Pyrford, Surrey Family History Guide

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Pyrford is a chapelry of Wisley Ancient Parish in Surrey.

Alternative names: Pirford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1665
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1587

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PYRFORD, or Pirford, a parish in Chertsey district, Surrey; on the river Wey, 2½ miles E by S of Woking r.station, and 6½ NNE of Guildford.

It contains a village of its own name; and has a post-office, of the name of Pyrford-Green, under Woking Station. Acres, 1,868. Real property, £2,108. Pop., 381. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few.

The manor was given, by William the Conqueror, to the church of Westminster; went, at the Reformation, to the Crown; was given, by Elizabeth, to Sir John Wolley; and belongs now to Earl Onslow. A mansion was built here by Sir John Wolley; was long the residence of Dr. Donne; and has been taken down.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wisley, in the diocese of Winchester. The church includes some Norman and decorated portions, and has a low wooden spire.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people from Surrey have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.

BENIFOLD, Roger, junr., of Pitfold, co. Surrey, [? Pyrford,] yeoman, & Frances Winn, of Odiham, sp., 24 Aug, 1715.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Surrey, Pirford

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

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Census – 1841 – Indexes ( 1 )
The Woking collection
Author:    West Surrey Family History Society

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Py[r]ford census returns, 1851

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Pyrford, 1835-1861
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Pyrford (Surrey)

Churchwarden accounts, 1786-1867
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Pyrford (Surrey)

Parish registers for Pyrford, 1666-1957
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Pyrford (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions and indexes for the ancient parishes of Bisley, Byfleet, Chertsey, Chobham, Egham, Horsell, Pyrford, Thopre, Walton on Thames, Weybridge, Windlesham
Author:    West Surrey Family History Society

Pyrford, Surrey : baptisms, 1587, 1665-1876; burials, 1587, 1665-1909
Author:    Anderson, Audrey; Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Pyrford (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Pyrford, Surr., Eng

Parish register printouts of Pyrford, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1835-1861
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1590-1923
Author:    Manor of Pyrford. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Pyrford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Pyrford, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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