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Guildford is the county town; with the remains of its 12th century Norman Castle, and modern-day cathedral, topped by a golden angel. Kingston-upon-Thames is probably historically more famous as being where seven Saxon kings were crowned. The Coronation Stone can still be seen in the old town centre, where ancient buildings sit alongside the modern shopping centre. | Guildford is the county town; with the remains of its 12th century Norman Castle, and modern-day cathedral, topped by a golden angel. Kingston-upon-Thames is probably historically more famous as being where seven Saxon kings were crowned. The Coronation Stone can still be seen in the old town centre, where ancient buildings sit alongside the modern shopping centre. | ||
Surrey is full of historic country estates and gardens, picturesque villages with thatched cottages and working mills. | Surrey is full of historic country estates and gardens, picturesque villages with thatched cottages and working mills. | ||
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| + | It should be noted that Croydon, Sutton, Cheam, Coulsdon, & Purley, although technically in Surrey, are now part of Greater London and are all in London boroughs so not covered by Surrey County Council. Kingston is a Royal borough and, although Surrey County Council HQ is in Kingston, it too is a London borough. | ||
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Lewis Carroll often stayed with his sister at Guildford where he died in 1898. | Lewis Carroll often stayed with his sister at Guildford where he died in 1898. | ||
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Surrey
County town: Guildford
Other major towns: Croydon, Sutton, Cheam, Coulsdon, Purley, Epsom
One of the "Home Counties", and situated between the South Coast and London, it has been very important politically since the time of the Romans. Surrey is a rich, fertile county, with countless square miles of farmland, deciduous woodland, and rolling downs, as well as vast tracts of pine forest and heathland.
Guildford is the county town; with the remains of its 12th century Norman Castle, and modern-day cathedral, topped by a golden angel. Kingston-upon-Thames is probably historically more famous as being where seven Saxon kings were crowned. The Coronation Stone can still be seen in the old town centre, where ancient buildings sit alongside the modern shopping centre. Surrey is full of historic country estates and gardens, picturesque villages with thatched cottages and working mills.
It should be noted that Croydon, Sutton, Cheam, Coulsdon, & Purley, although technically in Surrey, are now part of Greater London and are all in London boroughs so not covered by Surrey County Council. Kingston is a Royal borough and, although Surrey County Council HQ is in Kingston, it too is a London borough.
Lewis Carroll often stayed with his sister at Guildford where he died in 1898.
Copy Certificate Information: Copy certificates
Register Office Contact Details
Guildford Register Office
Artington House
Portsmouth Road
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 4DZ
Tel 08456 009 009
E-mail registration.guildford@surreycc.gov.uk
Leatherhead Register Office
The Mansion
Church Street
Leatherhead
Surrey, KT22 8DP
Tel 01372 832800
E-mail registration.leatherhead@surreycc.gov.uk
Weybridge Register Office
Rylston
81 Oatlands Drive
Weybridge, Surrey
KT13 9LN
Tel 01932 794700
E-Mail registration.weybridge@surreycc.gov.uk
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
- Croydon Local Studies (Sch holidays usually) Deb N
- Richmond Local Studies. Weekly/Weybridge Local Studies Library. Saturdays Paul Barton, Special Agent
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Bansteas:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Belmont:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Cheam:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Carshalton:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Sutton:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Wallington:Winter Drawers Ever Near
- Worcester Park:Winter Drawers Ever Near
Links
Local History Society
OPC
Archives
- Newspaper Detectives Names from the Surrey Advertiser for selected years: 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1872.
- Online marriage and birth records for Kingston upon Thames from about 1842 to 1905.
- Surrey Plus wills Transcriptions of wills from Surrey and nine other counties. Regularly updated.
- Burials database for Richmond-on-Thames The database covers East Sheen Cemetery, Hampton Cemetery, Old Mortlake Burial Ground, Richmond Cemetery, Teddington Cemetery and Twickenham Cemetery.
- Surrey History Centre Catalogue - quite brilliant - a bit like A2A but better! N.B. I agree that Surrey History Centre's catalogue is brilliant - and most of it isn't on A2A - but when I've used it, it doesn't seem to like * for wildcard searches. There are lots of entries on the original paper catalogues which eluded me when using the online search engine because of all the spelling variations. Broomfield, for example appears as Bromfield, Brumfeild etc and possibly Broomfylde (so potentially EIGHTEEN different spellings, i.e. 18 different searches)
Family and social history
- Ideal Homes Suburbia In Focus is a joint project of the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and the University of Greenwich.
Maps & Photographs
- Photographs of Farnham in Surrey A collection of modern photographs which show many buildings in the town and in the local area.
Countywide interest
Specific Town Village interest
- Not a website but a book!
Surrey Record Society Volume XXXIX
Surrey Probate Inventories 1558-1603
Transcribed by D. M. Herridge
Surrey Record Society, 2005
ISBN 0 902978 14 4
Arranged in chronological order with indexes of items (classified), people, occupations and stations, and properties. Also includes a glossary of unfamilar words, eight illustrations (two in colour), and a very interesting introduction.
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