
| 179 | Ruffle | 9 | 1:837 | 21.95% | 7,617 |
| 179 | Sedgewick | 9 | 1:837 | 22.50% | 7,755 |
| 179 | Walding | 9 | 1:837 | 24.32% | 8,286 |
| 179 | Mews | 9 | 1:837 | 30.00% | 9,760 |
| 179 | Slark | 9 | 1:837 | 18.75% | 6,738 |
| 179 | Romans | 9 | 1:837 | 56.25% | 15,543 |
| 179 | Tedman | 9 | 1:837 | 52.94% | 14,864 |
| 179 | Bamsey | 9 | 1:837 | 45.00% | 13,167 |
| 179 | Fyfield | 9 | 1:837 | 40.91% | 12,278 |
| 179 | Owden | 9 | 1:837 | 33.33% | 10,598 |