Shere, Surrey Family History Guide

Shere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Other places in the parish include: Gomshall, Pislake, and Felday.

Alternative names: Sheire, Shire

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1547
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

• Albury
• Cranleigh
• East Clandon
• West Horsley
• Abinger
• Ockley
• Ewhurst

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Shere, Sheise, or Shibb, a village and a parish in Guildford district, Surrey. The village stands on the river Tillingbourn, at the foot of a range of chalk hills, ¾ of a mile NW of Gomshall and Shere r. station, and 5½ ESE of Guildford; and has a post-office under Guildford.

The parish contains also the villages of Gomshall, Felday, and Pislake; and comprises 6,396 acres. Real property, £6,334. Pop. in 1851, 1,403; in 1861, 1,503. Houses, 302.

The manor belonged to the house of York; was held by the Butlers and the Touchets; was given by Henry VII. to Sir R. Bray; and belongs now to Reginald Bray, Esq. Fir Hill, Hazel Hall, and Breakhurst House are chief residences; and several large houses were recently erected on the heath. An ancient camp of 8 acres is at Holmbury.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £730. Patron, the Rev. R, L. Adams. The church is chiefly decorated English; and has a S Norman door, and a central tower and spire.

There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £20 a-year, and charities £16. W. Bray, the county historian, was a native.

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

Parish Records

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

England, Surrey, Shere – Census – 1821 ( 1 )
Poor records, 1651-1852
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Shere – Church history ( 1 )
A history of the church of St. James, Shere
Author:    Hougham, E. R.

England, Surrey, Shere – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shere, 1832-1856
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

Churchwarden books, and other records, 1500-1862
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Huddersfield (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Peaslake, 1889-1949
Author:    Church of England. Peaslake Church (Surrey)

Parish registers for Shere, 1547-1924
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Albury, Compton, East CLandon, East orsely, Godalming, Guildford, Merrow, Ockham, Pirbright, Ripley, Send, Shere, Stoke-next-Guildford, Wanborough, West Clandon, West Horsley, Wisley, Woking, Worplesdon

Vestry books, 1830-1860
Author:    Shere (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

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

England, Surrey, Shere – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates, 1776-1844
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Shere – Manors – Court records ( 5 )
Court rolls for the manors of Gomshall Towerhill, Gomshall Netley and Shere Vachery, 1553-1752
Author:    Manor of Gomshall Towerhill. Court (Shere, Surrey); Manor of Gomshall Netley. Court (Shere, Surrey); Manor of Shere Vachery and Cranley. Court (Surrey)

Court rolls, 1434-1856
Author:    Manor of Gomshall Towerhill. Court (Shere, Surrey)

Court rolls, 1461-1871
Author:    Manor of Shere Vachery and Cranley. Court (Surrey)

Court rolls, 1464-1875
Author:    Manor of Shere Eborum. Court (Surrey)

Court rolls, 1553-1875
Author:    Manor of Gomshall Netley. Court (Shere, Surrey)

England, Surrey, Shere – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1830-1860
Author:    Shere (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Shere – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 5 )
Churchwarden books, and other records, 1500-1862
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

Poor law records,
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

Poor rates, 1776-1844
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

Poor records, 1651-1852
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

Vestry books, 1830-1860
Author:    Shere (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Shere – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1830-1860
Author:    Shere (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Shere (Surrey)

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

Poor rates, 1776-1844
Author:    Shere (Surrey)

Maps

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Administration

• County: Surrey
• Civil Registration District: Guildford
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
• Diocese: Winchester
• Rural Deanery: Stoke
• Poor Law Union: Guildford
• Hundred: Blackheath (Surrey)
• Province: Canterbury