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=== Church Records === | === Church Records === | ||
Latest revision as of 19:56, 19 August 2025
Guide to Lingfield, Surrey ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Lingfield | |
| |
| Lingfield St+Peter+and+St+Paul Surrey | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Surrey |
| Hundred | Tandridge |
| Poor Law Union | East Grinstead |
| Registration District | East Grinstead |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1559 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1679 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Ewell |
| Diocese | Winchester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey |
| Archive | |
| Surrey Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LINGFIELD (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of East Grinstead, First division of the hundred of Tandridge, E. division of Surrey, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from Godstone. There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Lingfield Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Surrey | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Surrey | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Surrey ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Surrey ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England Select Birth, Christening, Marriage, Death and Burials ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Surrey ($)
- Genealogist Parish Registers - Surrey ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1700-1950 Monumental Inscriptions, Baptist Chapel, Lingfield, Surrey, England, about 1700-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1700-1950 Monumental Inscriptions, St. Peter and St. Paul, Lingfield, Surrey, England, about 1700-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
For civil registration history see East Grinstead registration district and Godstone registration distirct
Certificates may be obtained from
East Sussex The Register Office
Town Hall
Grove Road
Eastbourne
BN21 4UG Phone01323 464780 Fax 01323 431386 email eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk
orSurrey (Leatherhead)
The Register Office
The Mansion
70 Church Street
Leatherhead
KT22 8DP
Phone=0300 200 1002
fax 01372 832810
email registration.leatherhead@surreycc.gov.uk
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
In 1734 the parish built a workhouse which was later sold when the East Grinstead Poor Law Union was formed.
The parish joined the East Grinstead union in 1835 and received pauper boys; girls were at Hartfield parish with the East Grinstead workhouse accommodating adults (with an overflow to Withyham)
There was some dissent about the East Grinstead union but it was not until 1897 that the parish was transferred to the Godstone Union.
East Grinstead Poor Law Union, Sussex
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Surrey Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1664 Hearth Tax at Hearth Tax Digital - free.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 25 February 2014.