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1851 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Surrey:

Abinger Ewhurst Pirbright
Addington Farley Putney
Albury Farncombe Puttenham
Ashtead Farnham Pyrford
Banstead Frensham Reigate
Barnes Gatton Reigate Foreign
Battersea Godalming Richmond
Beddington Godstone Rotherhithe
Bermondsey Great Bookham Sanderstead
Betchworth Guildford Holy Trinity Shalford
Bisley Guildford St Mary Shere
Bletchingley Guildford St Nicholas Southwark Christ Church
Bramley Ham with Hatch Southwark St George
Brixton Hascombe Southwark St John Horsleydown
Buckland Haslemere Southwark St Olave
Burstow Headley Southwark St Olave, Southward St Saviour, and Southwark St Thomas
Byfleet Hook Southwark St Saviour
Camberwell Horley Southwark St Thomas
Capel Horne St Martha
Carshalton Horsell Stoke DAbernon
Caterham Kew Stoke next Guildford
Chaldon Kingston upon Thames Streatham
Charlwood Kingswood Tandridge
Cheam Lambeth Tatsfield
Chelsham Lambeth St Mary Thames Ditton
Chertsey Leatherhead Thorpe
Chessington Leigh Titsey
Chiddingfold Limpsfield Tooting Graveney
Chipstead Lingfield Wallington
Chobham Little Bookham Walton on Thames
Clapham Long Ditton Walton on the Hill
Compton Malden Wanborough
Coulsdon Merrow Wandsworth
Cranley Merstham Warlingham
Crowhurst Merton West Clandon
Croydon Mickleham West Horsley
Cuddington Mitcham West Moulsey
Dockenfield Mordon Weybridge
Dorking Mortlake Wimbledon
Dunsfold Newdigate Windlesham
East Clandon Newington Wisley
East Horsley Nutfield Witley
East Moulsey Ockham Woking
Effingham Ockley Woldingham
Egham Oxted Wonersh
Elstead Penge Woodmansterne
Epsom Peper Harow Wootton
Esher Petersham

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.