A guide to churches and graveyards in Surrey for family historians
There were a group of worshipers in Dormansland from around 1775. The first chapel opened around 1786. It was subsequanrlty enlarged and then in 1817 rebuilt on the same site.
There was a small graveyard attached to the chapel. The registers are held, along with other records, at the Surrey History Centre
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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 Older burials may also have taken place in the Church of England burial grounds. The Baptist Church stands in the Anglican 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 Dormansland, St. John the Evangelist. Until 1885 Dormansland was part of the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Lingfield St Peter & St Paul West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for Lingfield St Peter & St Paul from 1561 to 1865. West Surrey FHS CD15(Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for Lingfield St Peter & St Paul from 1813 to 1840. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Dormansland 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 Tandridge 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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