Editing Uxbridge (section)

==Religion==
In the 2011 census, 72.8% of residents in the Uxbridge North ward answered that they had a religion, compared with 19.3% who did not and 7.9% who did not answer. Of those who answered, 53% identified as Christian, followed by 6.7% who identified as Muslim and 6.2% as Sikh. The percentage identifying as Hindu was 5.4%. Figures for residents identifying as either Jewish, Buddhist or other unspecified religions were each below 1%.<ref name="NOMIS">{{cite web |url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |title=Religion |year=2011 |work=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107185952/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Within the Uxbridge South ward, 69.2% of residents answered that they had a religion, compared with 23.8% who did not and 7% who did not answer. As with Uxbridge North, the majority (46.4%) identified as Christian, followed by 13.4% who identified as Muslim and 5% as Hindu. The percentage identifying as Sikh was 2.3% and those identifying as Buddhist were 1.2%. Figures for residents identifying as either Jewish or other unspecified religions were each below 1%.<ref name="NOMIS"/>

===Churches===
[[File:Windsor Street, Uxbridge-geograph-3500688.jpg|thumb|left|Windsor Street in Uxbridge, with St Margaret's Church visible on the left]]

====St Margaret's Church====
This is the original parish church of Uxbridge, and one of the oldest buildings in the town. Located in Windsor Street, it is known to have existed since at least 1245, when a series of hearings took place there in which the [[Bec Abbey|Abbot of Bec]] in [[Normandy]] brought an action against the rector of [[Great Wratting]] in [[Suffolk]] for non-payment of tithes. On parchments kept at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St. George's Chapel, Windsor]], in connection with this event, St. Margaret's is mentioned by name, and there are several other references between 1245 and 1247 to the "chapel at Uxbridge".<ref name="ARIX">{{cite web |title = Uxbridge History – St Margaret's Church |url = http://www.alanrix.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smhist.html |publisher=Alan Rix |access-date=13 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152456/http://www.alanrix.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smhist.html |archive-date=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The oldest portion of the existing building is part of the north tower, which was built in the late 14th century. The north aisle, together with the nave and its arcades, dates from the early 15th century, while the south aisle, with its fine hammer-beam roof, was added about 1450. The carved stone [[Baptismal font|font]] was placed in the church soon afterwards, dating from about 1480.<ref name="ARIX"/>

For most of its history, St Margaret's served as a [[chapel-of-ease]] to St John the Baptist's Church in Hillingdon; it was not until 1827 that it was given its own parish.<ref>{{cite book |author1 = Weinreb, Ben |author-link = Ben Weinreb |author2 = Hibbert, Christopher |author2-link = Christopher Hibbert |title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]] |edition=reprint |year=1992 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=753 }}</ref>

====St Andrew's Church====
[[File:St Andrew, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge - geograph.org.uk - 1680139.jpg|thumb|right|160px|St Andrew's Church]]

By the 1850s the population of both Hillingdon and Uxbridge was beginning to rise. With new housing being built between the two centres the then Vicar of Hillingdon, {{abbreviation|Rev.|the Reverend}} Richard Croft (served 1856&ndash;69) gained permission to build a new local church for a newer part of the town traditionally called Hillingdon West. He asked architect [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]] "to draw up plans to build a church without unnecessary ornament but in handsome proportions suitable to its position at the entrance to Uxbridge Town..."{{fact|date=May 2023}}

Scott produced his plans and local Uxbridge builder William Fassnidge was employed to construct the church. On St Peter's Day, 29 June 1864, the foundation stone was laid at the south end of the chancel arch by the [[Bishop of London|Lord Bishop of London]], [[Archibald Campbell Tait]]. He returned to consecrate and open the church on the feast day of saints Philip and James, 1 May 1865.<ref name="Andrew">{{cite web |title=St Andrew's Church Uxbridge – History |url=http://www.standrewsuxbridge.org/about-us/st-andrews-history |publisher=official website |access-date=13 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222075413/http://www.standrewsuxbridge.org/about-us/st-andrews-history |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The spire was completed the following year. Together with the bells, vestry and organ and other embellishments, the building cost £12,000 ({{Inflation|GBP|12000|1865|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).<ref name="Andrew" />

====Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael====
[[File:Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Michael R.C. Church - geograph.org.uk - 381530.jpg|thumb|left|Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael]]

After the [[English Reformation|Reformation]] in the 16th century, there was no official Roman Catholic place of worship in Uxbridge until after the passing of the [[Catholic emancipation|Catholic Emancipation Act]] in the late 19th century. In 1892 Father Michael Aloysius Wren bought a presbytery at 37 Lawn Road, next to which a temporary church of corrugated iron was built, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael. St Mary's School was also founded on Rockingham Road at this time. Fr Wren was helped by his nephew John, who acted as his assistant priest. They covered an extensive area, including the modern Catholic parishes of Ruislip and Hillingdon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicchurchuxbridge.org.uk/the-beginning-of-the-modern-parish.html |title=Catholic Church Uxbridge – The Beginning of the Modern Parish |publisher=Official website |access-date=14 December 2015 |archive-date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218085318/http://www.catholicchurchuxbridge.org.uk/the-beginning-of-the-modern-parish.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The mission grew and by 1907 the congregation numbered 150, with school attendance at 60. In time plans were made for a larger, more permanent church. This was led by Father Thomas Moloney, who bought the current presbytery and acquired the land that stood at the back so that a church could be built. The foundation stone was eventually laid on Low Sunday 1931 by Archbishop Alban Goodier, an English Jesuit who had been [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archbishop of Bombay]] between 1919 and 1926. The new church, in Oxford Road, was designed by the diocesan architect, T. H. B. Scott. It was built of brick in the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] style, seating 350. The church was opened by [[Francis Bourne|Cardinal Bourne]] on 29 September 1931 and was officially consecrated on 14 May 1936, after its debts were cleared.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.catholicchurchuxbridge.org.uk/a-new-church.html |title = Catholic Church Uxbridge – A New Church |publisher = Official website |access-date = 14 December 2015 |archive-date = 18 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160218085319/http://www.catholicchurchuxbridge.org.uk/a-new-church.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>

====Faith Assembly, Uxbridge====
The Redeemed Christian Church of God is based at 2 Harefield Road, worship is in the Kate Fasnidge Hall, it is contemporary and Pentecostal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faithassembly.org.uk/ |title=Home |website=faithassembly.org.uk}}</ref>