Archives and books at Surrey History Centre

Records, indexes and catalogues

  • Surrey records online - search for images of thousands of documents published online in partnership with Ancestry; school records on Findmypast; and free indexes on this website.
  • Collections catalogue to search the full text of Surrey History Centre's online catalogue of archive holdings. This now includes the contents of the Francis Frith photographs, Illustrations, Robert Barclay Illustrations, Library Maps, Loseley Letters and Sale Particulars databases. Over 41,000 records also now have linked images.
  • Archives Index is no longer available. Please use the collections catalogue to search descriptions of documents, maps, illustrations and photographs held at Surrey History Centre.
  • Exploring Surrey's Past also contains the data from Surrey History Centre's online catalogue of archive holdings and our Journals database. You can also use Exploring Surrey's Past to search Surrey's Historic Environment Record and records from a number of partner museums and local history organisations.

Books and pamphlets

  • Use the Library catalogue to search for printed books and pamphlets at Surrey History Centre. Please change the Search Area option to 'All locations' in the drop down menu.

Popular research guides


The National Archives 'Discovery'


Files available to download

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