A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Around 1942 a mass centre was built as 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 to South Croydon St. Gertrude. It was in the building adjacent to the present church. The Mass centre closed after World War 2 and the present church was built ca. 1957.
Holy Family Church is in the (Anglican) Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Sanderstead. There is no graveyard at the Holy Family Church. Earlier burials may have taken place in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions church We know of only three Roman Catholic cemeteries in the London area, St. Mary's in Kensal Green, St. Patrick's in Leytonstone, and St. Mary Magdalene in Mortlake. Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.croydon.gov.uk/bereavement-services/cemeteries for the Croydon area. West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Sanderstead All Saints from 1567 to 1875. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Sanderstead is in the London Borough of Croydon.
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., jr.. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
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