Newdigate, Surrey Family History Guide

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Newdigate is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Other places in the parish include: Park Gate and Parkgate.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Newdigate, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands 2 miles from Holmwood station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 2¼ miles N of the boundary with Sussex, and 5¼ SSE of Dorking, and has a post and money order office under Dorking; telegraph office, Capel.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Parkgate. Acreage, 4551; population, 681. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belonged to the Albinis, passed through the Fitzalans and others to the Newdegates, and now belongs to the Duke of Norfolk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £340 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is chiefly Early English, in good condition, and has a wooden tower and shingled spire. The chancel is 11th century work.

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

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWDIGATE, a village and a parish in Dorking district, Surrey. The village stands near a head-stream of the river Mole, 2½ miles N of the boundary with Sussex, and 5¾ SSE of Dorking r. station; and has a post-office under Dorking.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Park-gate. Acres, 4,458. Real property, £2,612. Pop., 608. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided.

The manor belonged to the Albinis; and passed, through the Fitzalans and others, to the Newdegates.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £353. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is chiefly early English, in good condition; and has a tower and spire.

There are an endowed school with £54 a year, and 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, Newdigate – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
Newdigate : (a Surrey Wealden parish), its history and houses
Author: Harding, Joan; Banks, Joyce

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

England, Surrey, Newdigate – Census – 1801 ( 1 )
Population list, 1801
Author: Newdigate (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Newdigate – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Newdigate, 1838-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newdigate (Surrey)

Newdigate, Surrey : baptisms, 1560-1840; burials, 1559-1840
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Newdigate (Surrey)

Parish book and churchwarden accounts, 1700-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newdigate (Surrey)

Parish register transcripts, 1568-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ifield (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Parish registers for Newdigate, 1559-1945
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newdigate (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, Newdigate – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Newdigate, Surr., Eng

Parish register printouts of Newdigate, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1728-1855, 1862
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Newdigate – History ( 1 )
Newdigate : (a Surrey Wealden parish), its history and houses
Author: Harding, Joan; Banks, Joyce

England, Surrey, Newdigate – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish book and churchwarden accounts, 1700-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newdigate (Surrey)

Poor rates, 1837
Author: Newdigate (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Newdigate – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Newdigate, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Poor rates, 1837
Author: Newdigate (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: Copthorne
  • Province: Canterbury