A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The cemetery is the additional ground for the 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 Wonersh and Blackheath. The monumental inscriptions for St John the Baptist Wonersh were noted by Robert Mesley in 1980. There are around 420 names for the old churchyard at Wonersh in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index which date from the 1700s to the late 1970s. We have no records for this cemetery.
Friends of Surrey Cemeteries (Surrey Cemeteries: a survey, 2012): Blackheath Lane, Wonersh. Opened 1900, 2-3 acres. Chapel. Wonersh PCC. PCC responsible. Chapel infrequently used – repaired and redecorated by volunteers in 2005. Licenced by Bishop of Winchester 1 Feb 1900. St John the Baptist Wonersh closed for burials 1861. St Martins Blackheath opened 1893. Chapel built 1900 as gift of Henry Prescott – dedicated to All Souls by Bishop of Guildford 1919! Additional land donated by Miss Beatrice Cook of Barnett Hill. A further donation of land conveyed from estate of Cdr Varley RN in 2001 and a bequest as a memorial to his aunt Mrs Frances Steward, daughter of Beatrice Cook. Visited 2007 - Idyllic setting among trees off lane between Wonersh and Blackheath. Entrance down unmade track to very large tarmac parking area. Well kept by parish volunteers with some mature plantings and an arts and craft style chapel (whitewashed walls and wooden chalet roof). Opened 1900 on land given by Mrs Sudbury of Wonersh Park – about 2-3 acres. New fencing round wooden gated entrance. Also metal side-gate to car park. Previous burials at Shamley Green new churchyard after Wonersh churchyard full. Website https://www.wonershchurch.org.uk/ includes burials 1900-1950. West Surrey Family History Society CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Wonersh St John the Baptist from 1539-1865; WSFHS Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI - 2nd edition 2009: has baptismal records for Wonersh St John the Baptist from 1539-1802; WSFHS CD33 (Ancient Parishes in the Hambledon district) has baptismal records for Wonersh St John the Baptist from 1539-1841; Marriages from 1539-1837; and Burials from 1539-1841 . See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Wonersh 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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