A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
St Boniface is a Roman Catholic church dating from around 1907.
Till about 1897, the chapel of St. Joseph's College, Upper Tooting Park, served the Catholics of the locality for Mass. On the removal of the college to Denmark Hill, Mass was said every Sunday at Holly Lodge, the residence of — Stowel, Esq., by Fr. R. Bullesbach, of Balham. About 1899 Fr. Bullesbach came to live at Tooting. A chapel was opened at Hereford Lodge, a large, old-fashioned mansion in the Mitcham Road, which also served as the presbytery. The much-needed Catholic schools were opened by Bishop Bourne, of Southwark, in 1903. The number of Catholics at Tooting is about 2,000, the population of late years having greatly increased owing to the building in the neighbourhood of thousands of small houses, which have turned a rural outskirt of London into a densely populated suburb. The number of children attending the school is about 400. Fr. Wm. Allanson, D.D., rector since 1904, was succeeded in September 1906 by Fr. G. Williams, late of Walworth. There is no graveyard at this church Older burials may have taken place at Tooting Graveney St Nicholas which was the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions 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/ WSFHS CD18 (Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index (including some Rural Parishes) has burial records for:
WSFHS CD39(A 3rd Collection of Surrey Baptisms) has christening records for Tooting Graveney St. Nicholas from 1845 to 1875 For more information about the WSFHS CDs see our sales page (opens in a new page). St Boniface church is located in Tooting Graveney, also known as Lower Tooting, 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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