Kingswood, Surrey Family History Guide

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Kingswood is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Surrey, created in 1833 from Ewell Ancient Parish and Banstead Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1836
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KINGSWOOD, a liberty in Ewell parish, and a chapelry partly also in Banstead parish, Surrey.

The liberty is a detached part of Ewell; lies 2¾ miles NW of Merstham r. station, and 3½ N by W of Reigate; and has a post office under Epsom. Acres, 1,811. Real property, £1,971. Pop., 273. Houses, 58.

The chapelry was constituted in 1838. Pop., 838. Houses, 165. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £190. Patron, Thomas Alcock, Esq. The church is recent, in lieu of an old one; was built by T. Alcock, Esq., at a cost of £6,000; and is in the decorated English style and cruciform, with central embattled tower and spire.

There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Kingswood, St. Andrew, Surrey, monumental inscriptions, 1814-1987
Author:    Barnes, Zoe

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Kingswood, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Kingswood, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census [index], registration district Reigate, [Surrey] : sub-district Reigate

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Church records ( 2 )
England, Surrey, Kingswood, Holy Trinity Church, parish registers, 1822-1992
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Kingswood (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Kingswood, 1836-1936
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Kingswood (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Kingswood (by Reigate), St. Andrews, Surr., Eng

England, Surrey, Kingswood – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1730-1777
Author:    Manor of Kingswood. Court (Surrey)

Maps

OS Grid Reference: TQ2489156465 (all-numeric format: 524892 156466)

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

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