A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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This church has no graveyard. It opened in around 1887 as a chapel of ease to St James's Church, it closed in the late 1970s
Abinger Hammer is in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Abinger St. James. The inscriptions in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library for Abinger. St James were noted by Arthur Ridley Bax (1844-1918) in September 1890. Bax's notebooks are in the Library of Surrey Archaeological Society. They were filmed and transcribed by volunteers from West Surrey Family History Society and are used with permission. Parts of Abinger parish were moved into Holmbury St Mary (1878) and Oakwood(1853) WSFHS CD10(The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Abinger St James from 1559 to 1876. WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Abinger St James from 1559 to 1840. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). 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. Abinger Hammer is in the Mole Valley district of Surrey.
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.
The Mole Valley Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Mole Valley DistrictA district council is a second tier local authority that provides services such as planning and building control, waste collection, environmental health and housing. Surrey County Council is a first tier local authority. Civil parish councils are the bottom tier of local government in England. 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 "contact us" link at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Mole Valley page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Mole Valley index. |
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