A guide to churches and graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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The chapel is now a house. It was used for worship from ca 1873 until ca 1995. There is no graveyard. The Chiddingfold Providence Chapel is in the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Chiddingfold St Mary. There are also a civil cemetery and a Roman Catholic church in Chiddingfold. There are just over 450 names in the Surrey MI Index for the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Chiddingfold St Mary. They were copied in 1980 and 1982 by Cliff and Diana Webb. A large number of the older stones in the Churchyard were completely illegible and were ignored. Many of those partially readable were incomplete. 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 Chiddingfold was moved into the new Grayswood All Saints 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 1901 WSFHS CD33 (Ancient Parishes in the Hambledon district) has baptismal records for Chiddingfold St. Mary from 1573-75 and from 1595-1840; Marriages from 1563-1837; and Burials from 1563-1840. See the WSFHS sales page for more information (opens in a new page). Chiddingfold 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 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.
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