Mortlake Genealogical Records
Mortlake 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.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around East Sheen Christ Church, Mortlake. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around St Mary, Mortlake. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Baptisms records for children living in and around St Mary, Mortlake, detail the names of their parents - their occupations and residence from 1813 to 1912.
Baptism records from people born in and around Mortlake between 1599 and 1812. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
Mortlake 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.
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 records from people who married at St Mary, Mortlake between 1813 and 1838. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature
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 St Mary, Mortlake between 1599 and 1812. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Mortlake 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.
Records of burial for people buried at North Sheen St Philip & All Saints, Mortlake between 1926 and 1985. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age.
Records of burial for people buried at St Mary, Mortlake between 1813 and 1848. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at St Mary, Mortlake. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Records of burial for people buried at St Mary, Mortlake between 1599 and 1812. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Mortlake 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 almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Newspapers Covering Mortlake
A local paper including news from the London area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Shoreditch area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
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 regional paper including news from the Surrey area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Mortlake 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.
An index of wills proved by the Deanery of Croydon, including the name of the testor, occupation, residence, year of probate, type of document and document reference.
Browsable images of account papers, administration bonds, affidavits, depositions, interrogations, visitations, caveats, guardian registers, inventories, renunciation papers, testamentary bonds and wills.
An index to 63,190 wills from several ecclesiastical and civil courts. The index contains the testor's name, probate date, residence and type of document.
An index to probates and administrations held at Canterbury Probate Registry. Contains details on the testator, type of grant, residence, occupation and reference to order the original.
Mortlake Immigration & Travel Records
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.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Mortlake Military Records
Transcriptions of 85,000 attestation documents for men who signed up for military service in Surrey. Records contain details on a conscripts age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and more.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Mortlake Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and voting qualification of those registered to vote. Contains around 14.5 million entries.
An index to and images of calendars of prisoners presented before Quarter Sessions and Assize. They may list name, age, occupation, name of accuser, crime accused, trial date, warrant date verdict, sentence and more.
An index to 10,000s of names linked to summaries of legal proceedings relating to crimes, licencing, local administration and more.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
Mortlake Taxation Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.
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.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Mortlake Land & Property Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
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.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Mortlake 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 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 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.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Place-by-place listings of private and commercial residents, supplemented with descriptions of the settlement.
Mortlake Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
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.
Mortlake 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.
Mortlake Histories & Books
A journal containing several thousand articles on all manner of structures and antiquities in the county.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling historical work, describing the county and its settlements. It contains around 1.2 million words across five volumes.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Histories of south-east London suburbs, supplemented with maps and photographs.
Mortlake School & Education Records
Details of 3,600 students of a grammar school in Southwark, Surrey; now part of London. Entries include name, year of birth, birth order, date of admission, parents' names, address and a reference to original records.
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.
Mortlake Occupation & Business Records
A calendar to licences granted by Diocese of Canterbury to teachers, physicians and apothecaries.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
A list containing the names of almost 33,000 tradesmen who swore an oath to King William, of Orange.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Mortlake
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
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.
Mortlake Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a mid 17th century heraldic visitation of Surrey. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Mortlake Church Records
The parish registers of Mortlake provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1599 to 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1599.
An index connected to original images of over 100 early Surrey parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Middlesex, Essex and Kent.
The parish registers of Surrey are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1533 and 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1533.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
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.
Biographical Directories Covering Mortlake
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.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Mortlake Maps
Detailed maps of London and 125 other places in the vicinity.
A map charting London and 25 miles round.
Extremely detailed maps, charting features from roads to drains. Includes property boundaries.
A map plotting settlements, roads, railways and parks.
A map delineating the boundaries of the counties parishes, areas designated by the church of England.
Mortlake 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
The parish of Mortlake, where the Archbishops of Canterbury, who formerly possessed the manor, had a residence. Archbishop Anselm celebrated the feast of Whitsuntide here in the year 1099. Archbishop Corboyle was confined by sickness to his house at Mortlake in 1136. Archbishop Peckham died here in the year 1292, and Archbishop Reynolds in 1327. Archbishop Mepham, having fallen under the displeasure of the Pope, was excommunicated by him; upon which he retired to Mortlake, and spent many days there in solitude. Archbishop Warham was the last prelate who resided here. His successor, Archbishop Cranmer, alienated the manor of Mortlake to Henry VIII. in exchange for other lands.
The mansion-house was probably pulled down soon afterwards, and the manorial residence removed to Wimbledon, in which manor it is now included. The gateway is now bricked up. The enclosure within the ruined walls, is occupied by Mr. Penley, a market gardener, whose family have been residents ever since the revolution. A summer-house on the wall next the water, now in ruins, exhibits the architecture of the time of the Plantagenets, as does indeed the whole wall; but of the ancient palace no vestige remains, and its site could only be guessed by the gardener’s report from the masses of brick-work found here and there in digging. Here are, however, two enormous walnut trees, as ancient as the last Catholic bishops, and each of these trees covers a rood of ground. Their height, 70 feet, is equal to their breadth, and they are supported by props. Some box trees, planted in a semicircle to serve for an arbour, seem to be of far greater antiquity, and they are thirty feet high. In the area which they enclose is the oval stone table of the arbour, made of Plymouth marble. The gardener here, at different times, in digging up the roots of his old fruit trees, has found them imbedded in skeletons of persons who were interred in or near the Archbishop’s chapel. One of these skeletons was thought to have been that of a man at least seven feet high.
Brickstables consists of a sequestered mansion house, and some other buildings. A pleasant foot path leads from Brickstables to the carriage road from Mortlake to Kew. Kew Priory is the summer retreat of a wealthy catholic maiden lady, Miss Doughty of Richmond Hill. This Priory, a beautiful structure, on a lawn, consists merely of a chapel, a library, and a room for refreshments; and the enclosed space, about 24 acres, on the banks of the Thames, subdivided by Pilton’s invisible fences, contains a house, for the bailiff and his wife, a capacions pheasantry, an aviary, and extensive stables. From this place, another quarter of a mile along a dead flat, brings one to Kew Green. Approaching this, the woods of Kew, and Richmond gardens, present in summer a varied and magnificent foliage, and the pagoda of ten stories seems to rise in splendour out of the woods. Kew Green is a triangular area of about 30 acres. Nearly in the centre is the Chapel of St. Anne; on the eastern side a row of family houses, on the north-western side a better row, the backs of which look to the Thames, and on the south side, the boundary wall of Kew Gardens, some buildings for soldiery, and the plain house of Ernest, Duke of Cumberland. In the western corner are the buildings called Kew Palace, in which his late Majesty George III. passed many of his earliest years.
Mortlake church was originally built about the year 1348, as appears from a record in the Tower, purporting to be a licence, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to give a piece of ground in Berecroft, nine perches square, to Ademar, parson of Wimbledon, and his successors, to find a chaplain who should perform divine service in a chapel about to be erected on that spot for the ease of the bodies and the health of the souls of the inhabitants of Mortlake and East Sheen, who were far distant from the parish church of Wimbledon. The only part now remaining of the ancient structure is the outward door of the belfry. In 1543 the church was rebuilt; the date is upon the tower, and the east wall of the chancel; over it is "Vivat R. H. 8." The walls are composed of flint and stone chequered. The tower, which is at the west end, is square and embattled. In 1725 the south aisle was rebuilt, considerably enlarged, and a gallery erected by the voluntary subscription of the inhabitants.
The font is ornamented with rich gothic tracery, and was given by Archbishop Bourchier in the time of Henry the Sixth.
Here are several monuments. One of the most recent tablets erectcd in this church is to the memory, of the Viscountess Sidmouth, who died June 23, 1811.
Upon a tomb in the church yard is the following inscription:
"Under this stone are laid the remains of John Barber, Esq. Alderman of London, a constant benefactor to the poor, true to his principles in church and state; he preserved his integrity and discharged the duty of an upright magistrate in the most corrupt times. Zealous for the rights of his fellow citizens, he opposed all attempts against them, and being Lord Mayor in the year 1733, was greatly instrumental in defeating a scheme of a general excise, which had it succeeded would have put an end to the liberties of his country. He departed this life, January 2, 1740-41, aged 65.
Mr. Lysons gives the following interesting particulars of Mr. Barber’s history: "The alderman, who was the son of a barber in the city of London, was bred a printer; in which business, by a successful train of circumstances, which brought him acquainted with Lord Bolingbroke, Swift, Pope, and others of the most eminent writers of the age, he acquired considerable opulence. A remark able story is told of his dexterity in his profession. —Being threatened with a prosecution by the house of lords, for an offensive paragraph in a pamphlet which he had printed, and being warned of his danger, a few hours before the state messenger came to seize the books, he called in all the copies from the publisher’s, cancelling the leaf which contained the obnoxious passage throughout the whole impression, with wonderful expedition, and returned them to the booksellers with a new paragraph supplied by Lord Bolingbrooke, so that when the pamphlet was produced before the house, and the passage referred to, it was found perfectly unexceptionable. Mr. Barber acquired great wealth by the South Sea scheme, which he had prudence enough to secure in time, and purchased an estate at East Sheen, with a part of his gain. In principles he was a Jacobite, and in his travels in Italy, whither he went for the recovery of his health, was introduced to the Pretender, which exposed him to some danger on his return to England; for immediately on his arrival he was taken into custody by a king’s messenger, but was released without punishment. After his success in the South Sea adventure, he was chosen alderman of Castle Baynard ward, and in the year 1733 was lord mayor of London. During his mayoralty, it happened that the scheme of a general excise was brought forward, by his active opposition to which he acquired for a time a considerable degree of popularity, though he is accused of procuring clandestinely from Mr. Bosworth, the city chamberlain, the document which enabled him to make so conspicuous a figure upon that occasion. Among the Alderman’s public actions, it should be mentioned, that he put up a monument to Butler in Westminster Abbey; upon which occasion Pope is said to have written the following severe lines, which he proposed should be placed upon a vacant scroll under Shakspeare’s bust:
"Thus Britain lov’d me, and preserv’d my fame,
Pure from a Barber’s or a Benson’s name."
Alderman Barber, by his will, dated December 28, 1740, desired that his body might be buried at Mortlake, as near as possible to the ground which he had given to enlarge the church-yard: he bequeathed 300l. to Lord Bolingbrooke, 200l. to Dr. Swill, and 100l. to Mr. Pope. He died a few days afterwards, and was buried according to his request.
An ancient house in Mortlake, formerly occupied by the Messrs. Aynscombs, was, during the last century, the residence of the benevolent Edward Colston, the great benefactor to the city of Bristol, and various other places, who, in his life-time, expended more than 70, 000l. upon charitable institutions. He died at Mortlake, A. D. 1721.
A lane in the north-west corner of the common leads to Barnes Elms. —The celebrated building in which the Kit Cat Club used to meet, having been nearly eaten up by the dry rot, has been lately pulled down and united to an adjoining barn, so as to form a riding-house out of the two, for the use of Mr. Hoare. It may be proper to observe, that the house of this gentleman was not that in which Tonson the bookseller resided, as the latter stood nearer to the Kit Cat Club rooms, and was taken down a few years since. —The forty-two portraits of the members of this assembly are at present in the possession of Mr. Baker, of Hertingfordbury, where they are splendidly lodged, and in fine preservation.
East Sheen is a pleasant hamlet in Mortlake parish, situated on a rising ground, considerably above the level of the river. Here are some handsome villas; the vicinity to Richmond Park, and the beauty of the surrounding country, making it a desirable situation.
MORTLAKE, called in Domesday “Mortlage,” is a village and parish, situated on the banks of the river Thames, with a station on the Richmond branch of the South Western railway, which here crosses the main road on a level, about 6 ½ miles from London and 2 east from Richmond, in the South Western Metropolitan postal district, Kingston division of the county, western division of the hundred of Brixton, Richmond petty sessional division and union, Wandsworth county court district, rural deanery of Barnes, archdeaconry of Kingston and diocese of Rochester. The village is lighted with gas by the Brentford and Richmond Gas Companies, and supplied with water by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company. The church of St. Mary, formerly a chapel attached to Wimbledon, is an edifice of brick and flint, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and a western tower with plain parapet and an open cupola, and containing a clock and 8 bells: the tower, of flint and brick, with angle buttresses, is the only part of the ancient fabric now remaining, the body of the church having been rebuilt in a heavy style at the beginning of the 18th century; the interior has a flat panelled ceiling, supported on columns of the Tuscan order: it was founded in 1348, rebuilt in 1543, enlarged in 1725, again enlarged in 1860, and in 1885 a new chancel was built from designs by Sir A. W. Blomfield kt. M.A., A.R.A., F.S.A, architect: the font was given by Archbishop Bourchier in 1486: in the church is a memorial to Sir Philip Francis K.B. d. 22 Dec. 1818, the supposed author of the “Letters of Junius:” here are also interred Sir John Barnard kt. M.P. and Lord Mayor of London in 1737, d. 29 Aug. 1764; Dr. John Dee, a famous philosopher and astrologer, died at Mortlake December, 1608; John Partridge, another astrologer, a shoemaker, afterwards almanack maker and finally physician to Charles II. d. 1715; to John Barber, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London in 1733, who erected the tomb to Samuel Butler, author of “Hudibras,” in Westminster Abbey, and died in 1741; and to Sir John Temple kt., P.C. d. 1677, father of the celebrated Sir William Temple; in the churchyard is buried Henry (Addington) 1st Baron Sidmouth, and prime minister in 1802, d. 15 Feb. 1844: there are also some brasses: the church has 1,400 sittings, 500 being free. The register dates from the year 1577. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £ 350, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, and held since 1865 by the Rev. Albert Shadwell Shutte M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge; The Catholic chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, erected in 1851 and consecrated in 1867, has 600 sittings; there is a cemetery attached. The Congregational chapel, situated in Sheen lane, affords 200 sittings. A cemetery of 2 ½ acres was consecrated in 1859 and enlarged by 3 ½ acres in 1876: the original 2 ½ acres was purchased by, and is now entirely under the control, of the vicar and churchwardens, who constitute the Burial Board. Malting is largely carried on, and here is the brewery of Phillips, More and Co. Limited. The Boot and Shoe Makers’ Benevolent Institution situated near the railway station, and erected in 1836, is a picturesque structure of brick and stone dressings in the Jacobean style, and has an open ambulatory along the principal front, and a square tower at each end; it will hold 14 inmates, each of whom receives from £27 to £35 per annum; and there are also other almshouses, founded in 1626 by John Juxon for four persons, each receiving 2s. 6d. per week, the annual income being £42 10s. 8d.; and Colston’s, with a yearly income of £9 10s. 10d.; £140, the proceeds of several charities, is distributed yearly in money and kind. An Isolation Hospital for the treatment of in-fectious diseases, exclusive of small-pox, under the control of the Rural Sanitary Authority, of the Richmond union, was erected in 1889 at a cost of about £4,000. Mortlake has been associated with the Oxford and Cambridge annual boat races since 1845; on three occasions, 1846, 1856 and 1863, the race was started here, but on every other it has been rowed from Putney to Mortlake, the winning post being placed a short distance above the “Ship” hotel. The race of 1890 was won, after a magnificent contest, by Oxford, and since the first institution of the interuniversity race in 1829, 24 have been won by Oxford and 22 by Cambridge, The great four-oared international race between Oxford and Harvard Universities was rowed over the same course, 27 Aug. 1860, and won by the former by 1 ½ lengths in 22m. 40sec. There are several fine mansions fronting the Thames: Cromwell House, a spacious building, traditionally the residence of the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, but more probably of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, was afterwards occupied by Edward Colston esq. the great benefactor to the city of Bristol; the house was pulled down in 1860, and a mansion of red brick, in the Tudor style, erected on the same site, now the residence of James Wigan esq.: Dr. Dee’s house was immediately west of the church, and here he was visited by Queen Elizabeth; in 1583 a mob broke into his laboratory and destroyed his astrological instruments. John Anstis M.P. Garter King of Arms, died here March 4, 1745; here also lived Sir Henry Taylor K.C.M.G., D.C.L, dramatic poet and author of “Philip Van Artevelde,” and Edward Jesse, the naturalist. The manorial rights are divided. The principal landowners are F. W. Leyborne-Popham esq. and-Fitzgerald esq. The soil is garden loam; subsoil, gravel. The area is 1,873 acres of land and 40 of water and foreshore; rateable value, £52,538; the population in 1871 was 5,119; and in 1881 was 6,336.
Churches: —
Parish Church of St. Mary, High street, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.; holy communion first Sunday in the month at 11 a.m.; third Sunday in the month at 9 a.m.; children’s service first Sunday in month, 3 p.m. Rev. Albert Shad well Shutte M.A. vicar; Rev. William Glen M.A. & Rev. R. Barrett M.A. curates.
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic, Very Rev. Provost John G. Wenham M.R. & Rev. Henry T. Cafferata, priests; mass 8 & 11 a.m.; vespers, catechism & benediction 6.30 p.m.; daily mass 7.30 & 8 a.m.; Wed. rosary instruction, benediction 8 a.m. summer & 7.30 winter.
Congregational, Sheen lane, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Schools: —
Infants’, built in 1700, for 150 children; average attendance 90, with a yearly income of £15 4s. 3d. from Lord Sidmouth’s & Addington’s charities.
National (mixed), built in 1869, for 411 boys & 300 girls; average attendance 270 boys & 220 girls, with an income of £41 from Lady Capel’s & Franks’ charities, the former derived from an estate, called “Perry’s Court,” at Preston, in Kent.
Infants’, erected for 240 children; average attendance, 200.
West End School (mixed), built in 1876, for 150 children; average attendance, 67.
Catholic (mixed), built in 1861, for 200 children; average attendance, 125.
Cemetery, E. Anderson, clerk to burial board (the vicar & churchwardens.)
Most Common Surnames in Mortlake
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Brixton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 85 | 1:75 | 0.41% | 1 |
| 2 | Ryan | 42 | 1:151 | 6.40% | 302 |
| 3 | Jones | 39 | 1:163 | 0.46% | 3 |
| 3 | Turner | 39 | 1:163 | 0.87% | 19 |
| 5 | Collins | 37 | 1:172 | 1.01% | 23 |
| 6 | Taylor | 35 | 1:181 | 0.45% | 4 |
| 6 | Gray | 35 | 1:181 | 1.98% | 92 |
| 8 | Baker | 33 | 1:192 | 0.63% | 9 |
| 8 | Stevens | 33 | 1:192 | 1.01% | 31 |
| 10 | Johnson | 29 | 1:219 | 0.62% | 16 |
| 10 | Davis | 29 | 1:219 | 0.59% | 10 |
| 10 | Payne | 29 | 1:219 | 1.31% | 65 |
| 10 | Thatcher | 29 | 1:219 | 7.09% | 526 |
| 14 | Wood | 27 | 1:235 | 0.57% | 11 |
| 14 | Blackburn | 27 | 1:235 | 9.89% | 786 |
| 16 | Parker | 26 | 1:244 | 0.99% | 50 |
| 16 | O'Brien | 26 | 1:244 | 9.96% | 816 |
| 16 | Keene | 26 | 1:244 | 8.36% | 684 |
| 19 | Lee | 25 | 1:254 | 0.89% | 43 |
| 20 | Williams | 24 | 1:264 | 0.42% | 6 |
| 20 | White | 24 | 1:264 | 0.36% | 5 |
| 20 | Cooper | 24 | 1:264 | 0.51% | 14 |
| 20 | Morris | 24 | 1:264 | 1.00% | 59 |
| 20 | Palmer | 24 | 1:264 | 1.03% | 60 |
| 25 | Clark | 23 | 1:276 | 0.43% | 7 |
| 25 | Ward | 23 | 1:276 | 0.70% | 30 |
| 27 | Brackley | 22 | 1:288 | 34.92% | 3,067 |
| 28 | Price | 21 | 1:302 | 1.16% | 88 |
| 29 | Barrett | 20 | 1:317 | 1.44% | 119 |
| 29 | Sullivan | 20 | 1:317 | 1.22% | 98 |
| 29 | Weston | 20 | 1:317 | 2.30% | 214 |
| 29 | Bristow | 20 | 1:317 | 3.28% | 331 |
| 33 | Thomas | 19 | 1:334 | 0.66% | 40 |
| 33 | Cook | 19 | 1:334 | 0.56% | 27 |
| 33 | Gardner | 19 | 1:334 | 1.80% | 171 |
| 33 | Shearman | 19 | 1:334 | 16.67% | 1,814 |
| 33 | Wigan | 19 | 1:334 | 82.61% | 7,073 |
| 38 | Evans | 18 | 1:353 | 0.53% | 26 |
| 38 | Harrison | 18 | 1:353 | 0.89% | 76 |
| 38 | Bennett | 18 | 1:353 | 0.62% | 39 |
| 38 | Cole | 18 | 1:353 | 0.82% | 66 |
| 38 | Freeman | 18 | 1:353 | 1.21% | 107 |
| 38 | Clifford | 18 | 1:353 | 3.64% | 421 |
| 38 | Goodale | 18 | 1:353 | 40.00% | 4,119 |
| 38 | Hencher | 18 | 1:353 | 72.00% | 6,646 |
| 46 | Hughes | 17 | 1:373 | 0.94% | 89 |
| 46 | Russell | 17 | 1:373 | 0.73% | 61 |
| 46 | Ford | 17 | 1:373 | 1.00% | 94 |
| 46 | Pike | 17 | 1:373 | 2.31% | 267 |
| 46 | Pulham | 17 | 1:373 | 26.56% | 3,021 |
| 51 | Brown | 16 | 1:397 | 0.18% | 2 |
| 51 | Hill | 16 | 1:397 | 0.42% | 21 |
| 51 | Head | 16 | 1:397 | 2.11% | 260 |
| 51 | Bass | 16 | 1:397 | 6.32% | 844 |
| 55 | Hall | 15 | 1:423 | 0.37% | 20 |
| 55 | Anderson | 15 | 1:423 | 1.05% | 114 |
| 55 | Owen | 15 | 1:423 | 1.69% | 210 |
| 55 | Dixon | 15 | 1:423 | 1.52% | 185 |
| 55 | Brooks | 15 | 1:423 | 1.02% | 108 |
| 55 | Burgess | 15 | 1:423 | 1.33% | 152 |
| 55 | Pratt | 15 | 1:423 | 1.61% | 200 |
| 55 | Jennings | 15 | 1:423 | 1.86% | 237 |
| 55 | Lucas | 15 | 1:423 | 1.22% | 137 |
| 55 | Harrington | 15 | 1:423 | 2.73% | 374 |
| 55 | Pocock | 15 | 1:423 | 3.29% | 461 |
| 55 | Kenedy | 15 | 1:423 | 36.59% | 4,456 |
| 67 | Lewis | 14 | 1:453 | 0.53% | 49 |
| 67 | King | 14 | 1:453 | 0.27% | 8 |
| 67 | Mills | 14 | 1:453 | 0.54% | 53 |
| 67 | Pearce | 14 | 1:453 | 0.69% | 75 |
| 67 | Oliver | 14 | 1:453 | 1.31% | 165 |
| 67 | Bishop | 14 | 1:453 | 0.97% | 113 |
| 67 | Holt | 14 | 1:453 | 2.13% | 302 |
| 67 | Willis | 14 | 1:453 | 1.32% | 168 |
| 67 | Woodcock | 14 | 1:453 | 5.58% | 852 |
| 67 | Whittle | 14 | 1:453 | 6.22% | 941 |
| 67 | Wheatley | 14 | 1:453 | 3.65% | 556 |
| 67 | Squire | 14 | 1:453 | 7.78% | 1,168 |
| 67 | Mole | 14 | 1:453 | 16.28% | 2,335 |
| 67 | Eydmann | 14 | 1:453 | 82.35% | 8,888 |
| 81 | Roberts | 13 | 1:488 | 0.43% | 38 |
| 81 | Sharp | 13 | 1:488 | 1.35% | 192 |
| 81 | Warren | 13 | 1:488 | 0.88% | 109 |
| 81 | Steele | 13 | 1:488 | 4.63% | 760 |
| 81 | Brewer | 13 | 1:488 | 2.41% | 386 |
| 81 | Stratton | 13 | 1:488 | 4.69% | 775 |
| 81 | Hine | 13 | 1:488 | 6.67% | 1,084 |
| 81 | McCormack | 13 | 1:488 | 31.71% | 4,456 |
| 81 | Grover | 13 | 1:488 | 3.06% | 500 |
| 81 | Waland | 13 | 1:488 | 100.00% | 10,856 |
| 91 | Harris | 12 | 1:529 | 0.26% | 14 |
| 91 | Bailey | 12 | 1:529 | 0.49% | 57 |
| 91 | Saunders | 12 | 1:529 | 0.49% | 56 |
| 91 | Parsons | 12 | 1:529 | 0.63% | 82 |
| 91 | Aldridge | 12 | 1:529 | 2.48% | 433 |
| 91 | Jackman | 12 | 1:529 | 4.55% | 807 |
| 91 | Hulbert | 12 | 1:529 | 10.00% | 1,710 |
| 91 | Shrimpton | 12 | 1:529 | 6.19% | 1,093 |
| 91 | Denyer | 12 | 1:529 | 3.00% | 540 |
| 91 | Holley | 12 | 1:529 | 10.91% | 1,886 |
| 91 | Briant | 12 | 1:529 | 9.45% | 1,613 |
| 91 | Winslade | 12 | 1:529 | 13.79% | 2,312 |
| 91 | Leycester-Penrhyn | 12 | 1:529 | 100.00% | 11,502 |
| 104 | Walker | 11 | 1:577 | 0.35% | 34 |
| 104 | Wright | 11 | 1:577 | 0.23% | 13 |
| 104 | Scott | 11 | 1:577 | 0.41% | 48 |
| 104 | Martin | 11 | 1:577 | 0.23% | 12 |
| 104 | Barnes | 11 | 1:577 | 0.47% | 62 |
| 104 | Dawson | 11 | 1:577 | 1.10% | 183 |
| 104 | Butler | 11 | 1:577 | 0.62% | 90 |
| 104 | Newman | 11 | 1:577 | 0.56% | 78 |
| 104 | Miles | 11 | 1:577 | 0.79% | 117 |
| 104 | Gardener | 11 | 1:577 | 3.55% | 687 |
| 104 | Cave | 11 | 1:577 | 5.07% | 973 |
| 104 | Cutler | 11 | 1:577 | 3.58% | 698 |
| 104 | Pain | 11 | 1:577 | 3.13% | 604 |
| 104 | Ladd | 11 | 1:577 | 6.01% | 1,156 |
| 104 | Crewe | 11 | 1:577 | 32.35% | 5,213 |
| 104 | Dimbleby | 11 | 1:577 | 68.75% | 9,272 |
| 104 | Dinner | 11 | 1:577 | 84.62% | 10,856 |
| 104 | Try | 11 | 1:577 | 42.31% | 6,449 |
| 104 | Worssam | 11 | 1:577 | 73.33% | 9,740 |
| 123 | Wilson | 10 | 1:635 | 0.27% | 22 |
| 123 | Thompson | 10 | 1:635 | 0.30% | 29 |
| 123 | Clarke | 10 | 1:635 | 0.38% | 47 |
| 123 | Carter | 10 | 1:635 | 0.31% | 32 |
| 123 | Fisher | 10 | 1:635 | 0.52% | 80 |
| 123 | Reid | 10 | 1:635 | 1.50% | 294 |
| 123 | Reynolds | 10 | 1:635 | 0.72% | 118 |
| 123 | May | 10 | 1:635 | 0.54% | 85 |
| 123 | Bond | 10 | 1:635 | 1.04% | 194 |
| 123 | Sanders | 10 | 1:635 | 1.11% | 207 |
| 123 | Bolton | 10 | 1:635 | 1.29% | 254 |
| 123 | Winter | 10 | 1:635 | 1.05% | 195 |
| 123 | Manning | 10 | 1:635 | 2.05% | 431 |
| 123 | Hutton | 10 | 1:635 | 3.18% | 675 |
| 123 | Bowden | 10 | 1:635 | 2.43% | 520 |
| 123 | Priest | 10 | 1:635 | 4.93% | 1,046 |
| 123 | Pepper | 10 | 1:635 | 4.76% | 1,008 |
| 123 | Davie | 10 | 1:635 | 17.86% | 3,409 |
| 123 | Tribe | 10 | 1:635 | 3.98% | 852 |
| 123 | Gleeson | 10 | 1:635 | 21.74% | 4,030 |
| 123 | Simonds | 10 | 1:635 | 13.70% | 2,708 |
| 123 | Lennard | 10 | 1:635 | 20.00% | 3,744 |
| 123 | Stack | 10 | 1:635 | 23.81% | 4,371 |
| 123 | Leeds | 10 | 1:635 | 20.83% | 3,866 |
| 123 | Etches | 10 | 1:635 | 38.46% | 6,449 |
| 123 | Amon | 10 | 1:635 | 66.67% | 9,740 |
| 123 | Welbelove | 10 | 1:635 | 26.32% | 4,735 |
| 123 | Gossett | 10 | 1:635 | 76.92% | 10,856 |
| 123 | Harbird | 10 | 1:635 | 76.92% | 10,856 |
| 123 | Logsdale | 10 | 1:635 | 100.00% | 13,208 |
| 123 | Druiett | 10 | 1:635 | 100.00% | 13,208 |
| 154 | Jackson | 9 | 1:705 | 0.32% | 45 |
| 154 | Young | 9 | 1:705 | 0.28% | 33 |
| 154 | Harvey | 9 | 1:705 | 0.56% | 100 |
| 154 | Bird | 9 | 1:705 | 0.69% | 128 |
| 154 | Yates | 9 | 1:705 | 1.82% | 421 |
| 154 | Hayes | 9 | 1:705 | 0.88% | 178 |
| 154 | Frost | 9 | 1:705 | 0.71% | 131 |
| 154 | Hewitt | 9 | 1:705 | 1.55% | 350 |
| 154 | Simmons | 9 | 1:705 | 0.68% | 124 |
| 154 | Faulkner | 9 | 1:705 | 1.36% | 295 |
| 154 | Stuart | 9 | 1:705 | 3.06% | 718 |
| 154 | Coombes | 9 | 1:705 | 3.20% | 760 |
| 154 | McNamara | 9 | 1:705 | 12.68% | 2,776 |
| 154 | Piggott | 9 | 1:705 | 3.49% | 823 |
| 154 | Barns | 9 | 1:705 | 6.34% | 1,472 |
| 154 | Drewitt | 9 | 1:705 | 7.50% | 1,710 |
| 154 | Cudmore | 9 | 1:705 | 47.37% | 8,212 |
| 154 | Tinney | 9 | 1:705 | 47.37% | 8,212 |
| 154 | Greyson | 9 | 1:705 | 100.00% | 14,352 |
| 154 | Meaton | 9 | 1:705 | 37.50% | 6,849 |
| 154 | Smallpage | 9 | 1:705 | 100.00% | 14,352 |
| 154 | Lepard | 9 | 1:705 | 64.29% | 10,238 |
| 154 | Kennison | 9 | 1:705 | 75.00% | 11,502 |
| 154 | McKeogh | 9 | 1:705 | 56.25% | 9,272 |
| 154 | Glasscow | 9 | 1:705 | 100.00% | 14,352 |
| 154 | Leuan | 9 | 1:705 | 100.00% | 14,352 |
| 180 | Green | 8 | 1:793 | 0.18% | 18 |
| 180 | Watson | 8 | 1:793 | 0.37% | 68 |
| 180 | Phillips | 8 | 1:793 | 0.31% | 51 |
| 180 | Cox | 8 | 1:793 | 0.26% | 36 |
| 180 | Chapman | 8 | 1:793 | 0.28% | 42 |
| 180 | Burton | 8 | 1:793 | 0.74% | 164 |
| 180 | Reed | 8 | 1:793 | 0.60% | 122 |
| 180 | Stone | 8 | 1:793 | 0.47% | 96 |
| 180 | Dyer | 8 | 1:793 | 1.03% | 252 |
| 180 | Carpenter | 8 | 1:793 | 0.66% | 138 |
| 180 | Finch | 8 | 1:793 | 0.74% | 162 |
| 180 | Goodman | 8 | 1:793 | 1.36% | 349 |
| 180 | Charlton | 8 | 1:793 | 3.56% | 941 |
| 180 | Stacey | 8 | 1:793 | 1.12% | 273 |
| 180 | Carroll | 8 | 1:793 | 3.15% | 841 |
| 180 | English | 8 | 1:793 | 2.75% | 733 |
| 180 | Brand | 8 | 1:793 | 3.85% | 1,017 |
| 180 | Cornish | 8 | 1:793 | 2.72% | 718 |
| 180 | Major | 8 | 1:793 | 3.40% | 903 |
| 180 | Bullen | 8 | 1:793 | 1.75% | 459 |
| 180 | Moses | 8 | 1:793 | 11.11% | 2,739 |
| 180 | Newby | 8 | 1:793 | 6.11% | 1,579 |
| 180 | Jepson | 8 | 1:793 | 47.06% | 8,888 |
| 180 | Hayter | 8 | 1:793 | 4.00% | 1,056 |
| 180 | Vince | 8 | 1:793 | 3.57% | 945 |
| 180 | Kennett | 8 | 1:793 | 6.30% | 1,613 |
| 180 | Starr | 8 | 1:793 | 10.00% | 2,507 |
| 180 | McAndrew | 8 | 1:793 | 53.33% | 9,740 |
| 180 | O'Leary | 8 | 1:793 | 8.42% | 2,145 |
| 180 | Yeats | 8 | 1:793 | 22.86% | 5,079 |
| 180 | Atwood | 8 | 1:793 | 12.70% | 3,067 |
| 180 | Haggar | 8 | 1:793 | 25.81% | 5,629 |
| 180 | Clench | 8 | 1:793 | 21.62% | 4,841 |
| 180 | Pether | 8 | 1:793 | 21.05% | 4,735 |
| 180 | Overington | 8 | 1:793 | 8.08% | 2,083 |
| 180 | Hethrington | 8 | 1:793 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 180 | Samels | 8 | 1:793 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 180 | Coulshaw | 8 | 1:793 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 180 | Sutes | 8 | 1:793 | 100.00% | 15,757 |
| 180 | Bappan | 8 | 1:793 | 100.00% | 15,757 |