A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Thursley was originally a chapelry in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Witley All Saints.
It became a 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
in 1850. Parts of Thursley parish were moved into the new 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 Grayswood All Saints. in 1900.
There are around 717 names for the of Thursley in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index. They were collected by Tim Wilcock in 1993. The dates range from 1666 to 1980 but there are lots of gaps.
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 There was a Congregational Chapel in the village of Bowlhead Green in the Parish West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Thursley St Michael from 1613 to 1871 WSFHS CD33(Ancient Parishes in the Hambledon district has baptismal records for Thursley St Michael from 1613 to 1840; Marriages from 1613 to 183s; and, Burials from 1613 to 1840; See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Guildford. The Guildford Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving registers for this parish, is the Surrey History Centre. Thursley is 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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