Kingswood, Surrey Family History Guide
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
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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].
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OS Grid Reference: TQ2489156465 (all-numeric format: 524892 156466)
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