Surrey Churches Index



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Richmond, St. Luke

Kew, St. Luke

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The church was built ca. 1889 and was originally a ChapelryA Chapel of Ease within an Anglican Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend within the ecclesiastical parishan 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 Richmond St. John. It became a separate ecclesiastical parishan 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 ca. 1890 when part of the ecclesiastical parishan 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 Mortlake St. Mary the Virgin was moved into its district. and in 1930 part of the parish was moved to the new ecclesiastical parishan 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 North Sheen. It subsequently became part of the United Beneficean united benefice is a union of two or more Church of England parishes which remain distinct legal entities but share an Incumbant of Kew St Philip and All Saints with St Luke. I have not found any references to the name change from Richmond to Kew.

There is no graveyard at St. Luke's church. However Richmond St. John was originally 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 Richmond St. Mary Magdalene; some earlier burials may have taken place at St. Mary Magdalene. There are around 2,700 names for Richmond in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index. They come from a variety of sources, including the Archives of the Surrey Archaeological Society.


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West Surrey Family History Society CD10(The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Richmond St. Mary Magdalene from 1583 to 1865.

WSFHS CD15((Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI)) has christening records for:
  • Richmond Holy Trinity from 1870 to 1875,
  • Richmond Hill Methodist Church from 1850 to 1875
  • Richmond Kew Rd.Methodist Church from 1868 to 1878
  • Richmond Methodist Church from 1838yo 1846 and from 1874 to 1876
  • Richmond Salem Chapel Admissions from 1838 to 1882
  • Richmond St. John the Divine from 1839 to 1876
  • Richmond St. Matthias from 1858 to 1875
  • Richmond Workhouse from 1866 to 1882
WSFHS CD29(A 2nd Collection of Metropolitan Surrey Burials) has burial records for Richmond Workhouse from 1914 to 1922

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Kew is in the London Borough of Richmond
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 Richmond Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in that part of the London Borough of Richmond which was in the Ancient County of Surreythe Ancient County means Surrey before the administrative counties were created in 1889.

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