Saturday, 23 August 2014

6. Census Information

Census1841
Harrow on the Hill Roxeth
Ancestry identifies the name as Harrop which is to me a misreading of the final s in Harris - see image below
James Harris 58 Letter Carrier
Tabitha 49
Matilda 19
Pamela 17
Tabitha 12
Arthur  7
All born in Middlesex

Census1841
Love Lane Wandsworth Wimbledon
John Harris 25 Labourer
Eliza 20
(not sure about this one)


Census 1851
St Paul Hammersmith
John Harris Head 36 Labourer Born Harrow
Elizabeth Wife 35 Laundry Born Wembley
Elizabeth Dau 15 Laundry Born Sudbury
William Son 13 (Graeme Goller has Trostan, but looks like Dorchester Ferston to me)
Mary Dau 11 Scholar (Graeme Goller has Trostan, but looks like Dorchester Ferston to me)
George Son 8 Scholar (Graeme Goller has Trostan, but looks like Dorchester Ferston to me
John Son 6 Scholar (I can't read the birth location Graeme Goller has Kensal)
Matilda Dau 5 Scholar (I can't read the birth location Graeme Goller has Northholt)
Sarah Dau 2 Scholar (Graeme Goller has Shepherds Bush, Latimer Road)
Tabitha Dau 4 months (Graeme Goller has Shepherds Bush, Latimer Road)



Roxeth was a hamlet in the ancient Harrow on the Hill parish, which now forms part of the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England.
The ancient parish of Harrow on the Hill, or simply Harrow, was one of the largest parishes in Middlesex. Apart from Harrow Town, it encompassed a number of smaller settlements, including Roxeth itself, Greenhill, Harrow Weald, Kenton, Preston, Uxendon, Tokyngton, Sudbury, Wembley and Alperton.
Roxeth village was adjacent to Harrow on the Hill, along the main road to the south. The name Roxeth is thought to derive from a contraction of 'Rooks Heath' and much of the land between Roxeth and Sudbury was indeed heathland as far as the early 19th century. A mediaeval moated manor existed until the mid-20th century. On its site stands a council housing estate.
Development around the crossroads at the bottom of Harrow on the Hill, an area known as Roxeth Corner, was under way in the early 19th century, using brick from the nearby brickworks in Lower Road. A Wesleyan Chapel was built soon after 1817 on London Hill (now called Roxeth Hill). In 1864, the Wesleyans moved to a new larger chapel in Lower Road, which has since become the Welsh Congregational Chapel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxeth

Census 1851
Harrow on the Hill Roxeth
James Harris Head(?) 68 Postman Born Harrow
Pamela Dau 26 Born Harrow
Alfred Son 23Sawyer Born Harrow
Arthur Son 17 Ag Lab Born Harrow