Witley, Surrey Family History Guide

Witley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Surrey.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1653
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689

Nonconformists include: Calvinist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

• Milford
• Thursley
• Chiddingfold
• Haslemere
• Godalming

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WITLEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hambledon district, Surrey. The village stands near the Guildford and Portsmouth railway, 3½ miles SSW of Godalming; and has a post-office under Godalming, and a r. station.

The parish includes Milford chapelry, and comprises 6,328 acres. Real property, £6,101. Pop., 1,555. Houses, 318.

W. Heights, Wormley Hill, Hawthorn House, Pine Wood, and Brook are chief residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £150. Patron, the Rev. J. Chandler. The church is early English and cruciform: and has a central tower with shingle spire.

The p. curacy of Milford is a separate benefice.

There are a national school, and charities £41.

The sub-district contains 8 parishes. Acres, 28,157. Pop., 6,354. Houses, 1,236.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people from Surrey have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.

CARNE, John, of Witley, co. Surrey, stocking weaver, & Mary Snelling, of the s., sp., 28 May, 1717.

CHANELL, John, of Witley, co. Surrey, yeoman, 21, b., & Sarah Silvester, of Froxfield, 21, sp., at F., 4 Feb., 1788.

CHANELL, Richard, of Whitley, co. Surrey [ sic ], 27, b., & Mary Silvester, of Froxfield, 25, sp., at F., 9 Jan., 1793.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Surrey, Witley – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Surrey : Peperharow, Thursley, Witley

England, Surrey, Witley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Witley, 1692-1844
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Witley (Surrey)

Churchwarden accounts, 1815-1880
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Witley (Surrey)

Parish registers for Milford, 1845-1919
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Milford (Surrey)

Parish registers for Witley, 1653-1949
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Witley (Surrey)

Parish registers, transcriptions & indexes for the ancient parishes of Alford, Bramley, Chiddingford, Cranleigh, Dunsford, Elstead, Ewhurst, Hambledon, Hascombe, Haslemere, Peper Harow, Shalford, St Martha’s, Thursley, Witley, Wonersh
Author:    West Surrey Family History Society

Witley, Surrey : baptisms, 1653-1840; burials, 1653-1840
Author:    Webb, Cliff (Clifford R.); West Surrey Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Witley (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Witley – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Milford, Surr., Eng

Computer printout of Witley, Surr., Eng

Parish register printouts of Witley, Surrey, England ; christenings, 1753-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Surrey, Witley – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1753-1883
Author:    Manor of Witley. Court (Surrey)

England, Surrey, Witley – Schools ( 1 )
Shared heritage : the history of King Edward’s School, Witley
Author:    Humphreys, Gordon; King Edward’s School (Witley, Surrey)

England, Surrey, Witley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Witley, 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: Hambledon
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey
• Diocese: Winchester
• Rural Deanery: Stoke
• Poor Law Union: Hambledon
• Hundred: Godalming
• Province: Canterbury