Southwark Christchurch, Surrey Genealogy, England

England Surrey  Surrey Parishes  Southwark Christchurch

Parish History
'SOUTHWARK Christ Church is one of five parishes in this metropolitan borough, with three registration districts, in the county of Surrey. The borough lies on the Thames, opposite London city; communicates with the city by London, Southwark, and Blackfriars bridges;

'The five [ancient] parishes of S[outhwark] include Christ Church, St. Saviour, St. Olave, St. Thomas, and St. George-the-Martyr. The ecclesiastical arrangement recognises also the chapelries of St. Peter, St. Jude, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Michae1, St. Stephen, and St. Paul-Westminster-road.

The places of worship within the new borough, inclusive of Horsley-down, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe parishes include the following Nonconformist churches, 1 of the English Presbyterian Church; 10 of Independents, 15 of Baptists, 1 of Quakers, 1 of Unitarians, 7 of Wesleyan Methodists, 1 of Primitive Methodists, 3 of the Wesleyan Association, 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, 1 of Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, 4 of isolated congregations, 3 of Roman Catholics, and 2 of Jews.

Christchurch was rebuilt in 1737.

'The three registration districts are St. Saviour, St. Olave, and St. George.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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.

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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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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