Wyke, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes   Wyke

Wyke, Surrey family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.



Chapel History
Wyke is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Surrey, created originally as a district chapelry in 1847 from Worplesdon, Surrey Ancient Parish,  Ash, Surrey Ancient Parish, and  Wanborough, Surrey Ancient Parish. The chapelry lay partly in both the parishes of Ash and Wamborough (which also see); the tything of Wyke lay within the parish of Worplesdon. The church of St Mark Normandy has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See also Wyke Wikipedia and Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 703-707, here

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.

From 1846-1869 see Farnborough registration district

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.

Link to the Family History Library 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 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.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain