Surrey Churches Index



A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians

Pixham, St. Mary the Virgin

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St. Mary the Virgin is 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 in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Dorking St. Martin. The church was built ca. 1903 to the designs of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

There is no graveyard at St. Mary's. Older burials would have taken place at the parish church -- St. Martin's

There are around 640 names for Dorking St. Martin in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index. The inscriptions date from the early 1700s to the 1870s
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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 Dorking St Martin became parts of the 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 of Holmwood (1839), Coldharbour (1848), Westcott (1852), Dorking St Paul (1857) and Ranmore (1860).

Dorking cemetery is also in the parish

West Surrey Family History Society CD10(The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Dorking St. Martin from 1538 to 1865.

WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for: WSFHS CD32 (Ancient Parishes in the Dorking District – Transcriptions and Indexes. February 2013) has baptismal records for Dorking St. Martin from 1538 to 1840; Marriages from 1539 to 1837 and Burial records from 1538 to 1840.

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Dorking is in the Mole Valley 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.




The Mole Valley Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Mole Valley DistrictA district council is a second tier local authority that provides services such as planning and building control, waste collection, environmental health and housing. Surrey County Council is a first tier local authority. Civil parish councils are the bottom tier of local government in England. If we have missed any or you are looking for a church or graveyard that might no longer exist do please let us know using the "contact us" link at the bottom of this page

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