Effingham, Surrey Family History Guide

Effingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1565
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1773

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Effingham, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Surrey. The village stands 3½ miles SW of Leatherhead, 4½ NW by W of Dorking, and has a station on the L. & S.W.B., 21 miles from London.

It was formerly a place of some importance, said to have contained sixteen churches, and gives the title of Earl to the Howards of Grange. It has a post and money order office under Leatherhead; telegraph office, Great Bookham.

The parish, with the village, comprises S183 acres; population of the civil parish, 620; of the ecclesiastical, 614. Effingham House, the seat of the Parrett family, is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £106 with residence. The church is ancient, has stalls, and is good.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

The hundred contains also two other parishes.

Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EFFINGHAM, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Surrey. The village stands 3¾ miles SW of Leatherhead r. station, and 4¼ NW by W of Dorking; has a post office under Leatherhead; was formerly a place of some importance, said to have contained sixteen churches; and gives the title of Earl to the Howards of Grange.

The parish, with the village, is in Dorking district, and comprises 3,148 acres. Real property, £4,094. Pop., 633. Houses, 122. The property is much subdivided. Effingham Hall is the seat of the Stringers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £370. Patron, Andrew Cuthell, Esq. The church is ancient, has stalls, and is good.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

The hundred contains also two other parishes. Acres, 7,347. Pop., 1,958. Houses, 373.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Surrey, Effingham – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
HO 107 1598–Effingham & Mickleham, census 1851

England, Surrey, Effingham – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Effingham, 1774-1844
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Effingham (Surrey)

Effingham, Surrey : baptisms, 1565-1851; marriages, 1565-1837; burials, 1565-1852
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Effingham (Surrey)

Parish register transcripts of the Parish Church of Effingham, 1660-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Effingham (Surrey)

Parish registers for Effingham, 1565-1932
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Effingham (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Effingham, Holmwood, Mickleham, Newdigate, Oakwood, Ockley, Wotton
Author: West Surrey Family History Society

England, Surrey, Effingham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Effingham, Surrey, England

England, Surrey, Effingham – History ( 1 )
The history of Effingham in Surrey
Author: O’Connor, Monica M.

England, Surrey, Effingham – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates, 1839-1841
Author: Effingham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Effingham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Overseers records, 1704-1828
Author: Effingham (Surrey)

Poor rates, 1839-1841
Author: Effingham (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Effingham – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Effingham, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Overseers records, 1704-1828
Author: Effingham (Surrey)

Poor rates, 1839-1841
Author: Effingham (Surrey)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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