A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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I have found very little information about St. John of Rochester RC Church. It was licensed for marriages ca 1961 and does not appear on earlier Ordnance Survey Maps. The architects are thought to have been A.J. Hodsdon Archard and Partners.
The church is 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 St Cuthbert with the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady Englefield Green and the Catholic Chaplaincy of Royal Holloway College. There is no graveyard at the St. John of Rochester Church, which is located in the Anglican 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 Egham Hythe, St. Paul. St. Paul's was formerly part of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Egham St John the Baptist. Earlier burials may have taken place in the churchyard of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions Church. Local cemeteries may also have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/cemeteries West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Egham St John the Baptist from 1592 to 1865. WSFHS CD 15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Egham St John the Baptist from 1813 to 1840. WSFHS CD 26 (Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has baptismal records for Egham St John the Baptist from 1560 to 1840 and Burial records from 1592 to 1840. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new window).
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 Egham Hythe is a village in the Surrey District of Runnymede
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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