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.

Administration

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

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:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cranford (St. Dunstan))

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:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)