Horsell, Surrey Genealogy

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Parish History
HORSELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chertsey, First division of the hundred of Godley, W. division of Surrey, 4½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Ripley; containing 766 inhabitants. It comprises by admeasurement 2523 acres, which, with the exception of about 500 acres, are inclosed, and under good cultivation: here are some extensive nursery-grounds. There is a station on the London and South-Western railway at Woking, within 2 miles; and the Basingstoke canal passes through the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £83; patrons, four Landowners. The church is in the early English style, and contains several ancient brasses and two handsome monuments, one to the memory of James Fenn, Esq., the other to Sir John William Rose, Knt. The parish receives benefit from Henry Smith's charity.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel AA. Lewis (1848), pp. 550-553. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51045 Date accessed: 18 November 2010.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Probate records
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