The church seems to have been established in the 1930s when the chapel of the former Cheam School was bought by Sutton Roman Catholic Parish. The church opened for worship in 1937. The building was extended in the 1970s
There is no graveyard at this church. Local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.sutton.gov.uk/w/cemeteries . Older burials may have taken place in the Anglican Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions church of Cheam St. Dustan West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Cheam St. Dunstan from 1538-1866. WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has Baptismal records for Cheam St. Dunstan from 1538-1875. WSFHS CD44(Some Ancient Parishes in the Epsom District (July 2015)) has records for Cheam St. Dunstan:
See our sales page for more information. (opens in a new page) Cheam is a town in the London Borough of Sutton
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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