Wyke, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes

Parish History
WYKE, a tything, [partly] in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Woking, W. division of Surrey; containing 158 inhabitants. This place is mentioned in Domesday book under the name of Wucha, and at an early period was held by a family called De Wyke. It is detached from the rest of the parish, and locally situated [and also is partly] in the parish of Ash. [The] church [stands] at a distance of four miles from the parish church, was consecrated in November 1846: the living is in the gift of the Rector of Worplesdon; income, £130.

Adapted from: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 703-707. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51435 Date accessed: 15 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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