A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Roman Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Southwark. There is no graveyard. The original mission chapel was established c. 1841 in West Hill; a new church was built ca 1848 in "The Plain" near the Wandle. The current church was built ca. 1893
Historical notes on English Catholic missions, Kelly, Bernard W. (Rev), 1907: The mission was started in 1841. The district was then a rural suburb, the number of Catholics amounting to seventy. The [mission] chapel was a small room, 20 ft. by 14 ft. [The new] chapel, a new and elegant structure in the Perpendicular style, was opened on the feast of St. Winefride, 1847. The site of the building had been occupied by a convent in pre-Reformation times. The present fine church of St. Thomas was commenced in September 1893, during the rectorate of Fr. E. Murnane, now of Bermondsey. The building is still unfinished, The style of the church, which is at the corner of the Richmond and Santos Roads, is Decorated Gothic. Mr. E Golclie, of Kensington, was the architect. 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/ Some very old burials may have taken place in the churchyard of the (Church of England) Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Wandsworth All Saints. The Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index has just over 860 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 Wandsworth All Saints. There are also 1,340 names from the Mount Nod Cemetery in the MI Index. Although this was often described as the "Huguenot Cemetery" it actually belonged to All Saints parish.
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 has transcribed a number of records for Wandsworth churches and chapels: WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has christening records for:
WSFHS CD18(Metropolitan Surrey Burials Index) has burial records for:
WSFHS CD24(A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms not in The IGI) has burial records for:
WSFHS CD29(A 2nd Collection of Metropolitan Surrey Burials) has burial records for Wandsworth All Saints from 1800-1822. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Wandsworth 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.
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