A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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There has been a mass centre in Selsdon since ca. 1927 when a small brick chapel 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
The current church opened in 1962 adjacent to the former chapel. St Columba's is a short walk from the (Anglican) church of Selsdon St John the Divine. 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. Selsdon 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.
The Croydon Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the London Borough of Croydon. 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 Croydon page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Croydon index. |
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