A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
| There are no records for St. Luke's churchyard in the Surrey Monumental inscriptions Index. There are some records for the South Metropolitan Cemetery which is also in West Norwood.
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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 The new 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 of West Norwood St. Luke was created from part of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of St. Mary Lambeth in 1825. According to Wikipedia the area was known as Lower Norwood before 1855. Parts of the parish of West Norwood St. Luke were moved into the new ecclesiastical parishesan 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 of Streatham St. Peter in 1870 and West Dulwich, Emmanuel in 1878 Our sister society, East Surrey FHS has the CDs for Lambeth baptisms and burials in their bookstall; go to their web site for more information . 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. West Norwood 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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