A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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St Anselm's is a Roman Catholic church. The locality was originally served from the RC church of Balham Holy Ghost. The Tooting Bec mission used a disused Wesleyan Church in Balham High Road from ca. 1904. It became a separate mission around 1909 and a separate 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
around 1928. The present church was opened in 1933. https://www.stanselmstbec.org/parish-history; consulted 4 November 2021 St. Anselm's church 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 Upper Tooting Holy Trinity which was created in 1855 from parts of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Streatham St. Leonard. There is no graveyard at St. Anselm's church. 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/ St. Anselm's 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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