A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The cemetery is managed by Nutfield (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas
[NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government] Council. West Surrey Family History Society has information on a small number of war graves in Nutfield Cemetery.
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https://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or use our contact form if you have a question not answered by the Surrey Index of Names https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact Friends of Surrey Cemeteries (Surrey Cemeteries: a survey, 2012): Nutfield Road A25. Nutfield PC. Opened 1899. c 1-2 acres. Chapel demolished in 1962. Visited 2006 - Cemetery very lush, no buildings but some nice topiary (trimmed yews as crosses and boxes). Facing north just off A25 with pull-in from road, double gates (chained) and single gate, no metalled paths. Varied trees including a line of trees at the base of the hill but a semicircular space beyond them. Yew hedge to road. Oldest burials seem to be furthest from gate surprisingly. Plantings on graves protected from rabbits. SHC P26/2/1-4 receipts and payments for burials 1899-1946. Lists names of those buried – no obvious pattern of fees. Loan repayments and interest are also included and this shows a balance of loan outstanding in 1901 from Charles Maw to the Nutfield Parish Council of £1801 5/- 8d with interest at 3% - half yearly payments of £50 15/- 9d to cover both interest and part loan repayment are also recorded. Original date of loan not clear but after Charles Maw’s death in 1905 the debt is purchased by the London & County Insurance Company – still at 3%. Likely he lent £2000 at end 1896 at 3% for 30 years. (Charles Maw buried in Dorking – see biographies in SHC) SHC P26/2/7-13 exclusive grants of burial 1904-1954. Mainly cost £1 8/- or £2 14/-. Name and burial space number quoted – numbers in single figures or in 600-800 range SHC 6761/5/1-5 = cemetery register 1923-63, burial accounts 1947-58, burial accounts 1959-66, burial accounts 1967-76, burial fees 1950-59. Nutfield cemetery is in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Nutfield St. Peter & St. Paul. The East Surrey Family History Society has the monumental inscriptions in their bookstall; go to their web site for more information . West Surrey Family History Society CD10(The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Nutfield St. Peter & St. Paul from 1558 to 1866. WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Nutfield St. Peter & St. Paul from 1559 to 1876. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Nutfield is a (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas [NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government] 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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