Claygate, Surrey Family History Guide

Claygate is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Surrey, created in 1840 from Thames Ditton Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Cleygate

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1841
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1841

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Cobham
• Thames Ditton
• Esher
• Norbiton
• Long Ditton

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CLAYGATE, or Cleygate, a manor-chapelry in Thames-Ditton parish, Surrey; 2¾ miles SE of Esher r. station, and 4¾ SSW of Kingston. It has a post office under Esher. Real property, £4,197. Pop., 535. Houses, 99.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £75. Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Surrey, Cleygate

England, Surrey, Claygate – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census, registration district, Kingston : sub-district, Esher

England, Surrey, Claygate – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Claygate, 1841-1858
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Claygate (Surrey)

Parish registers for Claygate, 1841-1933
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Claygate (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Claygate – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Court rolls, 1434-1835
Author:    Manor of Kingston-upon-Thames. Court (Surrey)

Court rolls, 1539-1844
Author:    Manor of Cleygate. Court (Surrey)

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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