East Horsley, Surrey Family History Guide

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East Horsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1666
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1671

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORSLEY (EAST), a village and a parish in Guildford district, Surrey. The village stands 3½ miles NNE of Gomshall r. station, and 5½ SW of Leatherhead; is a pleasant place; and has a post office under Woking Station, and a good inn. Acres of the parish, 1,824. Real property, £1,880. Pop., 228. Houses, 50. Most of the property belongs to the Earl of Lovelace.

East Horsley Towers, the Earl’s seat, includes an ancient tower; was recently extended by the addition of two stately towers, and of a hall 56 feet long, with open timbered roof, of original construction; contains the books and manuscripts bequeathed by John Locke to Lord Chancellor King; contains also many valuable pictures and marbles; and stands in a finely undulating and well wooded park.

A manor here was given, in 1036, by the Danish jarl Thored to Christ’s Church, Canterbury; and continued with it till the dissolution.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £257. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with low embattled tower; has been entirely and tastelessly remodelled; and contains a brass of Bishop Booth of Exeter.

There are a free school, and charities £5.

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.

Fox, Sackville, of Horsley, co. Surrey, b., & Mary Gayton, of Portsmouth, sp., at P., 20 June, 1726.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Surrey, East Horsley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
East of Guildford (Byfleet, Clandons, Horsleys, Merrow, Old Woking)
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society

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

England, Surrey, East Horsley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for East Horsley, 1813-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Horsley (Surrey)

East Horsley, Surrey : baptisms, 1666-1840; marriages, 1667-1837; burials, 1666-1840
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of East Horsley (Surrey)

Parish register transcripts, 1669-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Horsley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Hunton (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Ifield (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Ightham (Kent); Church of England. Parish Church of Keston (Kent)

Parish registers for East Horsley, 1666-1754
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Horsley (Surrey)

Parish registers for East Horsley, 1666-1927
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Horsley (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Albury, Compton, East CLandon, East orsely, Godalming, Guildford, Merrow, Ockham, Pirbright, Ripley, Send, Shere, Stoke-next-Guildford, Wanborough, West Clandon, West Horsley, Wisley, Woking, Worplesdon

England, Surrey, East Horsley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of East Horsley, Surr., Eng

England, Surrey, East Horsley – History ( 1 )
East Horsley : the history of a Surrey village
Author: Bowley, Pam

England, Surrey, East Horsley – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1626-1829
Author: Manor of East Horsley. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, East Horsley – Schools ( 1 )
Log book, 1873-1910
Author: East Horsley Church of England School (East Horsley, Surrey)

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Surrey
  • Civil Registration District: Guildford
  • Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon, and Shoreham, Post-1845 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
  • Diocese: Winchester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – Croydon, Post-1845 – Stoke
  • Poor Law Union: Guildford
  • Hundred: Woking
  • Province: Canterbury