Surrey is complicated. It was in the Diocese of Winchester ie Hampshire until 1877. It looks as if part (the London bit) then became part of the Diocese of Rochester (Kent) and then the Diocese of Southwark (1905) and the southern bit covered by the new Diocese of Guildford from 1927. Whenever records change hands, there is the possibility of loss.
Unsurprisingly, Hampshire looks as if it is similarly poorly served.
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