Historic county

Surrey (historic county)

Surrey (historic county) is a historic county made up of 17 local authorities. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's circa 1888 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

316 wards, by local authority.

Croydon 28

Elmbridge 16

Epsom and Ewell 14

Guildford 21

Kingston upon Thames 19

Lambeth 25

Merton 20

Mole Valley 13

Reigate and Banstead 15

Runnymede 14

Southwark 23

Surrey Heath 14

Sutton 20

Tandridge 18

Wandsworth 22

Waverley 24

Woking 10

Ask the API

The API holds Surrey (historic county) as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/surrey-historic-county
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/surrey-historic-county/members