A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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This Roman Catholic church was built sometime before 1970 and demolished ca 2002 and replaced by a Brethren Meeting room. The church was served from St Joan of Arc Farnham
The Roman Catholic parish of Heath End Holy Family was created from part of St Joan of Arc in the 1950s The Church was in the 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 St Thomas on the Bourne which was created from Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Farnham St Andrew. Parts of Farnham St Andrew were merged into 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 :
There are also civil cemeteries at: There are around 686 entries for St Thomas in the Index to the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library. They date from the 1840s to the 1980s and were collected by members of WSFHS in 1988. There are also around around 1017 names for Farnham St Andrew in the Index ranging from the mid 1700s to the 1930s.
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 West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI - 2nd edition 2009) has Baptismal records for: St.Thomas on The Bourne from 1874-1876; WSFHS CD24(A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms) has Baptismal records for the Farnham Bible Christian Circuit from 1839-1874. WSFHS CD42(Ancient Parishes in the Farnham District) has Baptismal records for Farnham St Andrew from 1539 to 1840 and Burial records from 1539 to 1840. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The Bourne is a locality in the (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] of Farnham which is in the Waverley 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 Waverley Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Waverley District. 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 Waverley page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Waverley index. |
LinksSt Joan of Arc web siteWikipedia [included in Farnham] GEN UKI Pages [included in Farnham] Surrey History centre notes on Roman Catholics in Surrey Surrey History Centre notes on Roman Catholic Records Catholic Heritage.net Catholic Family History Society Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton contact us: https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact |
