Surrey Churches Index



A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians

St Michael, Betchworth

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There are over 700 names from Betchworth in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index dating from 1721 to 1942. The index includes those collected by Alfred Ridley Bax in 1886 as well as war graves.
Search for any references to your ancestor in the Surrey Index of Names:
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In 1848 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 Brockham Christ Church 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 Betchworth St Michael


West Surrey Family History Society CD10(The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for St Michael, Betchworth from 1653 from 1865.

WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for St Michael, Betchworth from 1558 to 1840.


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The church is in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark. The Southwark Diocesan Record Office for churches and parishes in the modern administrative county of Surrey, and those London Boroughs that were in Surrey until 1965, is the Surrey History Centre.

This is where you should find any surviving parish registers,


Betchworth is a (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas

[NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government]
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

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