Ashtead, Surrey Family History Guide

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Ashtead is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1662
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1801

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHTEAD, a parish in Epsom district, Surrey; on the Croydon and Leatherhead railway, 2½ miles SW of Epsom. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Epsom. Acres, 2,522. Real property, £3,519. Pop., 729. Houses, 124. The property is divided among a few.

Ashtead House, the seat of the Howard family, is a splendid mansion, and contains some good pictures. The park has some venerable old oaks and elms, and a long avenue of limes; and is well stocked with deer. Ashtead Common, above the park, commands picturesque views; and contains, among wood, an ancient entrenchment.

The Roman Stone-street passed through the parish; and has left relics in the materials of the church. There is a mineral spring, similar to that of Epsom.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £499. Patrons, the Heirs of the late Hon. Col. Howard.

The church is an ancient structure, with a tower; and embodies Roman bricks and tiles in its walls; but has undergone numerous alterations. Sir Robert Howard used to entertain Charles II. in a mansion which occupied the site of the present Ashtead House. an alms house for six poor widows has £32 from endowment, and other charities £16.

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

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.

LOCKET, William, of Asted (sic), co. Surrey, carpenter, 30, b., & Frances Green, of St. Maurice, Winchester, 30, sp., 1 May, 1773. 

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St Giles Church, Ashtead
Author: East Surrey Family History Society

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashstead, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Church records ( 5 )
Ashtead, Surrey : baptisms, 1662-1840; burials, 1662-1840
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Ashtead (Surrey)

Bishop’s transcripts for Ashtead, 1700-1857
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashtead (Surrey)

Parish registers for Ashtead, 1662-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashtead (Surrey)

Parish registers for Ashtead, 1875-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashtead (Surrey)

Transcripts of parish registers of Ashtead, Surrey, England, 1662-1812
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Ashtead (Surrey)

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

Parish register printouts of Ashtead, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1803-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Ashtead – History ( 1 )
Ashtead, a village transformed : a history of Ashtead from the earliest times to the present day
Author: Jackson, Alan A.

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1599-1684
Author: Manor of Ashtead. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Local authority poor rates, special expense rates, and lighting rates, 1885-1900
Author: Ashtead (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Ashtead – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ashtead, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Administration

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