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1861 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Surrey:

[Burstow] Ewhurst Putney
Abinger Farleigh Putney St Mary
Addington Farnborough Puttenham
Albury Farncombe Pyrford
Aldershot Farnham Reigate Borough
Ash Fetcham Reigate Foreign
Ashtead Frensham Richmond
Banstead Friary Ripley and Send
Barnes Gatton Rotherhithe
Battersea Godalming Rotherhithe St Mary
Battersea St Mary Godstone Sanderstead
Beddington Great Bookham Seale
Bermondsey Guildford Holy Trinity Shalford
Bermondsey St Mary Magdalene Guildford St Mary Shere
Betchworth Guildford St Nicholas Southwark Christchurch
Bisley Ham Southwark St George
Bletchingley Hambleden Southwark St George the Martyr
Bramley Hanley Southwark St John
Buckland Hascombe Southwark St John Horsleydown
Burstow Haslemere Southwark St Olave
Byfleet Headley Southwark St Saviour
Caddington Hook Southwark St Thomas
Camberwell Horley St Martha
Camberwell St Giles Horne Stoke
Capel Horsell Stoke DAbernon
Carshalton Kew Stoke next Guildford
Caterham Kingston Streatham
Chaldon Kingston on Thames Sutton
Charlwood Kingswood Tandridge
Cheam Lambeth Tatsfield
Chertsey Lambeth St Mary Thames Ditton
Chessington Leatherhead Thorpe
Chiddingfold Leigh Thursley
Chipstead Limpsfield Titsey
Chobham Lingfield Tooting Graveney
Christchurch Little Bookham Vessels
Clapham Long Ditton Walton on Thames
Cobham Malden Walton on the Hill
Compton Merrow Wanborough
Coulsdon Merton Wandsworth
Cranley Merton St Mary Warlingham
Crowhurst Mickleham Waverley
Croydon Mitcham West Clandon
Cuddington Morden West Horsley
Deptford St Paul Mortlake West Mousley
Dorking Newdigate Weybridge
Dunsfold Newington Wimbledon
East Clandon Newington St Mary Windlesham
East Horsley Nutfield Wisley
East Mousley Ockham Witley
Effingham Ockley Woking
Egham Oxshott Woldingham
Elstead Oxted Wonersh
Epsom Peper Harow Woodmansterne
Esher Petersham Worplesdon
Ewell Pirbright 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.