West Horsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1600
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1748
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HORSLEY (WEST), a village and a parish in Guildford district, Surrey. The village stands 3¼ miles N by E of Gomshall r. station, and 6 ENE of Guildford; and has a post office under Ripley.
The parish comprises 2,993 acres. Real property, £3,135; of which £10 are in chalk pits. Pop., 706. Houses, 145. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with West Horsley Place, belonged to Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart; passed to the Raleighs; was the favourite residence of Carew Raleigh, son of Sir Walter; passed to the family of Nicholas; and belongs now to H. M. Weston, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £317. Patron, H. M. Weston, Esq. The church is partly early English, partly perpendicular; was well restored in 1849; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and shingled spire; has, at the W end of the nave, a curious carving of the Nativity, found under the flooring in 1810; and contains monuments of a Berners and a Fullerton.
A mortuary chapel belonging to the manor house is traditionally said to contain the head of Sir Walter Raleigh, in the same grave as the remains of his son.
There are a national school, and charities £151.
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.
Fox, Sackville, of Horsley, co. Surrey, b., & Mary Gayton, of Portsmouth, sp., at P., 20 June, 1726.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
East of Guildford (Byfleet, Clandons, Horsleys, Merrow, Old Woking)
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Horsley, East and West, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
HO 107 1594, 1851 census return : county–Surrey, registration district–Guildford …
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Horsley, 1836-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
Churchwardens accounts, 1772-1920
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
Parish registers for West Horsley, 1600-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (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, 1834-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
West Horsley, Surrey : baptisms, 1606-1840; burials, 1600-1840
Author: Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of West Horsley, Surr., Eng
Parish register printouts of West Horley, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1771-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates, 1856-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court papers, 1670-1722
Author: Manor of West Horsley. Court (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Occupations ( 1 )
Apprenticeship bonds of parish poor children, 1694.
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1834-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 4 )
Apprenticeship bonds of parish poor children, 1694.
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
Poor rates, 1856-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
Settlement certificates, 1699-1754
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
Vestry books, 1834-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1834-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of West Horsley (Surrey)
England, Surrey, West Horsley – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of West Horsley, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)
Poor rates, 1856-1860
Author: West Horsley (Surrey)
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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: Woking
- Province: Canterbury