Nutfield, Surrey
Historical Description
Nutfield, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands 3½ miles E by N of Reigate, and has a station on the S.E.R., 23 miles from London, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Redhill. Acreage of the civil parish, 3401; population, 1642; of the ecclesiastical parish of Christchurch, 645; and of St Peter and St Paul, 942. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Nutfield Priory, Patteson Court, Holmesdale, Lyttelhall, Nutfield Court; and Capenor are chief residences. Fullers' earth has been dug here for centuries. Building stone and hearth stone also are largely quarried. The fullers' earth beds contain sulphate of barytes in detached nodular masses, and the sandstone beds contain, among other fossils, a large species of ammonite and a nautilus. An earthen vessel containing about 900 Roman coins was found in 1755. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester; value, £500 with residence. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church stands in a picturesque situation, is chiefly Early Decorated English, partly Later English, comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with embattled western tower; has been well restored, and contains many interesting brasses and memorials.
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 | Nutfield St. Peter and St. Paul | |
| Hundred | Reigate | |
| Poor Law union | Reigate |
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 Nutfield from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nutfield (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 Nutfield 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.