A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The new 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 Vale St. Mary was created in 1972 from part of the 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.
There is no graveyard at Ash St. Mary. However older burials may have taken place at the St. Peter's, the former parish church. The Surrey Monumnetal Inscriptions Index has around 200 names for Ash. The inscriptions were noted in 1977.
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 Ash St. Peter 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). The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Guildford. The Guildford Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving registers for this parish, is the Surrey History Centre. Ash Vale is village in the (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] of Ash in the Guildford District of Surrey
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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