Old Search

1871 England Census

Original Images

This database contains images of original records.

Sample Forms
Download blank Census forms
You can fill out the form with information on your ancestor, or just use it to better read the column headings.

Handwriting Help
View a sampling of handwriting examples
The examples should help you read the text on the original images more easily.

Please choose a civil parish in Surrey:

Abinger Epsom Oxted
Addington Esher Penge
Albury Ewell Peper Harow
Alfold Ewhurst Petersham
All Saints Extra Parochial Pirbright
Ash Farleigh Putney
Ashtead Farnham Puttenham
Banstead Fetcham Pyrford
Barnes Frensham Reigate
Battersea Friary Reigate Foreign
Battersea St Mary Frimley Reigate Old Borough
Beddington Gatton Richmond
Bermondsey Godalming Ripley
Betchworth Godstone Rotherhithe
Bisley Great Bookham Sanderstead
Bletchingley Guildford Holy Trinity Seale
Bowling Green Guildford St Mary Send
Bramley Guildford St Nicholas Shalford
Bridge Street Ham Shere
Buckland Hambledon St John
Burstow Hascombe St Martha
Byfleet Haslemere St Mary
Camberwell Headley St Saviour
Camberwell St Giles Hook Stoke D Abernon
Capel Horley Stoke next Guildford
Carshalton Horne Streatham
Carshalton Road Horsell Sutton
Caterham Kew Tandridge
Chaldon Kingston Tatsfield
Charlwood Kingston on Thames Thames Ditton
Cheam Kingswood Thorpe
Chelsham Kington Thursley
Chertsey Lambeth Titsey
Chessington Lambeth St Mary Tooting Graveney
Chiddingfold Leatherhead Vessels
Chipstead Leigh Walton on Thames
Chobham Limpsfield Walton on the Hill
Clapham Lingfield Wanborough
Cobham Little Bookham Warlingham
Compton Long Ditton Wateringbury
Coulsdon Malden West Clandon
Cranleigh Merrow West Horsley
Cranley Merstham West Molesey
Crowhurst Merton Weybridge
Croydon Mickleham Wimbledon
Cuddington Milford Windlesham
Dorking Mitcham Wisley
Dunsfold Morden Witley
East Clandon Mortlake Woking
East Horsley Newdigate Woldingham
East Molesey Norbiton Wonersh
Effingham Nutfield Woodmansterne
Egham Ockham Worplesdon
Elstead Ockley Wotton

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.