West Surrey Family History Society

The Hundreds of Surrey

The HUNDRED was an administrative subdivision of an English county. They were first defined long before the Norman Conquest, and were not finally abolished until in 1896 they were replaced with the rural districts following the Local Government Act of 1894. They were important areas in the administration of justice until Tudor times, and the Hundred Courts dealt with minor offences. The Hundred was also a basic unit for military and taxation purposes and very many of the name lists used by genealogists and family historians - which were originally compiled for these purposes - are arranged according to Hundreds.

The following lists provide a key to searchers using such sources. First is a list of all the Hundreds of Surrey showing which of the ancient ecclesiastical parishes they covered. There then follows an alphabetical list of the parishes showing in which Hundred each fell. AJCT/CRW

The Hundreds of Surrey

BLACKHEATH Hundred:
Albury, Alfold, Bramley, Chilworth (or St.Martha's), Cranleigh, Dunsfold, Ewhurst, Hascombe, Shalford, Shere, Wonersh

BRIXTON Hundred:
Barnes, Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Clapham, Lambeth, Merton, Mortlake, Newington, Putney, Rotherhithe, Southwark, Streatham, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wimbledon

COPTHORNE Hundred:
Ashtead, Banstead, Chessington, Cuddington, Epsom, Ewell, Fetcham, Headley, Leatherhead, Mickleham, Newdigate, Walton-on-the-Hill

EFFINGHAM Hundred (or Half-Hundred):
Great Bookham, Little Bookham, Effingham

ELMBRIDGE Hundred:
Cobham, Thames Ditton, Esher, East and West Molesey, Stoke D'Abernon, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge

FARNHAM Hundred:
Elstead, Famham, Frensham, Seale, Waverley extra-parochial district

GODALMING Hundred:
Artington (or Guildford St Nicholas), Chiddingfold, Compton, Godalming, Hambledon, Haslemere, Peperharow, Puttenham, Thursley, Witley

GODLEY Hundred:
Bisley, Byfleet, Chertsey, Chobham, Egham, Frimley, Horsell, Pyrford, Thorpe

GUILDFORD (apart from St Nicholas) is a Borough and therefore normally treated separately

KINGSTON Hundred:
Long Ditton, Kew, Kingston, Malden, Petersham, Richmond

REIGATE Hundred:
Betchworth, Buckland, Burstow, Charlwood, Chipstead, Gatton, Horley, Kingswood (a detached portion of the parish of Ewell), Leigh, Merstham, Nutfield, Reigate

SOUTHWARK is a Borough and normally treated separately

TANDRIDGE Hundred:
Bletchingley, Caterham, Chelsham, Crowhurst, Farleigh, Godstone, Horne, Limpsfield, Lingfield, Oxted, Tandridge, Tatsfield, Titsey, Warlingham, Woldingham

WALLINGTON Hundred:
Addington, Beddington, Carshalton, Chaldon, Cheam, Coulsdon, Croydon, Mitcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Sutton, Wallington (in Beddington parish), Woodmansterne

WOKING Hundred:
Ash, East and West Clandon, Guildford excluding St. Nicholas, East and West Horsley, Merrow, Ockham, Pirbright, Ripley, Send, Stoke-next-Guildford, Wanborough, Wisley, Woking, Worplesdon.

WOTTON Hundred:
Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Oakwood, Ockley, Wotton

The Ancient Parishes of Surrey with the Hundreds to which they belonged