SURREY DIRECTORY
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Surrey History Centre a 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6ND t 01483 518737 e shs@surreycc.gov.uk w surreycc.gov.uk/culture-andleisure/history-centre
The county archive service 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. You can find out about online records at surreycc.gov. uk/culture-and-leisure/historycentre/online-records, search the catalogue at surreyarchives.org. uk and explore a digital archive at exploringsurreyspast.org.uk.
Local History Centres
w surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and
leisure/local-history-centres Seven local-history centres can be found in the county’s larger libraries in Banstead, Caterham, Cranleigh, Epsom, Lingfield, Horley and Redhill.
London Metropolitan Archives
a 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB
t 020 7332 3820
e asklma@londonmetarchives.libanswers.com
w cityoflondon.gov.uk/thingsto-do/history-and-heritage/ london-metropolitan-archives
London Metropolitan Archives looks after material from within historic Surrey, including parish-chest material, land-tax records, electoral records and parish registers. Staff can be emailed via the above address using the subject line “Enquiries”.
GROUPS AND SOCIETIES East Surrey Family History Society
a Lingfield Research Centre, Lingfield & Dormansland
Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield RH7 6AB w eastsurreyfhs.org.uk
East Surrey Family History Society covers the eastern side of the historic county including London boroughs south of the Thames (Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth).
Reigate And District Family History Group
e johnsonjackie@hotmail.com w reigatefamilyhistory.org
The group meets every other month at the Woodhatch Centre in Reigate, and has a range of material in Redhill Library.
Surrey Record Society
a Honorary Secretary SRS, c/o Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6ND t 01483 518737 e shs@surreycc.gov.uk w surreycc.gov.uk/culture-andleisure/history-centre/recordsociety
The society has been publishing transcripts, translations and abstracts ranging in date from the 12th to the 19th century since 1913. It can be contacted c/o Surrey History Centre.
West Surrey Family History Society
e secretary@wsfhs.org w wsfhs.co.uk
The family history society covers rural and metropolitan Surrey, holding meetings at several centres across the western side of the county.
MUSEUMS Brooklands Museum
a Brooklands Drive, Weybridge KT13 0SL
t 01932 857381 e info@brooklandsmuseum.com
w brooklandsmuseum.com
The collections here include records of the cars that raced at Brooklands, as well as technical drawings of aircraft. Its library holds an index of races, riders and drivers alongside books, periodicals and research files.
Egham Museum
a The Literary Institute, 51 High Street, Egham TW20 9EW
t 01784 434483 e curator@eghammuseum.org
w eghammuseum.org
This independent community museum celebrates the heritage of Egham, Englefield Green, the Hythe, Thorpe and Virginia Water, and is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
London Bus Museum
Cobham Hall, Brooklands Road, Weybridge KT13 0QN t 01932 837994 w londonbusmuseum.com
The museum is on the site of Brooklands Museum, and has the world’s largest collection of working, historic London buses.
Surrey Museums Partnership
w surreymuseums.org.uk/
explore-our-museums
View details of over 40 heritage attractions across the county, including Godalming ( godalming museum.org.uk) and Guildford ( guildford.gov.uk/museum).
WEBSITES Ancestry
w ancestry.co.uk/search/places/united_kingdom/england/ surrey
Ancestry holds parish registers, electoral registers, land-tax returns and regimental material. Its collections include material from metropolitan Surrey through its partnership with London Metropolitan Archives.
Findmypast
w findmypast.co.uk
This site includes pre-1914 school admission registers and logbooks, recruitment registers, quarter sessions and military tribunals, plus a county marriage index created by West Surrey Family History Society.