Southwark Holy Trinity, Surrey, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

Southwark Christ Church created by at least 1671, is one of five ancient parishes in this metropolitan borough, with three registration districts ('St Saviour, St Olave, and St George). The borough lies on the south side of the River Thames, opposite the City of London; attached with the city by the London, Southwark, and Blackfriars bridges;

The five ancient parishes of Southwark include Christ Church, St Olave, St Saviour, St Thomas, and St George-the-Martyr.

The ecclesiastical arrangement for Southwark included also the following chapelries:

All Hallow, Copperfield St - 1875
St Jude - 1850
St Mary Magdalen - 1843
St Michael - 1867
St Paul Westminster Road.- 1858
St Peter - 1846
St Stephen - 1850
St Alphege - 1872
Wilberforce Mission Church -

The places of worship within the new borough, which includes the parish incumbencies of Horsley-Down, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe. Included in the borough are the following Nonconformist churches:

English Presbyterian Church - 1
Independents - 1
Baptists - 15
Quakers - 1
Unitarians - 1
Wesleyan Methodists - 7
Primitive Methodists - 1
Wesleyan Association - 3
Wesleyan Reformers - 1
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists - 1
Roman Catholics -3

There were four additional unspecified dissenting chapels in the borough as well.^[1]

Southwark Holy Trinity, Surrey family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales(1870)

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.

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.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

[1] Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales(1870)

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 == Parish History  ==
-'Southwark Christ Church created by at least 1671, is one of&nbsp;five '''ancient parishes''' in this metropolitan borough, with&nbsp;three registration districts ('St Saviour, St Olave, and St George). The borough lies on the south side of the River Thames, opposite the City of London; attached&nbsp;with the city by the London, Southwark, and Blackfriars bridges;
+Southwark Christ Church created by at least 1671, is one of&nbsp;five '''ancient parishes''' in this metropolitan borough, with&nbsp;three registration districts ('St Saviour, St Olave, and St George). The borough lies on the south side of the River Thames, opposite the City of London; attached&nbsp;with the city by the London, Southwark, and Blackfriars bridges;
-'The five ancient parishes of Southwark include&nbsp;'''Christ Church''', St Olave, St Saviour, St Thomas, and St George-the-Martyr.&nbsp;
+The five ancient parishes of Southwark include&nbsp;'''Christ Church''', St Olave, St Saviour, St Thomas, and St George-the-Martyr.&nbsp;
 The ecclesiastical arrangement for Southwark included&nbsp;also the following chapelries: