Leatherhead, Surrey Genealogy

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Parish History
'Leatherhead (St. Mary and St. Nicholas), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Epsom, Second division of the hundred of Copthorne and Effingham, W. division of Surrey, 12 miles (E. N. E.) from Guildford, and 18 (S. W. by S.) from London.'

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The &lt;a href="England Civil Registration"&gt;civil registration&lt;/a&gt; article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is &lt;a href="http://freebmd.org.uk/"&gt;FreeBMD&lt;/a&gt;.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census 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 &lt;a href="Surrey Probate Records"&gt;Surrey Probate Records&lt;/a&gt; to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery
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Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * &lt;a href="http://maps.familysearch.org/"&gt;England Jurisdictions 1851&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp"&gt;Vision of Britain&lt;/a&gt;

Web sites
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