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Cranford, Middlesex

Historical Description

Cranford, a parish in Middlesex, on the right bank of the river Crane, has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hounslow. Acreage, 737; population, 507. The manor belonged once to the Knights of St John, and to Thame Abbey, and belongs now to Lord Fitzhardinge. Cranford House is the principal seat. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London; net value, £247 with residence. Patron, Lord Fitzhardinge. The church is Early Perpendicular, and has monuments of the Astons, the Berkeleys, and Dr Thomas Fuller, author of the " Church History." Dr Fuller and Bishop Wilkins were rectors. There is also a mission church, dedicated to the Holy Angels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyMiddlesex 
Ecclesiastical parishCranford St. Dunstan 
HundredElthorne 
Poor Law unionStaines 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cranford from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Middlesex is online.


Maps

Online maps of Cranford are available from a number of sites:

DistrictHillingdon
CountyGreater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Postal districtUB3
Post TownHayes

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