There seems to have been a Catholic mission in Ash from at least 1927.
The church was built ca. 1934 at which time the Roman Catholic Mission at Normandy, St Mary became part of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or Roman Catholic church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England of Ash Holy Angels. The Church of the Holy Angels is associated with the church of Heath End, Holy Family There is no graveyard at this Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or Roman Catholic church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England of Ash Holy Angels in 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 Ash St. Peter. Earlier burials may have taken place in the Anglican parish church. The only Roman Catholic graveyard we know of in the area is Sutton Place, St. Edward the Confessor in Woking. Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.guildford.gov.uk/crematoriumandcemeteries West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Ash St. Peter from 1548 to 1900. WSFHS CD42(Ancient Parishes in the Farnham District) has Baptismal records for Ash St. Peter from 1548 to 1840 and Burial records from 1548 to 1840, See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Ash is a (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] in the District of Guildford
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.
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