A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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St Saviour’s is the sister church to St Lawrence in Chobham High Street, which is about two miles from the Valley End
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 Chobham St Saviour was created in 1898 and later renamed Valley End. It was created from parts of the Ancient Parishesan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Chobham St Lawrence and Windlesham St John the Baptist. It merged with St Lawrence's again around 1956 West Surrey Family History Society holds war grave information for St Saviour’s churchyard and around 300 names for St Lawrence in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index.
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 West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Chobham St Lawrence from 1587 to 1578 and 1654 to 1870. WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has Baptismal records for Chobham St Lawrence from 1587, and 1770 to 1840. WSFHS CD26(Parish Register Transcipts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has these records for Chobham St Lawrence: Baptisms 1587 to 1588, 1654 to 1840; Marriages 1587, 1655 to 1837; Burials 1587 to 1588 and 1654 to 1840;. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Guildford. The Guildford Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving registers for this parish, is the Surrey History Centre. St Saviour, Valley End, Chobham is in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey.
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., jr.. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
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