Great Bookham, Surrey Family History Guide

Great Bookham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1632
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1694

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOOKHAM (Great), a village and a parish in Epsom district, Surrey. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Leatherhead r. station, and 4 NW of Dorking; has a post office under Leatherhead; and formerly had a fair.

The parish comprises 3,249 acres. Real property, £6,615. Pop., 1,106. Houses, 211. The property is much subdivided.

Bookham Grove is the seat of the Dawnays; Eastwick House was formerly the seat of the Howards; and Polesden, now the property of Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart., belonged to Sheridan.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £340. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church has a monument to Sheriff Slyfield, of the time of Queen Elizabeth; and is good. Charities, £55.

The rectory of Ranmore is a separate benefice.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bookham, Great and Little, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Church history ( 1 )
Gospel ventures : the story of Bookham Congregational Church
Author:    Eastman, Alec C.

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Bookham, 1814-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Byfleet, Surrey : baptisms, 1698-1840; burials, 1728-1840
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Byfleet (Surrey)

Churchwardens rates, 1851-1873
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Great Bookham, Surrey : baptisms, 1632-1840; marriages, 1632-1837; burials, 1632-1840
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); Mesley, Robert; West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Marriage banns and marriages, 1754-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Parish registers for Great Bookham, 1632-1876
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Vestry and church warden’s minute books, 1631-1963
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Vestry books, 1631-1846
Author:    Great Bookham (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Great Bookham, Surr., Eng

Parish register printouts of Great Bookham, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1814-1870
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Genealogy ( 1 )
Slyfield Manor and family of Great Bookham, Surrey
Author:    Harvey, John Hooper; Slyfield, Gordon Naylor

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1554-1874
Author:    Manor of Great Bookham. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1631-1846
Author:    Great Bookham (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor rates, 1749-1859
Author:    Great Bookham (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

Vestry books, 1631-1846
Author:    Great Bookham (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1631-1846
Author:    Great Bookham (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Great Bookham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Schools ( 1 )
Log books and admission records, 1863-1954
Author:    Ranmore, St. Barnabas School (Great Bookham, Surrey)

England, Surrey, Great Bookham – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Great Bookham, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

GREAT BOOKHAM

Boot & Shoe Makers

Chitty Charles

Monday Henry

Owen John

Westbrook Henry

Saddler

Ragge Richard 

Maps

OS Grid Reference: TQ1346854519 (all-numeric format: 513468 154520)

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

  • County: Surrey
  • Civil Registration District: Epsom
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Stoke
  • Poor Law Union: Epsom
  • Hundred: Effingham
  • Province: Canterbury