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West Surrey Family History Society
Surrey Parishes with a list of Neighbouring Parishes
by Cliff Webb
One of the things we rapidly learn as family historians is that few families remained rooted to the soil of one parish for any great length of time. Instead they moved quite frequently. Sometimes such movements, especially into London or other big industrial towns, were over long distances, but it is much more common to find movements over just a few miles. Usually, however, even these small-scale migrations took our ancestors into a different parish, and often into another county. Neither sort of administrative boundary provided any barrier, even at the time when the old Poor Law system acted with most rigour.
To help trace local movements, and to plan parish register searches, this guide provides a list of all Surrey parishes except those transferred to the County of London in 1889. For each it lists all other parishes, whether in Surrey or not, which are touching, even if the contact is only at a point. These contiguous or adjacent parishes are the obvious first search points for a family who disappear from the central parish, whether the searcher is working backwards as is usual or forwards. It can be difficult to arrange such checks in an ordered manner when working from parish maps, particularly if a county boundary is involved. But this guide is cheap enough to write on as you work, and replace before the next search.
The list of contiguous parishes starts with the one due north of the northernmost ' point of the parish in question, and then goes clockwise. This approach was suggested by Peter Cleaver.
Searchers may be interested to note that the average Surrey parish touches 6.6 others. The parishes touching fewest others are Thorpe and Guildford Holy Trinity, both three; the one touching most others is Kingston, with fifteen neighbours.
ABINGER: East Horsley, Effingham, Wotton, Ockley, Okewood, Rudgwick (Sussex), Ewhurst, Shere, West Horsley
ADDINGTON: Beckenham (Kent), West Wickham (Kent), Cudham (Kent), Chelsham, Farleigh, Croydon, Sanderstead
ALBURY: West Clandon, East Clandon, Shere, Cranleigh, Wonersh, Alfold, St Martha's, Merrow
ALFOLD: Hascombe, Cranleigh, Albury, Wisborough Green (Sussex), Kirdford (Sussex), Dunsfold, Bramley
ASH AND FRIMLEY: Winkfield (Berkshire), Windlesham, Chobham, Pirbright, Worplesdon, Wanborough, Seale, Aldershot (Hampshire), Farnborough (Hampshire), Yateley (Hampshire), Sandhurst (Berkshire), Asthampstead (Berkshire)
ASHTEAD: Chessington, Maiden, Epsom, Walton on the Hill, Headley, Leatherhead, Stoke D'Abernon
BANSTEAD: Cheam, Sutton, Carshalton, Woodmansterne, Chipstead, Kingswood (in Ewell), Reigate, Buckland, Walton on the Hill, Epsom, Ewell, Cuddington
BARNES: Hammersmith (Middlesex), Fulham (Middlesex), Putney, Mortlake, Chiswick (Middlesex)
BEDDINGTON: Mitcham, Croydon, Coulsdon, Woodmansterne, Carshalton
BETCHWORTH: Headley, Walton on the Hill, Buckland, Reigate, Leigh, Capel, Dorking, Mickleham
BISLEY: Chobham, Horsell, Woking, Pirbright
BLETCHINGLEY: Chaldon, Caterham, Godstone, Home, Burstow, Horley, Nutfield, Merstham
BOOKHAM (GREAT): Stoke D'Abernon, Fetcham, Mickleham, Dorking, Little Bookham
BOOKHAM (LITTLE): Stoke D'Abernon, Great Bookham, Dorking, Wotton, Effingham, Cobham
BRAMLEY: Shalford, Wonersh, Cranleigh, Hascombe, Dunsfold, Godalming
BUCKLAND: Walton on the Hill, Banstead, Reigate, Betchworth
BURSTOW: Bletchingley, Horne, Worth (Sussex), Horley, Nutfield
BYFLEET: Chertsey, Weybridge, Walton on Thames, Wisley, Pyrford
CAPEL: Dorking, Betchworth, Leigh, Newdigate, Rusper (Sussex), Ockley, Wotton
CARSHALTON: Morden, Mitcham, Beddington, Woodmansterne, Banstead, Sutton
CATERHAM: Coulsdon, Warlingham, Tandridge, Godstone, Bletchingley, Chaldon
CHALDON: Coulsdon, Caterham, Bletchingley, Merstham
CHARLWOOD: Horley, Worth (Sussex), Crawley (Sussex), Ifield (Sussex), Newdigate, Leigh
CHEAM: Morden, Sutton, Banstead, Cuddington, Malden
CHELSHAM: Farleigh, Addington, West Wickham (Kent), Cudham (Kent), Titsey, Woldingham, Godstone, Warlingham
CHERTSEY: Thorpe, Staines (Middlesex), Laleham (Middlesex), Littleton (Middlesex), Shepperton (Middlesex), Weybridge, Byfleet, Pyrford, Woking, Horsell, Chobham, Egham
CHESSINGTON: Kingston, Tolworth (in Long Ditton), Ewell, Epsom, Maiden, Leatherhead, Stoke D'Abernon, Cobham
CHIDDINGFOLD: Godalming, Hambledon, Hascombe, Dunsfold, Kirdford (Sussex), North Chapel (Sussex), Lurgashall (Sussex), Steep (Sussex), Fernhurst (Sussex), Haslemere, Witley, Thursley
CHIPSTEAD: Banstead, Woodmansterne, Coulsdon, Merstham, Gatton, Kingswood (in Ewell)
CHOBHAM: Egham, Chertsey, Horsell, Bisley, Pirbright, Frimley, Windlesham
CLANDON (EAST): Send, West Horsley, Shere, Albury, West Clandon
CLANDON (WEST): Send, East Clandon, Albury, Merrow
COBHAM: Esher, Thames Ditton, Kingston, Chessington, Stoke D'Abernon Little Bookham, Effingham, East Horsley, Ockham, Wisley, Walton on Thames
COMPTON: Worplesdon, St Nicolas Guildford, Godalming, Puttenham, Wanborough
COULSDON: Croydon, Sanderstead, Warlingham, Caterham, Chaldon, Merstham, Chipstead, Woodmansterne, Beddington
CRANLEIGH: Shere, Ewhurst, Rudgwick (Sussex), Wisborough Green (Sussex), Alfold, Albury, Hascombe, Bramley, Wonersh
CROWHURST: Oxted, Limpsfield, Lingfleld, Tandridge
CROYDON: Lambeth, Camberwell, Penge (in Battersea), Beckenham (Kent), Addington, Farleigh, Warlingham, Sanderstead, Coulsdon, Beddington, Mitcham, Streatham
CUDDINGTON: Malden, Cheam, Banstead, Ewell, Kingston, Long Ditton
DITTON (LONG): Hampton (Middlesex), Kingston, Malden, Cuddington, Ewell, Chessington, Thames Ditton
DITTON (THAMES): Hampton (Middlesex), Long Ditton, Kingston, Cobham, Esher, East Molesey
DORKING: Mickleham, Betchworth, Leigh, Capel, Wotton, Little Bookham, Great Bookham
DUNSFOLD: Hascombe, Bramley, Alfold, Kirdford (Sussex), Chiddingfold, Godalming
EFFINGHAM: Cobham, Little Bookham, Wotton, Abinger, East Horsley
EGHAM: Wraysbury (Buckinghamshire), Staines (Middlesex), Thorpe, Chertsey, Chobham, Windlesham, Old Windsor (Berkshire)
ELSTEAD: Seale, Puttenham, Godalming, Peper Harow, Thursley, Frensham, Farnham
EPSOM: Ewell, Banstead, Walton on the Hill, Ashtead, Malden, Chessington
ESHER: East Molesey, Thames Ditton, Cobham, Walton on Thames
EWELL: Long Ditton, Cuddington, Banstead, Chipstead, Gatton, Reigate, Epsom, Chessington
EWHURST: Shere, Ockley, Abinger, Rudgwick (Sussex), Cranleigh
FARLEIGH: Addington, Chelsham, Warlingham, Croydon
FARNHAM: Aldershot (Hampshire), Seale, Waverley (extra-parochial), Elstead, Frensham, Binstead (Hampshire), Bentley (Hampshire), Crondall (Hampshire)
FETCHAM: Stoke D'Abernon, Leatherhead, Mickleham, Great Bookham
FRENSHAM: Farnham, Elstead, Thursley, Haslemere, Bramshott (Hampshire), Headley (Hampshire), Kingsley (Hampshire), Binstead (Hampshire)
FRIMLEY: See Ash and Frimley
GATTON: Chipstead, Merstham, Nutfield, Reigate, Kingswood (in Ewell)
GODALMING: Compton, St Nicolas Guildford, Shalford, Bramley, Hascombe, Dunsfold, Chiddingfold, Hambledon, Witley, Peper Harow, Puttenham
GODSTONE: Chelsham, Woldingham, Oxted, Tandridge, East Grinstead (Sussex), Worth (Sussex), Horne, Bletchingley, Caterham, Warlingham
GUILDFORD HOLY TRINITY: Stoke next Guildford, Shalford, St Mary Guildford
GUILDFORD St MARY: Stoke next Guildford, Holy Trinity Guildford, Shalford, St Nicolas Guildford
GUILDFORD St NICOLAS: Stoke next Guildford, St Mary Guildford, Shalford, Godalming, Compton, Worplesdon
HAMBLEDON: Godalming, Bramley, Hascombe, Chiddingfold
HASCOMBE: Bramley, Cranleigh, Alfold, Dunsfold, Godalming, Hambledon
HASLEMERE: Witley, Chiddingfold, Steep (Sussex), Fernhurst (Sussex), Linchmore (Sussex), Frensham, Thursley
HEADLEY: Ashstead, Walton on the Hill, Betchworth, Mickleham, Leatherhead
HORLEY: Reigate, Nutfield, Bletchingley, Horne, Burstow, Worth (Sussex), Charlwood, Newdigate, Leigh, Buckland
HORNE: Bletchingley, Godstone, Tandridge, East Grinstead (Sussex), Worth (Sussex), Burstow, Horley, Nutfield
HORSELL: Chobham, Chertsey, Pyrford, Woking, Bisley
HORSLEY (EAST): Cobham, Effingham, Abinger, Shere, West Horsley, Wisley, Ockham
HORSLEY (WEST): Ockham, Wisley, East Horsley, Abinger, Shere, East Clandon, Send
KEW: Hanwell and Brentford (Middlesex), Ealing (Middlesex), Chiswick (Middlesex), Mortlake, Richmond
KINGSTON: Petersham, Mortlake, Putney, Wimbledon, Merton, Maiden, Cuddington, Long Ditton, Chessington, Stoke D'Abernon, Cobham, Thames Ditton, Hampton (Middlesex), Teddington (Middlesex), Twickenham (Middlesex)
LEATHERHEAD: Stoke D'Abernon, Chessington, Malden, Ashtead, Headley, Mickleham, Fetcham
LEIGH: Reigate, Buckland, Horley, Charlwood, Newdigate, Capel, Dorking, Betchworth
LIMPSFIELD: Titsey, Tatsfield, Westerham (Kent), Edenbridge (Kent), Lingfield, Crowhurst, Oxted, Woldingham
LINGFIELD: Crowhurst, Limpsfield, Edenbridge (Kent), Cowden (Kent), East Grinstead (Sussex), Tandridge
MALDEN: Kingston, Merton, Morden, Cheam, Cuddington, Epsom, Chessington, Ashtead, Leatherhead, Stoke D'Abernon
MERROW: Send, West Clandon, Albury, St Martha's, Stoke next Guildford, Woking
MERSTHAM: Coulsdon, Chaldon, Bletchingley, Nutfield, Gatton, Chipstead
MERTON: Wimbledon, Mitcham, Morden, Maiden, Kingston
MICKLEHAM: Leatherhead, Headley, Betchworth, Dorking, Great Bookham, Fetcham
MITCHAM: Tooting Graveney, Streatham, Croydon, Beddington, Carshalton, Morden, Merton, Wimbledon
MOLESEY (EAST): Hampton (Middlesex), Thames Ditton, Esher, Walton on Thames, West Molesey
MOLESEY (WEST): Sunbury (Middlesex), Hampton (Middlesex), East Molesey, Walton on Thames
MORDEN: Merton, Mitcham, Carshalton, Sutton, Cheam, Malden
MORTLAKE: Chiswick (Middlesex), Barnes, Putney, Kingston, Petersham, Richmond, Kew
NEWDIGATE: Leigh, Horley, Charlwood, Ifield (Sussex), Rusper (Sussex), Capel
NUTFIELD: Merstham, Bletchingley, Burstow, Horne, Horley, Reigate, Gatton
OCKHAM: Wisley, Cobham, East Horsley, West Horsley, Send, Pyrford
OCKLEY: Capel, Rusper (Sussex), Warnham (Sussex), Abinger, Wotton, Ewhurst, Shere
OXTED: Limpsfield, Crowhurst, Tandridge, Godstone, Warlingham
PEPER HAROW: Godalming, Witley, Thursley, Elstead
PETERSHAM: Richmond, Mortlake, Kingston, Twickenham (Middlesex)
PIRBRIGHT: Chobham, Bisley, Woking, Worplesdon, Ash
PUTNEY: Barnes, Fulham (Middlesex), Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Kingston upon Thames, Mortlake
PUTTENHAM: Wanborough, Compton, Godalming, Elstead, Seale
PYRFORD: Byfleet, Wisley, Ockham, Send, Woking, Horsell, Chertsey
REIGATE: Kingswood (in Ewell), Gatton, Nutfield, Horley, Buckland, Leigh, Betchworth, Walton on the Hill, Banstead
RICHMOND: Chiswick (Middlesex), Mortlake, Petersham, Twickenham (Middlesex), Isleworth (Middlesex), Hanwell and Brentford (Middlesex), Ealing (Middlesex)
RIPLEY: See Send and Ripley
ST MARTHA'S: Merrow, Albury, Shere, Wonersh, Shalford, Stoke next Guildford
SANDERSTEAD: Croydon, Addington, Warlingham, Coulsdon
SEALE: Ash, Wanborough, Puttenham, Elstead, Farnham
SEND & RIPLEY: Pyrford, Ockham, West Horsley, East Clandon, West Clandon, Merrow, Worplesdon, Woking
SHALFORD: Holy Trinity Guildford, Stoke next Guildford, St Martha's, Wonersh, Bramley, Godalming, St Nicolas Guildford, St Mary Guildford
SHERE: West Horsley, East Horsley, Abinger, Ockley, Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Albury, St Martha's, East Clandon
STOKE D'ABERNON: Cobham, Kingston, Chessington, Maiden, Leatherhead, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Little Bookham
STOKE NEXT GUILDFORD: Worplesdon, Marrow, St Martha's, Shalford, Holy Trinity Guildford, St Mary Guildford, St Nicolas Guildford
SUTTON: Morden, Carshalton, Banstead, Cheam
TANDRIDGE: Godstone, Oxted, Crowhurst, Lingfield, East Grinstead (Sussex), Caterham, Warlingham
TATSFIELD: Cudham (Kent), Westerham (Kent), Limpsfield, Titsey
THORPE: Egham, Staines (Middlesex), Chertsey
THURSLEY: Peper Harow, Witley, Chiddingfold, Haslemere, Frensham, Elstead
TITSEY: Cudham (Kent), Tatsfield, Limpsfield, Woldingham, Chelsham
WALTON ON THE HILL: Epsom, Banstead, Reigate, Buckland, Betchworth, Headley, Ashtead
WALTON ON THAMES: Sunbury (Middlesex), West Molesey, East Molesey, Esher, Cobham, Wisley, Byfleet, Weybridge, Shepperton (Middlesex)
WANBOROUGH: Frimley, Worplesdon, Compton, Puttenham, Seale, Ash
WARLINGHAM: Sanderstead, Croydon, Farleigh, Chelsham, Godstone, Tandridge, Caterham, Coulsdon
WEYBRIDGE: Shepperton (Middlesex), Walton on Thames, Byfleet, Chertsey
WIMBLEDON: Wandsworth, Streatham, Tooting Graveney, Mitcham, Merton, Kingston, Putney
WINDLESHAM: Old Windsor (Berkshire), Egham, Chobham, Frimley, Asthampstead (Berkshire), Winkfield (Berkshire)
WISLEY: Byfleet, Walton on Thames, Cobham, Ockham, West Horsley, East Horsley, Pyrford
WITLEY: Peper Harow, Godalming, Chiddingfold, Haslemere, Thursley
WOKING: Horsell, Chertsey, Pyrford, Send, Worplesdon, Pirbright, Bisley
WOLDINGHAM: Chelsham, Titsey, Limpsfield, Oxted, Godstone
WONERSH: St Martha's, Albury, Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Bramley, Shalford
WOODMANSTERNE: Carshalton, Beddington, Coulsdon, Chipstead, Banstead
WORPLESDON: Woking, Stoke next Guildford, St Nicolas Guildford, Compton, Wanborough, Ash, Pirbright
WOTTON: Effingham, Little Bookham, Dorking, Capel, Ockley, Abinger
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