Okewood, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes   Okewood

Parish History
'OAKWOOD, or Okewood, a chapelry in Abinger, Wotton, and Ockley parishes, Surrey; adjacent to Sussex, 5¼ miles N W by N of Horsham r. station, and 8½ S S W of Dorking. It was constituted in 1853; and its post town is Ockley, under Dorking. Pop. in 1861, 703. Houses, 134. Pop. of the Abinger portion, 417; of the Wotton portion, 218. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £322. Patron, W. J. Evelyn, Esq. The church stands on a low eminence, surrounded by woods; is rude early English, with heavy buttresses and pointed roof; and contains a good brass of Sir Edwardde la Hale of 1431.'

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

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