Tilford, Surrey

Historical Description

Tilford, an ecclesiastical parish, consisting of part of Farnham civil parish and the ancient ville of Waverley, Surrey. It is a ward of Farnham rural parish, and stands on the river Wey, 2½ miles SE of Farnham station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Farnham; telegraph office, Frensham. Population, 636. Green Hills and Tilford House are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £275 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1868.

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

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 Tilford from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tilford)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Tilford 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:

• Surrey Mirror
• Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
• Surrey Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

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