A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Chessington was originally a ChapelryA Chapel of Ease within an Anglican Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Malden. It became a separate ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or Roman Catholic church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England
in 1938
West Surrey FHS holds only war grave information for Chessington. The East Surrey Family History Society has the monumental inscriptions in their bookstall; go to their web site for more information .
Search for any references to your ancestor in the Surrey Index of Names:
https://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or use our contact form to find out which Monumental Inscription collections might be available: https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact WSFHS CD44 (Some ancient parishes in the Epsom area) has records for Chessington St. Mary the Virgin.
The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Guildford. The Guildford Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving registers for this parish, is the Surrey History Centre. Chessington is in London Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., jr.. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
The Kingston on Thames Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Borough of Kingston on Thames. If we have missed any or you are looking for a church or graveyard that might no longer exist do please let us know using the email at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Kingston on Thames page use the button at the top of this page to close this page and go back to the Kingston on Thames index. |
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