Farley, Surrey

Historical Description

Farley, a parish in Surrey, 2¼ miles NE from Upper Warlingham station on a joint branch of the L.B. & S.C.R., and the S.E.R., and 5 SE by S from Croydon. Post town, Whyteleafe (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Upper Warlingham. Acreage, 1051; population, 110. There is a good deal of common land. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, and the church is Norman and Early English.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Farley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Farley, or Farleigh (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Surrey papers online:

• Surrey Mirror
• Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
• Surrey Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Surrey, 1662-1668 is available on the Heraldry page.