Ewhurst, Surrey
Historical Description
Ewhurst, a parish in Surrey, at the edge of the Weald, 3 miles from Cranley station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 8 SW of Dorking. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Guildford. Acreage, 5419; population, 1021. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £285 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands high, and was almost wholly rebuilt in 1839. There are national schools.
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 | Ewhurst St. Peter and St. Paul | |
| Hundred | Blackheath | |
| Poor Law union | Hambledon |
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 Ewhurst from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ewhurst (St. Peter and St. Paul))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Ewhurst 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.