A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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This Roman Catholic church opened ca. 1906 in the building that is now the church hall. The site of the present church was bought ca. 1937 but building work was interrupted by World War 2 and not completed until 1951.
There is no graveyard at St. Erconwald's 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 of Walton on Thames. 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.elmbridge.gov.uk/cemeteries-services/information/ There are just over 1,000 names for Walton on Thames in the Index to the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library
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 Walton on Thames, St. Mary West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Walton on Thames St. Mary from 1639 to 1865. WSFHS CD13 (The Elmbridge Collection) has burial records for Walton on Thames St. Mary from 1639 from 1865 and baptismal records from 1639 to 1840. WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Walton on Thames St. Mary from 1639 to 1796. WSFHS CD 26 (Parish Register Transcipts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has baptismal records for Walton on Thames St. Mary from 1625 to 1840; Marriages from 1625to 1837 and Burials from 1625 to 1865;. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Walton on Thames is in the Elmbridge District of Surrey
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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