Stoke next Guildford, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes

Parish History
STOKE-NEXT-GUILDFORD (St. John the Evangelist), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Woking, W. division of Surrey, ¾ of a mile (N.) from Guildford; containing 2054 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2314 acres, of which 88 are common or waste; it is intersected by the Wey canal, and situated on the road to Kingston. Part of it is included within the limits of the borough of Guildford. There are a paper and a flour mill. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £18. 0. 5., and in the gift of certain Trustees: the tithes have been commuted for £679. The church is in the later English style, and contains several neat monuments. James Price bequeathed Bank annuities to the poor, producing a dividend of £96; and three almshouses for six women above 60 years of age, were founded and endowed by Henry and William Parsons, Esqrs. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the novelist, was buried here.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 220-224. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51308 Date accessed: 13 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Probate records
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