Alfold, Sussex Genealogy

England Sussex Sussex Parishes

Guide to Alfold, Sussex family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ALFOLD, Aldfold, or Awfold, a parish in the district of Hambledon, and counties of Surrey and Sussex; on the Wey and Arundel canal, 6½ miles SE of Witley r. station, and 8 SSE of Godalming. The parish of Alfold, Surrey includes in the Ancient Parish boundary part of the county of Sussex. The larger part of the parish is in Surrey and no parish records are held in Sussex. See also.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Refer to Alfold, Surrey Note that some records for Wisborough Green, Sussex contain Alfold, Surrey records.

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Surrey Census

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Sussex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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