Pirbright, Surrey

Description
Pirbright, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands near the Basingstoke Canal, 1 mile from Brookwood station on the L. & S.W.R., and 6 miles NW of Guildford, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Woking. Acreage of parish, 4711; population, 889. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Halsey family. A large portion of the common lands around the village have been purchased by the War Department, and are used as a musketry station by the brigade of Foot Guards. The National Rifle Association camp, called Bisley after the adjoining parish, to distinguish it from the Pirbright Guards' camp, is with the exception of a small portion, in this parish. (See BISLEY.) The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £180 with residence. The church and its tower were rebuilt in 1785 after a fire, and the chancel was built in 1846. There is a Congregational chapel.