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WSFHS has no records for Binscombe Quaker Burial Ground.
Friends of Surrey Cemeteries (Surrey Cemeteries: a survey, 2012): Text from the survey is reproduced with permission. SHC 6189/5/2 burial notes for Dorking, Horsham & Guildford 1896-1906 covering Quakers at these meeting houses who died and where they were buried. Includes burials in general cemeteries and churchyards (inc Brookwood, Bournemouth etc). 161 burials 1659-1790 by the side of Fox’s barn, leased to Friends for 2000 years. Walls mid 17th C listed HER 3799. SHC dates quote 1695-1864. Plaque refers to land being originally owned by Thomas Patching. George Fox is said to have preached in barn in 1655. Land sold to James More-Molyneux of Loseley Park in 1864. The burial ground is in the ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England of Farncombe St John the Evangelist. The parish was created from 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 Godalming St Peter and St Paul in 1849. There was also a Baptist Chapel, a Gospel Hall, and a Wesleyan Chapel in Farncombe; and Binscombe Church in Binscombe West Surrey Family History Society CD10 (Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
WSFHS CD15 (Surrey Baptisms Not in the IGI) has baptismal records for
WSFHS CD30 (Ancient Parishes in the Guildford district) has baptismal records for Godalming St Peter and St Paul for 1582 to 1840, marriages from 1583 to 1837 and burials for 1583 to 1840. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Binscombe is a locality within the (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.] of Godalming in the West Surrey unitary authority area of Surrey (from April 2027)
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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