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
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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].
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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