A guide to churches and graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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There are just over 400 names from Buckland in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index. The burials date from the 18th century to the 1940s and include a handful of war graves. The majority of the inscriptions come from Alfred Bax's survey of Buckland churchyard taken in September 1890.
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Search the Surrey Index of Names (opens in new browser window) or contact me if you have a question not answered in the Surrey Index of Names or in our Frequently Asked Questions Contact us Parts of the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Buckland St Mary were merged into the new ecclesiastical parishesecclesiastical parishes are administrative areas within the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. They are distinct from civil parishes, local government units in England of Sidlow Bridge Emmanual in 1862. St Mary's is now part of the United Beneficea united benefice is a union of two or more Church of England parishes which remain distinct legal entities but share an Incumbant of Betchworth and Buckland West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Buckland St Mary from 1560 to 1867. WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Buckland St Mary from 1838 to 1840. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The church is in the Church of England Diocese of Southwark. The Southwark Diocesan Record Office for churches and parishes in the modern administrative county of Surrey, and those London Boroughs that were in Surrey until 1965, is the Surrey History Centre. This is where you should find any surviving parish registers, Buckland is a (civil) parishA civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England. In urban areas it may be called a town council. Not all areas have parish or town councils. [NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government.] in the Mole Valley 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.
The Mole Valley Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Mole Valley DistrictA district council is a second tier local authority that provides services such as planning and building control, waste collection, environmental health and housing. Surrey County Council is a first tier local authority. Civil parish councils are the bottom tier of local government in England. If we have missed any or you are looking for a church or graveyard that might no longer exist do please let us know using the "contact us" link at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Mole Valley page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Mole Valley index. |
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