A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Worplesdon United Reformed Church was originally the Perry Hill Chapel, a Congregational chapel, which opened on 5th June 1822. It became part of the United Reformed Church in 1972 and closed permanently in 2020. The building was sold in late 2021.
There is no graveyard at Perry Hill. Perry Hill Chapel is located in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Worplesdon, St. Mary. Burials may have taken place there. The monumental inscriptions for St Mary Worplesdon were collected by Cliff and Diane Webb in 1976. There are around 280 names in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index
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 if you have a question not answered by the Surrey Index of Names https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact 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). Perry Hill is a locality 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 Worplesdon which is 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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