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Parish History

'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), in the county of Surrey. 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.

Southwark Christchurch, 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.

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Church records

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

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Non Conformist Churches

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Census records

Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 474667. To view these census images online, they are available through the following websites for a fee ($) or free:

• FamilySearch has some of the British Censuses available.
• FindMyPast ($) has all available census records including images, and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and some public and academic libraries.
• Ancestry.co.uk ($) has now all available census records but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and at numerous public and academic libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com.
• The Genealogist.co.uk ($) has all available censuses and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries.
• FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.
  

Probate records

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

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

• England Jurisdictions 1851
• Vision of Britain

Web sites

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Christ Church, Southwark

• Christ Church, Southwark (official website). History, photographs, visitor directions, service times.

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

References

1. ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry ($). Described as Christ Church in Southwark Borough. Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.
2. ↑ London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry ($). Described as Southwark Christ Church in Southwark Borough. Partially indexed.
3. ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry ($). Described as Southwark Christ Church in Southwark Borough. Partially indexed.
4. ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry ($). Described as Southwark Christ Church in Southwark Borough. Partially indexed.
5. ↑ Batches C020702, C020703, C020704, P020701, see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 17 March 2012.
6. ↑ Batches M020701, M020702, see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 17 March 2012.
7. ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm

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