Shere Muesum - some useful links
Surrey Local History Societies
Phillimore and Co - Publishers of books on local and family history with an excellent website
Ancester Search - a website dedicated to providing information on tracing family trees.
Surrey History Service - A wealth of information at Surrey County Council's purpose built history centre
Surrey Heritage - provides access to the substantial collections held by Surrey History Centre (in its collections catalogue and specialist databases), to the archaeological information held by Surrey's Historic Environment Record (HER) and to the data and images of partnership museums and local history centres.
Surrey Archaeological Society - an active society encompassing archeolgical and local history (incorporating the Surrey Local History Committee)
Surrey Industrial History Group - focusing on the industrial history of Surrey
Surrey Rural Life Centre - a museum of rural life
Guildford Institute The Guildford Institute holds courses, exhibitions, has an extensive library and a great, cheap restaurant!
Surrey Choice Net - photographs and more of villages and towns in Surrey
British Association for Local History
Curious
Fox is a contact site aimed at anybody interested in local history,
genealogy and local distinctiveness
Villages Online Let us guide you quickly to many of the village, small town or community websites throughout the UK
Genes reunited The sister site of Friends Reunited, a family tree and genealogy site with over 8 million members
Twiga Books Local history books on Shere and Gomshall and World War One letters
Surrey Local History Societies
Addlestone Historical Society - This Society aims to bring together those interested in local history and to encourage research in Addlestone, New Haw, Row Town and Woodham areas.
Banstead History Research Group - The Banstead History Research Group undertakes research on local history and also publishes various books and booklets on local topics.
Bourne Society - We cover the history of Caterham, Chaldon, Chelsham, Chipstead Coulsdon, Farleigh, Godstone, Kenley, Sanderstead, Whyteleafe, Warlingham, and Woldingham
Bramley History Society - Researching and recording the history of the Civic Parish of Bramley and its environs, and to promote a wider awareness of matters of historic interest in the area.
Brookwood Cemetery Society - The Brookwood Cemetery Society is a voluntary group dedicated to the preservation, history and appreciation of the Cemetery. The Cemetery was opened in November 1854, and was the largest in the world. It was originally called the London Necropolis or Woking Cemetery.
Buckland Website - Welcome to Buckland, Surrey - seen through our village website maintained by Duncan Ferns. Situated between Reigate and Dorking in Surrey, England, Buckland lies in a rural location 20 miles south of central London.
Byfleet Heritage Society - The Society is interested in researching, recording and disseminating the history of Byfleet.
Chobham Village Website - A non-commercial site devoted primarily to the history of the village of Chobham in Surrey, England.
Cranleigh Village - Cranleigh's Community Website.
Dorking Local History Group - A flourishing Group founded in the 1960s committed to the research and publication of history of Dorking and surrounding parishes.
Egham by Runnymede Historical Society - That part of north-west Surrey containing Egham, Egham Hythe, Englefield Green, part of Sunningdale, Thorpe, Thorpe Lea and Virginia Water.
Esher District Local History Society A society covering the communities of East and West Molesey, Thames Ditton and Long Ditton, Hinchley Wood, Claygate, Oxshott and Cobham.
Oliver Collection of material relating to the Egham area, including Addlestone, Chertsey, Chobham, Englefield Green, Ottershaw and Virginia Water
Epsom Family History Group - Unable to find website at the current time.
Epsom and Ewell History and Archaeology Society - (formerly Nonsuch Antiquarian Society) is the local history, archaeology and conservation society for the Epsom and Ewell area of Surrey.
Ewhurst History Society - An active society conducting research into the history of Ewhurst.
Horley Local History Society - The Society was formed in 1951 with the main aim of tracing, recording and disseminating information on all aspects of Horley and its surrounding villages in Surrey.
Felbridge and District History Group - This is the web site of a local history group based in Felbridge, on the Surrey-Sussex border in Southern England.
Holmesdale Natural History Club - We exist to promote the study of natural history, local history, archaeology and geology in the vicinity of Reigate.
Leatherhead and District Local History Society - We cover Ashtead, Bookham, Fetcham and Headley as well as Leatherhead.
The historical guide to Merstham - A guide to Merstham
Molesey History A site dedicated to the works of Rowland Baker (1919-1987). During his lifelong study of local history he has established a large collection and it was his wish that this would be readily accessible..
Normandy Historians - Situated in the extreme west of Surrey, within a short distance of the Hampshire border, the parish of Normandy includes Wyke, Christmaspie, Willey Green, Pinewood and Flexford.
Ottershaw Society - The Society works to help preserve and develop features of historic, natural and public interest in the village of Ottershaw
History of Redhill - A comprehensive website covering the local and family history of Redhill and Reigate
RH7 History Group - We cover the south east Surrey communities of Lingfield, Dormansland, Blindley Heath, Newchapel and Crowhurst, enabling members and others to pursue their interests in local and family history
Send and Ripley History Society The aim of the society is to to educate the public in the history of the ancient parish of Send and Ripley and of any nearby parishes.
History of Thursley Society - A village organisation dedicated to the keeping alive the history of this small Surrey village, and maintaining archives of the village and its people, past and present.
Tweedsmuir Military Camp, near Thursley. Dedicated to the Canadian soldiers of WW2 and displaced Polish families
Westcott History Society - Arranges group meetings with visiting speakers, initiates research into Westcott history, collects and makes available photographs, maps, census returns, parish registers etc. relating to Westcott
Woking History Society - The society was founded in 1968 to promote an interest in local history.
Friends of Woking Palace -The preservation and protection, upkeep and maintenance of Woking Palace, and the advancement of education of the public in the history of the Palace site.
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