A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The Roman Catholic church of St. Mary of the Angels, Gomshall was built ca.1964 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 the Church of the Holy Ghost, Chilworth. It replaced a nissan hut that had been used for some years. The church closed around 2010 when the Franciscan Friars left Chilworth and the parish of the Holy Ghost was dissolved. The church of Our Lady of the Angels is now St. Augustine's Coptic Orthodox Church.
There was no graveyard at Our Lady of the Angels 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 The church is located in the Anglican parish of Shere St. James. Very early 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 churchyard West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Shere St James from 1546 to 1865. West Surrey FHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Shere St James from 1602 to 1812. WSFHS CD30 (Ancient Parishes in the Guildford District - Transcriptions and Indexes. September 2012) has baptismal records for Shere St James from 1547-1840; and burial records from 1546-1840 See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Gomshall is 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 Shere 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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LinksWikipediaGEN UKI Page for Shere Surrey History centre notes on Roman Catholics in Surrey Surrey History Centre notes on Roman Catholic Records Catholic Heritage.net Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton contact us: https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact |
