A guide to churches and graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Horley was moved 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 Outwood in 1870, Salfords in 1952 and Sidlow Bridge in 1861.
Including war grave information, WSFHS has over 2,600 names for Horley in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index, they come from a variety of sources.
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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 West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index - 2nd edition 2009) has burial records for Horley St. Bartholomew from 1578 to 1865. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The parish church is in the Anglican 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, Horley 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 Reigate and Banstead 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 Reigate and Banstead Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Reigate and Banstead District. 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 email at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Reigate and Banstead page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Reigate and Banstead index. |
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