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Caterham, Sacred Heart

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image of Sacred Heart of Jesus church
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Historical notes on English Catholic missions, Kelly, Bernard W. (Rev), 1907:
The church of the Sacred Heart was built 1880-1 by the late Captain Boe, father of the since incumbent, Fr. F. Boe.

The structure is cruciform, in the Early English style, from designs by Mr. E. Ingress-Bell. The sanctuary has been recently adorned with elegant mosaic pictures illustrative of events in the life of Our Lord.

Prior to the establishment of the mission, Fr. J. McKenna, of Croydon, used to go over to Caterham occasionally to attend to the spiritual wants of Catholic soldiers in the Guards' depot and local Catholics generally. During the building of the present church a temporary chapel was generously erected for the use of the Catholic Guardsmen by the officers of the several regiments connected with the place.

The new church was solemnly opened by Cardinal Manning, Thursday August 11, 1881.
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 -- St. Thomas of Canterbury -- opened in Whyteleaf in 1961 and closed around 2010


The is no graveyard at Sacred Heart Church Caterham. However older burials may have taken place at 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 Caterham, St. Lawrence

Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.tandridge.gov.uk/Business-support-and-licensing/Doing-business-with-the-council/Cemeteries-and-crematoria

West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Caterham, St. Lawrence from 1543-1896.

For more information see the WSFHS sales page (opens in a new page).


Caterham is a village in the Tandridge district of Surrey.


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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National Archive guide to Roman Catholic Records

Surrey History centre notes on Roman Catholics in Surrey

Surrey History Centre notes on Roman Catholic Records

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton

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