SURREY DIRECTORY
ARCHIVES London Metropolitan Archives
a 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB t 020 7332 3820 e ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk w bit.ly/lm-archives
The LMA looks after all kinds of material relating to areas within historic Surrey, including parish chest material; land tax records; electoral records; and registers for parishes within areas such as Staines, Ashford and Sunbury-onThames. You can find the LMA guide to its Surrey holdings at cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/ london-metropolitan-archives/ family-history/pages/londongenerations.aspx. Many of the archive’s Surrey resources have been digitised and are available via ancestry.co.uk.
Surrey History Centre
a 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6ND t 01483 518737 e shs@surreycc.gov.uk w surreycc.gov.uk/surrey
historycentre
The centre holds original records and microform copies of all kinds of sources including parish material; court records; hospital, Poor Law and school records; electoral records; and collections relating to families, businesses and individuals. The website has a wealth of fascinating material for casual browsers, alongside guides to specific sources held here (for example quarter sessions, land tax, parish registers and the Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment). The website also describes all of the material available via the genealogical websites ancestry.co.uk and findmypast.co.uk, before a list of the free indexes available here.
GROUPS AND SOCIETIES Addlestone Historical Society
e addlestonehistory@gmail.com w addlestonehistory.net The society covers Addlestone, New Haw, Ottershaw, Row Town, Weybridge and Woodham, and holds monthly meetings at Addlestone Community Centre, Garfield Road, Addlestone.
Brookwood Cemetery Society
t 01344 891041 e info@tbcs.org.uk w tbcs.org.uk
Once the largest cemetery in the world, Brookwood’s records will be added to deceasedonline.com in 2019.
East Surrey Family History Society
a Lingfield Research Centre, Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield RH7 6AB w eastsurreyfhs.org.uk
The East Surrey FHS covers all of the eastern side of the historic county, including London boroughs south of the Thames (Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth). It holds branch meetings in Croydon, Lingfield, Richmond, Southwark and Sutton, and runs a research centre in Lingfield.
Reigate Family History Group
t 01737 766135 e johnsonjackie@hotmail.com w reigatefamilyhistorygroup.
org.uk
The group meets five times a year at St Mark’s Hall on Alma Road, Reigate.
Surrey Archaeological Society
a Castle Arch, Quarry Street, Guildford GU1 3SX t 01483 532454 e info@surreyarchaeology.org.uk w surreyarchaeology.org.uk
The society’s branches include the Surrey Industrial History Group and Surrey Local History.
Surrey Historic Buildings Trust
a 24 Floral Court, Ashtead KT21 2JL
t 07737 271676 e friends@surreyhistoric buildings.org.uk
w surreyhistoricbuildings.org.uk
The trust provides conservation grants to various architectural heritage projects.
Surrey History Trust
e surreyhisttrust@surreycc. gov.uk w bit.ly/shc-trust
This independent charity supports the SHC. Recently it helped purchase a set of manorial accounts from 1300, covering the manors of Dorking, Reigate, Newdigate and East Betchworth.
Surrey Record Society
e shs@surreycc.gov.uk w surreycc.gov.uk/cultureand-leisure/history-centre/ record-society
To join the society you’ll need to complete an application form (which you can download from the site) and post it to “Hon Secretary SRS” care of the Surrey History Centre in Woking (see address above).
West Surrey Family History Society
e secretary@wsfhs.org w wsfhs.co.uk
The society covers both rural and metropolitan Surrey. It holds regular meetings at several venues across west Surrey, and an open day takes place at Woking Leisure Centre every November. The society produces a range of publications including indexes and transcripts of parish registers, wills, monumental inscriptions, Poor Law records and court records, while member benefits include a quarterly magazine and online access to indexes and records.
LOCAL HISTORY CENTRES
w surreycc.gov.uk/culture-andleisure/local-history-centres
There are local history centres located in the larger Surrey libraries, each providing access to microform copies of census and parish material, plus other resources such as maps, local photographic collections, and newspapers. The above website has an online contact form.
Banstead Local History Centre
a Banstead Library, The Horseshoe, Bolters Lane, Banstead SM7 2AW t 0300 200 1001
w surreycc.gov.uk/banstead localhistory
Covers Banstead, Burgh Heath, Chipstead, Hooley, Kingswood, Lower Kingswood, Netherneon-the-Hill, Preston, Tadworth, Tattenhams, Walton-on-the-Hill and Woodmansterne.
Caterham And District Local History Centre
a Caterham Valley Library, Stafford Road, Caterham CR3 6JG t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/caterham
localhistory
Covers Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Farleigh, Godstone, Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham.
Cranleigh Local And Family History Centre
a Cranleigh Library, High Street, Cranleigh GU6 8AE t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/cranleigh
localhistory
Covers Cranleigh, Shamley Green, Ewhurst, Dunsfold, Alfold and Bramley.
Epsom And Ewell Local And Family History Centre
a Ewell Library, Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell, Epsom KT17 1UF t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/culture-andleisure/local-history-centres/ epsom-and-ewell
Covers Epsom, Ewell, Langley Vale, Stamford Green, Stoneleigh and Woodcote. Some records are freely available online at epsom andewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk.
Hayward Memorial Local History Centre
a Lingfield Library, The Guest House, Vicarage Road, Lingfield RH7 6HA
t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/lingfield localhistory
Covers Blindley Heath, Crowhurst, Dormansland, Felbridge, Felcourt, Haxted, Horne, Lingfield and South Godstone.
Horley Local History Centre
a Horley Library, Victoria Road, Horley RH6 7AG t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/horley
localhistory
Covers Horley, Burstow, Charlwood, Horne, Salfords and Smallfield.
Redhill Centre For Local And Family History
a Redhill Library, Warwick Quadrant, Redhill RH1 1NN t 0300 200 1001 w surreycc.gov.uk/redhill
localhistory
Covers Redhill, Reigate, Leigh, Bletchingley, Buckland, Salfords, Earlswood, Gatton, Merstham, Nutfield and Sidlow.
MUSEUMS Brooklands Museum
a Brooklands Road, Weybridge KT13 0QN t 01932 857381 e info@brooklandsmuseum.com w brooklandsmuseum.com
Find out more information about the “birthplace of British motor sport”, and its heritage in aviation including Concorde.
Dorking Museum And Heritage Centre
a The Old Foundry, 62 West Street, Dorking RH4 1BS
t 01306 876591 e admin@dorkingmuseum. org.uk
w dorkingmuseum.org.uk
The museum has a collection of local books, photographs, maps and records.
Egham Museum
a Literary Institute, 51 High Street, Egham TW20 9EW t 01784 434483 w eghammuseum.org
The museum explores the history of Egham, the Hythe, Englefield Green, Virginia Water and Thorpe.
Surrey museums
w surreymuseums.org.uk/ museums
This website serves as a directory of over 40 museums across the county, including Godalming ( godalmingmuseum.org.uk).
WEBSITES Ancestry
w ancestry.co.uk
Most Surrey parish registers are available to search and view here, alongside electoral registers, land tax returns, and hospital admission registers. There’s the Queen’s Royal West Surrey and East Surrey Regiments’ enlistment and transfer-in registers, 1920–1947; Second World War honours indexes; and Queen’s Royal West Surrey and East Surrey Regiments and the London Regiment, 21st to 24th Battalions, nominal rolls of officers (1914–1919).
Exploring Surrey’s Past
w www.exploringsurreyspast. org.uk
This SHC website is a good place to learn more about the county’s history; famous people, places, businesses and events; and heritage projects. You can also search the catalogues of various heritage bodies, while genealogist Jane Lewis writes a regular blog.
FamilySearch Surrey Wiki
w bit.ly/fs-surrey
This wiki has links to resources, and a map of parish jurisdictions.
Findmypast
w findmypast.co.uk
Findmypast has pre-1914 school admission registers and logbooks, Surrey recruitment registers (1908–1933), quarter sessions (1780–1820), military tribunals, a county marriage index (created by West Surrey Family History Society) and military indexes.
Genuki: Surrey
w www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/sry
GENUKI’s Surrey page is full of useful information.
Surrey In The Great War
w surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk
This project focuses on life on the home front in the First World War.
Wellcome Library Catalogue
w wellcomelibrary.org/searchthe-catalogues
Search casebooks from Holloway Sanatorium (1885–1926).