A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Dockenfield was originally a Tithing in the Alton Hundreda hundred was an old administrative division of the County. By the late 19th century it had lost any importance. of Hampshire, but part of Frensham Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. It was transferred to Surrey in 1895.
There are no entries for Dockenfield in the Surrey Monument Inscriptions Library. Dockenfield is a Chapel of EaseA daughter church within an ecclesiastical Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Frensham There are 451 names for Frensham in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index, including war graves
Search for any references to your ancestor in the Surrey Index of Names:
http://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or contact me if you have a question not answered in the Surrey Index of Names or in our Frequently Asked Questions https://surreychurches.org.uk/contactus.shtml Parts of Frensham Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions were transferred into new ecclesiastical parishes:
West Surrey Family History Society CD2 (Surrey Marriage Index to 1837) has records marriage for Frensham St. Mary the Virgin for 1649-1837. WSFHS CD10(The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
WSFHS CD42 (Ancient Parishes in the Farnham district) has records for Frensham St. Mary the Virgin: Baptisms 1650-1840, Marriages 1649-1837 and Burials 1649-1840. See the WSFHS 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. [opens in a new browser page. Close it to see this page again.]
Dockenfield is 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 Frensham in the West Surrey district (from April 2027) 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 West Surrey Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the West Surrey District of SurreyIn April 2027 the Surrey County Council and District Councils were disolved and replaced by two unitary councils - East Surrey District Council and West Surrey District Council. Civil parish councils are the bottom tier of local government in England but not every area in Surrey has a parish council. If we have missed any churches 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 |
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