A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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St. Christopher's church is closely connected with the former Pembroke College Mission (now Pembroke House) which was established ca. 1885. St. Christopher's occupies the first floor of the Mission building. The mission became an 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
in 1908 when the new building was constructed.
There is no graveyard at the St. Christopher's church. Earlier burials may have taken place at the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions church -- Newington St. Mary There are almost 6,000 names in the Index to the Surrey Monumental inscriptions Library taken from Robert Hovenden’s “The monumental inscriptions in the old churchyard of St. Mary, Newington”, 1880.
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 Newington West Surrey Family History Society CD18 (Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index) has burial records for Newington St Mary from 1746-1776. WSFHS CD29 (A 2nd Collection of Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index) has burial records for Newington St Mary from 1707-1745, 1777-1854. WSFHS CD24 (A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms) has baptismal records for Newington St Mary from 1707-1776. See the Society's sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The church is in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark. The Southwark Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving parish registers for this church, is the London Metropolitan Archives.
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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