Farncombe, Surrey Family History Guide

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Farncombe is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Surrey, created in 1849 from Godalming Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Farncomb

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1849
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FARNCOMB, a tything and a chapelry in Godalming parish, Surrey. The tything lies on the Guildford and New Portsmouth railway, 1 mile NNE of Godalming; and has a post office under Godalming.

The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Rated property, £2,886. Pop., 2,084. Houses, 445. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is modern; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Surrey, Farncomb – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers for Farncomb, 1849-1926
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Farncomb (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Farncomb – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1328-1616
Author:    Manor of Farncombe. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Farncomb – Manors ( 1 )
Manorial records, 1681
Author:    Manor of Farncomb (Surrey)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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