Surrey Churches Index



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Farnham Christian Science Society

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First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bear Lane, Farnham (May 2015) (2)
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The present church dates from around 1964. Before that the congregation seem to have worshipped at premises, first in West Street from ca. 1936, and then in East Street from around 1956.

There is no graveyard at the Farnham Christian Science Society. The building is located in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Farnham St Andrew.

Older burials may have taken place in the parish church St Andrew's.

The Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index has around has around 1,017 names for Farnham St Andrew ranging from the mid 1700s to the 1930s.
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There are also civil cemeteries at:

West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
WSFHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI - 2nd edition 2009) has Baptismal records for: St.Thomas on The Bourne from 1874-1876;

WSFHS CD24(A 2nd Collection of Surrey Baptisms) has Baptismal records for the Farnham Bible Christian Circuit from 1839-1874.

WSFHS CD42(Ancient Parishes in the Farnham District) has Baptismal records for Farnham St Andrew from 1539 to 1840 and Burial records from 1539 to 1840.

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Farnham is a (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas

[NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government]
in the Waverley district of Surrey.

Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.




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