PIRBRIGHT, a village and a parish in Guild ford district, Surrey. The village stands near the Southwestern railway and the Basingstoke canal, 4¾ miles W S W of Woking r. station, and 6 N W of Guild ford; and has a post-office under Guild ford. The parish comprises 4, 579acres. Real property, £2, 173. Pop., 599. Houses, 133. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to H. Halsey, Esq. P. Lodge is the seat of W. B. and erson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £103.* Patron, H. Halsey, Esq. The church is partly ancient, with a new chancel; and has a tower and spire. There is a parochial school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))