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Pyrford, Church of the Good Shepherd is one of three churches in the United Beneficea united benefice is a union of two or more Church of England parishes which remain distinct legal entities but share an Incumbant of Wisley with Pyrford. The other churches are Pyrford St. Nicholas and Wisley
There is no graveyard at the Church of the Good Shepherd. However the Surrey Monument Inscriptions Index includes just over 400 names in the from Pyrford St. Nicholas and around 100 names from Wisley Church
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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 Pyrford was originally a ChapelryA Chapel of Ease within an Anglican Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Woking St. Peter. sometime before 1631 it was transferred to become a ChapelryA Chapel of Ease within an Anglican Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Wisley WSFHS CD3 (The Woking Collection) has baptismal records for St Nicholas, Pyrford from 1665 to 1840; and Burial records from 1587/8 and 1665 to 1865. WSFHS CD10 (The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for St Nicholas, Pyrford from 1665 to 1865. WSFHS CD 26 (Parish Register Transcipts and Indexes in the Chertsey District) has baptismal records for St Nicholas, Pyrford from 1665 to 1840 and 1653 to 1865; and burial records from 1665 to 1865. See the WSFHS sales page(opens in a new page) for more information. 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 page. Close it to see this page again.]
Pyrford is a village in the Woking district of Surrey.
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., jr.. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
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