Godstone, Surrey Genealogy

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Parish History
GODSTONE St Nicholas, a parish, and the head of a union, in the First division of the hundred of Tandridge, E. division of Surrey, 19 miles south from London.

Another chapel was also erected in this parish, in 1787, as well in the populous district of Blindley Heath a church was erected by 1842, dedicated to St John the Evangelist.

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
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
See Surrey Census

Poor Law Unions
Godstone Poor Law Union,Surrey

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

Web sites
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.