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St. Charles Borromeo was a Roman Catholic Church built ca. 1835 and was sold to the Korean Presbytarian Church ca. 1988.
Historical notes on English Catholic missions, Kelly, Bernard W. (Rev), 1907: The ancient mission was at Woburn Park, about a mile and a half from the present church, the ancestral seat of the Southcote family, which died out in 1783. The estates then passed to Lord Petre, and in or about 1815 to Sir John Aubyn (by purchase). This last gentleman, who was a protestant, discontinued the Catholic chapel in the house, but built another for his Catholic tenantry and others near the lodge gates. After some years’ tenure by Lord Kilmorey, the Park again passed to the Petre family, in the person of Mgr. Lord Petre, who conducted a high-class boys' school there from 1871 to 1884, when the estate was sold to the Josephite Fathers of St. George’s College, Croydon. They transferred their excellent educational establishment from the latter place to Weybridge in the autumn of the last-named year. The chapel of the college is thus the canonical representative of the old domestic chapel which kept alive the Faith in this district during the penal , times. The Dominicans served Woburn for upwards of 300 years. Fr. Short, O.P., was priest here from 1750 till 1800, and Fr. Castrick, O.P. from 1800 to1815. Fr. Potier, the next priest, removed the mission to Weybridge, where for nineteen years he continued to say Mass in his house for the benefit of the few Catholics roundabout. In January 1835 the mission was taken over by seculars, the first of these being. Fr. Corr. In 1836, James Taylor, Esq., a wealthy Catholic architect of the neighbourhood, built a small chapel — now the sacristy of the church. It was opened by Bishop Bramston. The place was so small that not more than a dozen persons could be accommodated in it at one time! The present fine Gothic church of St. Charles Borromeo was built by Catherine Taylor, and opened by Cardinal Manning August 31, 1881. The interior is very ornate. King Louis Philippe and his queen were buried in this church, but the bodies were removed to France in 1876. The Duchesse de Nemours, a cousin of the late Queen Victoria, lies interred here beneath a beautifully chiselled tomb, as also does the late Comte de Paris, father of the present Duke of Orleans. On the epistle side of the church are two memorial tablets—one to the Duke de Fitz-James, a descendant of James II., and the other to Mr. Hubert Wolseley, of the Imperial Light Horse, who was killed at the battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa, November 1899. He was cousin of Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley, and for some time a student at the neighbouring Catholic college, St. George's, Woburn Park. The first confirmation at Weybridge took place in 1837. A second Roman Catholic church, St. Martin de Porres, opened some time after 1960. St. Martin's was a converted cinema. These two churches remained in use until the new Roman Catholic church, Christ the Prince of Peace, was opened in ca. 1988 In June 2022 the building appeared to have been abandoned. Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/cemeteries-services/information/ The former church of St. Charles Borromeo is located 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 Weybridge St. James. In earlier times burials may have taken place in the parish churchyard. There are just under 2,000 names for Weybridge St. James in the Index to the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library
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https://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or use our contact form if you have a question not answered in the Surrey Index of Names or in our Frequently Asked Questions https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact Weybridge St. James West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Weybridge St. James from 1625 to 1865. WSFHS CD13(The Elmbridge Collection) has baptismal records for Weybridge St. James from 1625 to 1840; and burial records from 1625 to 1865 WSFHS CD26(Parish Register Transcipts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has baptismal records for Weybridge St. James 1625 to 1840; Marriages for 1625 to 1837, and Burials from 1625 to 1865. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Weybridge 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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