Charlwood, Surrey Family History Guide

Charlwood is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1595
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1700

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Countess of Huntingdon Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

• Leigh
• Ifield, Sussex
• Rusper, Sussex
• Crawley, Sussex
• Newdigate
• Betchworth
• Horley
• Worth, Sussex

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHARLWOOD, a parish in Reigate district, Surrey; on an affluent of the river Mole, 3½ miles SW by W of Horley r. station, and 6½ S by W of Reigate. It has a post office under Crawley. Acres, 7,000. Real property, £6,668. Pop., 1,542. Houses, 268. The property is subdivided.

Charlwood Park and Charlwood Place are chief residences.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £550. Patron, H. Wise, Esq. The church is partly Norman, and was repaired in 1859.

There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school, and charities £28.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 2 )
1851 census index, Surrey, Reigate Road : Horley sub-district

Charlwood census, 1851, index

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Church records ( 6 )
Births, baptisms and burials, 1818-1837
Author: Union Chapel (Charlwood, Surrey : Independent)

Bishop’s transcripts for Charlwood, 1813-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlwood (Surrey)

Parish register transcripts, 1568-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ifield (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Parish registers for Charlwood, 1595-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlwood (Surrey)

Parish registers for Charlwood, 1780-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Charlwood (Surrey)

Parish registers of St. Michael and All Angels, Lowfield Heath, 1869-1901
Author: Church of England. St. Michael and All Angels’ Church (Lowfield Heath, Surrey)

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

Parish register printouts of Charlwood, Surrey, England (Independent Church, Union Chapel) ; christenings, 1818-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Court records ( 3 )
Court rolls
Author: Manor of Rowley. Court (Surrey)

Court rolls, 1548-1918
Author: Manor of Charlwood. Court (Surrey)

Poor law records, 1690-1831
Author: Charlwood (Surrey); Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – History ( 1 )
The free men of Charlwood
Author: Sewill, Ruth; Lane, Elizabeth

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1690-1831
Author: Charlwood (Surrey); Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1763-1920
Author: Manor of Cudworth. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Medical records ( 1 )
Charlwood and Horley cottage hospitals : a selection from the annals
Author: Shelley, Jean; Lucas, Joyce; Brown, A. G. T.; Charlwood Society

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia records, 1781-1804
Author: Charlwood (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Occupations ( 1 )
Apprenticeship bonds of parish poor children, 1723, 1734
Author: Charlwood (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Apprenticeship bonds of parish poor children, 1723, 1734
Author: Charlwood (Surrey)

Poor law records, 1690-1831
Author: Charlwood (Surrey); Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Schools ( 1 )
Log book, 1874-1910
Author: Lowfield Heath County Primary School (Charlwood, Surrey)

England, Surrey, Charlwood – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Charlwood, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Poor law records, 1690-1831
Author: Charlwood (Surrey); Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)

Directories

Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

CHARLWOOD

Boot & Shoe Makers

Killick William Lowfield heath

Potter William

Fellmonger

Holding William 

Maps

OS Grid Reference: TQ2425641197 (all-numeric format: 524257 141198)

Administration

• County: Surrey
• Civil Registration District: Reigate
• Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon, and Shoreham, Post-1845 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
• Diocese: Winchester
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Croydon, Post-1844 – Ewell
• Poor Law Union: Reigate
• Hundred: Reigate
• Province: Canterbury