| The Parish Church of St James |  |
| St. James's Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ (Parish Office 020 8941 6003) | |
| THE HISTORY OF St. JAMES'S CHURCH | |
| Section
Contents: The History of St. James's
Church | 'Birth and Growth of Hampton Hill'
| Church Records | Churchyard
Records | Past Events at St. James's |
People of St. James's | Spire
Magazine Archives | Through the
Years |
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| 'The Birth and Growth of Hampton Hill' Contents: The Changing Face of Hampton Hill | Village Amenities | The Parish Church of St. James's | The Schools of St. James's Church | Social Life | The War Years | Personalities | The Victorian Village | Modern Trends | Chronological Annals | Acknowledgments |
'The Birth and Growth of Hampton Hill'
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The compilation of
a History of Hampton Hill Parish was among the plans of the Centenary
Committee to mark St. James's hundredth year. The history became a parish-wide
project organised by a specially formed group, the St. James's Centenary
History Group. The idea originated form the late Mr. Bernard Garside's
Hampton History Group of which several of St. James's parishoners were
members. |
| The book, called 'The Birth
and Growth of Hampton Hill', was edited and co-ordinated by Mrs. Margery
Orton. Much local research was carried out by members of the group
using the early Parish Magazines, dating from 1885 and the Vestry
Minutes from 1964. They visited reference libraries, made copies of
old maps, went through back numbers of local papers and visited elderly
residents who had lived in the district for many years. Many people
helped in many different ways, some took photographs, some lent old
snaps, others prepared exhibits for the exhibition which accompanied
the lecture given by Mrs. Orton on 11th December, 1963 to inaugurate
the centenary year. |