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Clapham St. James

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The demolished church
image of St. James OLD church
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The replacement church
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The parish of St James was created from the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Clapham Holy Trinity and 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 1854. The original church was destroyed during World War 2 and rebuilt on the same site in 1958

The Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library has no inscriptions for St James



A number of new parishes were created from the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Clapham Holy Trinity Clapham Park St Stephen was formerly part of Streatham St. Mary (sometimes known as Balham St. Mary). It became a separate parish in 1905.


** dates taken from Diocese of Southwark former Places of Worship


West Surrey Family History Society CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for: WSFHS CD18(Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index) has burial records for: WSFHS CD24(A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms (not in The IGI) - October 2011) has burial records for WSFHS CD29(A 2nd Collection of Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index) has burial records for Clapham Holy Trinity from 1808-1847.

WSFHS CD39(A 3rd Collection of Surrey baptisms mostly NOT in the IGI) has baptismal records for: See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page).


The church is in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark. The Southwark Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving parish registers for this church, is the London Metropolitan Archives.


Clapham is in the London Borough of Lambeth.


Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.




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