A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The original church was destroyed during World War 2. the present church dates from around 1956
Historical notes on English Catholic missions, Kelly, Bernard W. (Rev), 1907: A plain church, in the Romanesque style, was opened in November 1904, and Mass said for the first time on Sunday, the 20th of the same month. The church is the gift of an anonymous benefactress. The Catholics of the district, to the number of about 800, had formerly to go for Mass to Wandsworth and Tooting. The Rev. F. Laurence, now of Horsham, was the first rector of the mission, which is at present served by the Salesian Fathers of Battersea. The church of St. Gregory the Great is located in the Anglican 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 Earlsfield St. John the Divine. There is no graveyard at St. Grgory the Great church. However earlier burials may have taken place at the former Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions church -- Wandsworth All Saints We know of only three Roman Catholic cemeteries in the London area, St. Mary's in Kensal Green, St. Patrick's in Leytonstone, and St. Mary Magdalene in Mortlake. Many local cemeteries may have Roman Catholic sections see https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/cemeteries-in-the-borough/
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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 Earslfield is 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.
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