A guide to churches and graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The inscriptions in the church and churchyard were copied in 1989 by June Downham and correlated with the parish registers by Dr R.J. Mesley. The dates range from 1709 to 1961, there are 191 names indexed.
Search for any references to your ancestor in the Surrey Index of Names:
http://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (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 https://surreychurches.org.uk/contactus.shtml Bramley was originally a daughter church in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Shalford St Mary it became a separate ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or Roman Catholic church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England in 1847. Part of the ecclesiastical parishan ecclesiastical parish is an administrative area within the Church of England or Roman Catholic church. It is distinct from the civil parish, a local government unit in England of Bramley Holy Trinity was merged into the new parish of Graffham St Andrew in 1863. Bramley and Graffham are now a United Beneficean united benefice is a union of two or more Church of England parishes which remain distinct legal entities but share an Incumbant . WSFHS CD10(Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
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 browser page. Close it to see this page again.]
Bramley is a (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas [NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government] in West 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 West Surrey Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the West Surrey District of SurreyIn April 2027 the Surrey County Council and District Councils were disolved and replaced by two unitary councils - East Surrey District Council and West Surrey District Council. Civil parish councils are the bottom tier of local government in England but not every area in Surrey has a parish council. If we have missed any churches 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 |
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