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St John, Busbridge



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WSFHS holds three war grave records for Busbridge.

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Busbridge St John was formerly in 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 and became a separate 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 in 1865.

St John's in now in the United Parisha united parish is the merger of two or more Church of England parishes to form a single new parish of Godalming Minster comprising the churches of Hambledon St Peter, Busbridge St. John, Godalming St Peter and St Paul, St Mark's Church Franklyn Road Godalming.


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.

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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.
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Busbridge is in 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 Waverley 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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