East Clandon, Surrey
Historical Description
Clandon, East, a parish in Surrey, near the river Wey, 2 miles from West Clandon station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4½ NE by E of Guildford. It has a post office under Guild-ford; money order and telegraph office, West Horsley. Acreage, 1448; population, 300. Hatchlands was the seat and deathplace of Admiral Boscawen, and is now the seat of the Eendel family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £170 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Lovelace. The church is Decorated English, and good, but has been defaced by plaster. Gone the poet, who flourished in the early part of the 17th century, was rector.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Surrey | |
| Hundred | Woking | |
| Poor Law union | Guildford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Surrey History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Surrey online.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for East Clandon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clandon, East)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of East Clandon are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Surrey papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Surrey, 1662-1668 is available on the Heraldry page.