East Horsley, Surrey
Historical Description
Horsley, East, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands 5½ miles SW of Leatherhead, and has a station on the L. & S.W.B. called Horsley and Ockham, 23 miles from London. It is a pleasant and picturesque little village,. and has a good inn, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leatherhead. Acreage, 1832; population, 375. Towers, the Earl of Lovelaces' seat, includes an ancient tower; has been extended by the addition of two stately towers, and of a hall 56 feet long, with open timbered roof of original construction; contains the books and manuscripts bequeathed by John Locke to Lord Chancellor King; contains also many valuable pictures and marbles, and stands in a finely undulating and well-wooded park. A manor here was given in 1036 by the Danish jarl Thored to Christ's Church, Canterbury, and continued with it till the dissolution. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; gross value, £220-with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is partly Early English, partly Perpendicular; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with low embattled tower; has been entirely remodelled, and contains a brass of Bishop Booth of Exeter.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Surrey | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | East Horsley St. Martin | |
| 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.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for East Horsley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Horsley, East (St. Martin))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of East Horsley 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.