A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The church opened ca. 1912 as a "daughter church" or Chapel of EaseA daughter church within an ecclesiastical Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Byfleet. It 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 1917
There are no inscriptions for West Byfleet in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library. There are 369 names for Byfleet St. Mary in the Index to the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Library which were noted by Cliff & Dianne Webb in 1976.
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 CD3 (The Woking Collection - Revised & Enhanced 3rd edition 2004) has baptismal records for Byfleet St. Mary from 1698 to 1840; and Burial records from 1728 to 1865. WSFHS CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Byfleet St. Mary from 1728 to 1865. WSFHS CD 15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Byfleet St. Mary from 1698 to 1875. WSFHS CD 26 Parish Register Transcipts and Indexes in the Chertsey District - January 2012) has baptismal records for Byfleet St. Mary from 1698 to 1840; and burial records from 1728 to 1865. For more information see our sales page(opens in a new page). West Byfleet is a village in the Woking district of Surrey 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.
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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