Wisley, Surrey Family History Guide

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Wisley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey. Pyrford is a chapelry of Wisley.

Alternative names: Wisley with Pyrford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1666
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WISLEY, a parish in Guildford district, Surrey; on the river Wey, 2¾ miles SSW of Weybridge r. station. Post town, Ripley, under Woking Station. Acres, 1,321. Real property, £1,239. Pop., 166. Houses, 42. The manor belongs to Earl Lovelace. The living is a rectory, united with Pyrford, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £210. Patron, Earl Onslow. The church is ancient.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Surrey, Wisley – Census – 1861 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index to the 1861 census for Surrey; Ockham, Send & Ripley, Wisley
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.)

England, Surrey, Wisley – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wisley, 1689-1858
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

Parish registers for Wisley, 1666-1945
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (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, 1847-1860
Author:    Wisley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

Wisley, Surrey : baptisms, 1667-1901; marriages, 1837-1901; burials, 1657-1901
Author:    Sykes, Audrey M. M.; Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

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

Parish register printouts of Wisley, Surrey, England, christenings, 1690-1863
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Wisley – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1847-1860
Author:    Wisley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Wisley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1847-1860
Author:    Wisley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Wisley – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry books, 1847-1860
Author:    Wisley (Surrey); Church of England. Parish Church of Wisley (Surrey)

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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