A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
The church of the Sacred Heart s a Roman Catholic church built around 1886.
Fifty years ago the mission at Wandsworth was often referred to as of Wimbledon. There was no mission in the town till 1878. Before this time, the nearest church was at Roehampton. A private chapel, dedicated to SS. Jerome and Agnes, at Cottenham Park was served by the Jesuits from Roehampton. In December 1882 a school chapel was opened in Russell Road, under the title of Our Lady Help of Christians. The first stone of the present magnificent church was laid in July 1886. The style is Decorated Gothic. The exterior is of flint and Ancaster stone. Architect, F. A. Walters, Esq. The church is admirably situated on the slope of a hill in Upper Wimbledon, and commanding a magnificent view of the surrounding country. The nave of the building was opened for worship by Bishop Butt, of Southwark, on the titular feast of the mission (' The Sacred Heart'), June 1887. Fr. Sebastian Bowden, of the Oratory, preached. The cost of the building was generously defrayed by Madame Arundrup, one of the congregation. A noteworthy feature of the interior is the chapel of St. Ignatius, adorned with mural paintings representing the principal events of his life. There is no graveyard at the Church of the Sacred Heart. However earlier burials may have taken place in St. Mary's churchyard as that was the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions church. The Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index has some 2,400 names from inscriptions in Clarke's 1934 survey of St. Mary's churchyard.
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 We know of only three Roman Catholic cemeteries in the London area, St. Mary's in Kensal Green, St. Patrick's in Leytonstone, and St. Mary Magdalene in Mortlake. Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.merton.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/deaths/cemeteries/cemeteries-run-by-merton-council West Surrey Family History Society CD10(The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Wimbledon St. Mary from 1593 to 1865 WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for:
WSFHS CD28 (Ancient Parishes in the Kingston District) has baptismal records for Wimbledon St. Mary from 1538 to 1840, marriages from 1594 to 1837, and burials from 1593 to 1840 See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Wimbledon is in the London Borough of Merton.
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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