A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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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 Battersea Christ Church was created in 1861 from the
Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Battersea St. Mary.
The original church was built ca. 1849 as 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 to St. Mary's. It was destroyed by bombs during World War 2. The new church was built on the same site ca. 1959. Christ Church became a United Parishan united parish is the merger of two or more Church of England parishes to form a single new parish with Battersea St. Stephen in 1972. There is no longer a graveyard at Christ Church. We have not yet located any monumental inscriptions for Christ Church however the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index has around 500 names for the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Battersea St. Mary
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 CD24 (A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms not in The IGI) has baptismal records for:
WSFHS CD29 (A 2nd Collection of Metropolitan Surrey Burials) has burial records for
WSFHS CD39. (A 3rd Collection of Surrrey Baptisms) has christening records for:
See our 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. Battersea is a district in the London Borough of Wandsworth
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.
The Wandsworth Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the London Borough of Wandsworth. If we have missed any or you are looking for a church or graveyard that might no longer exist do please let us know using the email at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Wandsworth page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Wandsworth index. |
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