West Middlesex Family History Society

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Gazetteer for the Greater London area

This page is intended to help identify which of the family history societies that cover the London area has an interest in a particular place. Please type the name of the place in the box below and press the Search button.

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The search is not case-sensitive. Note also that the search will accept partial place names. For example, entering "sta" will return, among others, Staines, Stanmore and Stanwell, while "ham" will return Hampton, Fulham, Hammersmith, Laleham, etc. The columns of the table can be sorted by clicking on the name of the column. Church dedications (e.g. St Mary) are not indexed, except for the City of London and cases elsewhere for which they provide the principal names by which the parish is known (e.g. St Pancras).

London, Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society have developed an alternative 'Which Place is Where' aid to locating places in Greater London. Like the Gazetteer it will identify which of the London FHS cover each town/area within Greater London, but it has more detailed information on the streets and locations within the LWMFHS area.

Here's the Link.

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Notice Board

The Notice Board was last updated on 9th January 2026.

Next Members Meeting

Our next members meeting is on Thursday 20th August 2026. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Nigel Crompton titled The Women Police Service during WW1 and the involvement of the Ministry of Munitions. Nigel will be speaking from St. John's Centre. Members may be remote or at St. John's.

Next Chat-in Meeting

Our next members chat-in meeting is on Tuesday 28th July 2026. Join us from the WMFHS Chat-In Meeting page.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is The History Show - London at Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday 3rd October.

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Recent updates

17-Jul-2026

New image of the month.

17-Jul-2026

Clare O'Grady's handout for her Researching Your Rural Ancestors talk is available to all on our Talk Handouts page.

3-Jul-2026

Committee Minutes for June 2026 added to Members Area.

20-Jun-2026

New image of the month.

19-Jun-2026

Adele Emm's handout for her Silken Threads talk is available to all on our Talk Handouts page.

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