A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Part of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Witley was moved to create the new Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Milford St John the Evangelist in 1844. The Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions also included a chapelry at Thursley St. Michael which became 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 in 1850; another part of the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Witley was 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. The inscriptions for Witley churchyard were indexed ca. 1979. There are more than 2,200 names listed including 13 graves from World War 1
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West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (Surrey Burial Index) Has burial records for Witley from 1653-1865 WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Witley from 1654 to 1753 WSFHS CD33 (Ancient Parishes in the Hambledon district) has baptismal records for Witley from 1653 to 1840; marriages from 1653 to 1837; and, burials from 1653 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. Witley 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] 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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