Albury, Surrey Family History Guide
Albury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.
Alternative names: Aldbury, Alderbury
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1692
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALBURY, Aldbury, or Alderbury, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Guildford, Surrey. The village stands on a tributary of the river Wey, under the north downs, 1 mile N of Gomshall and Sheire r. station, and 5 ESE of Guildford; and has post office under Guildford.
The new parish church at it is an edifice of red brick, in the Norman style, after the model of a church at Caen. The author of “Proverbial Philosophy” resided at the village. The adjacent country abounds in charming walks and rides; and a spot, called Newland’s Corner, commands a most extensive view. The parish comprises 4,503 acres. Real property, £4,905. Pop., 1,041. Houses, 199.
Albury state belongs to Earl Percy; belonged previously, from 1819, to H. Drummond, Esq.; and belonged previously to the Finches and the Howards. The grounds of its park possess interesting artificial features; some derived from Henry Howard, afterwards Duke of Norfolk; others mentioned in the book of Domesday. The mansion has been modernized from designs by Pugin.
The old parish church, in Early Norman, with a tower, adjoins the mansion. The cathedral of the Catholic Apostolic church, a cruciform edifice in the perpendicular style, built by Mr. Drummond at a cost of £10,000, stands in the park.
The living of Albury is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £600. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. Charities, £31.
The subdistrict comprises seven parishes. Acres, 19,760. Pop., 4,453. Houses, 892.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Albury, or Alderbury, a parish in the hund. of Blackheath, union of Guildford, county of Surrey; 5 miles south-east of Guildford.
Living, a rectory in the archd. of Surrey and dio. of Winchester; rated at £17 12s. 8½d.; gross income £430. Patron, in 1835, H. Drummond, Esq.
There are also two National schools here. The sum of £17 has been bequeathed by various individuals to the poor of this parish; £5 are given for the education of 12 poor children, and £15 are employed in apprenticing the children of poor people.
Pop., in 1801, 510; in 1831, 929. Houses 163. Acres 4,920. A. P. £3,241. Poor rates, in 1837, £607.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Parish Registers
Marriage Allegations
The following people from Surrey have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
EVERSHED, Thomas, of Albury, co. Surrey, & Damaris Denton, of the s., at Winchfield or Hartley Wintney, 14 Apl., 1728.
Parish Records
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Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880
ALBURY
Saddler & Harness Maker
Dowlen Mark
Maps
OS Grid Reference: TQ0464047802 (all-numeric format: 504640 147802)
Administration
- County: Surrey
- Civil Registration District: Guildford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Stoke
- Poor Law Union: Guildford
- Hundred: Blackheath (Surrey)
- Province: Canterbury