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. Windlesham were merged into 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:
Windlesham St Alban was a chapel of ease for St John the Baptist There are around 200 names from Windlesham in the Surrey monumental inscription index. They were were noted by Cliff Webb in 1977 We also have a copy of G E Cokayne's notes on Windlesham churchyard from ca 1890 (courtesy of Surrey Archaeological Society).
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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 Windlesham St John the Baptist from 1695 to 1865. WSFHS CD26(Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has Baptsimal records for Windlesham St John the Baptist from 1677-98 and 1717-1899 and Burial records for 1695-1865. 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. [opens in a new page. Close it to see this page again.]
Windlesham 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 Surrey Heath district of Surrey.
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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