Horsell, Surrey
Historical Description
Horsell or Horsehill, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands near the Basin gstoke Canal, 1 mile WNW of Woking station on the L. & S.W.R., and 6 miles SSW of Chertsey. There is a post and money order office under Woking; telegraph office, Woking. Acreage, 2937; population, 1021. The Earl of Onslow is lord of the manor. There are good nursery grounds, and interesting rows of gardens. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; value, £220 with residence. The church consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with embattled tower; has pointed arches resting on octagonal pillars; and contains monuments to Sir John W. Rose and James Fenn, and several fine brasses. The church and tower have been beautifully restored at a cost of £6000, and a new organ has been erected at a cost of £750. There is a Baptist chapel.
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 | Horsell St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Godley | |
| Poor Law union | Chertsey |
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 Horsell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Horsell (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Surrey is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Horsell 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.