Seale Surrey Family History Guide

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Seale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Other places in the parish include: Tongham.

Alternative names: Seal with Tongham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Seal Church Surrey
Seal Church Surrey

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Seale, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands under a long chalk ridge, 1½ mile SSE of Tongham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4 miles E by N of Farnham, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Farnham.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Tongham, and comprises 2994 acres; population of the civil parish, 1029; of the ecclesiastical, 533. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Hampton Lodge, Seale Lodge, and Broad Oak are chief residences.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Archdeacon of Surrey. The church was mostly rebuilt in 1861 and restored in 1873.

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

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SEAL, a village and a parish in Farnborough district, Surrey. The village stands under a long chalk ridge, 1½ mile SSE of Tongham r. station, and 4 E by N of Farnham; and has a post-office under Farnham.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Tongham, and comprises 2,967 acres. Real property, £3,636; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 508; in 1861, 669. Houses, 135. The property is subdivided. Poyle Park and Hampton Lodge are chief residences.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £44. Patron, the Archdeacon of Surrey. The church was mostly rebuilt in 1861.

The p. curacy of Tongham is a separate benefice.

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

England, Surrey, Seal – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Ash, Puttenham and Seale, Surrey, 1851 census : index of names
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.)

England, Surrey, Seal – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Seal, 1803-1854
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

Churchwarden accounts, 1558-1724
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

Parish registers for Seal, 1538-1908
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

Parish registers transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Ash, Farnham, Frensham, Frimley, Puttenham & Seale
Author:    West Surrey Family History Society

Seale, Surrey, England parish registers : christenings, 1539-1764, marriages, 1539-1751, burials, 1538-1764, monumental inscriptions
Author:    Allen, George S.

Vestry books, 1846-1860
Author:    Seal (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Seal – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Seale, Surr., Eng

England, Surrey, Seal – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1846-1860
Author:    Seal (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Seal – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1846-1860
Author:    Seal (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Seal – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1846-1860
Author:    Seal (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Seal (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Seal – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Seal and Tongham, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Maps

OS Grid Reference: SU9335947773 (all-numeric format: 493360 147774)

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

Administration

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