A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
Parts of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Worplesdon were moved into new ecclesiastical parishesan 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
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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 Worplesdon West Surrey Family History Society CD2 (Surrey Marriage Index to 1837) has marriage records for Worplesdon St. Mary from 1570 to 1837. WSFHS CD8 (The Guildford Collection) has baptismal records for Worplesdon St. Mary from 1538 to 1539 and from 1570 to 1840, marriages from 1570 to 1837 and burials from 1570 to 1865. WSFHS CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Worplesdon St. Mary from 1570 to 1878. WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Worplesdon St. Mary from 1538 to 1539, from 1570 to 1776 and from 1833 to 1840. WSFHS CD30 (Ancient Parishes in the Guildford District) has baptismal records for Worplesdon St. Mary from 1538 to 1539 and from 1570 to 1840 and burials from 1570 to 1865. 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. Worplesdon 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 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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