Croydon St John the Baptist, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes   Croydon St John the Baptist

Parish History
'CROYDON St John the Baptist, a market-town and a parish, and the head of a union, in the First division of the hundred of Wallington, E. division of Surrey, 9½ miles south of London.

'Two additional churches were, in 1827-9, erected, one on Croydon common, dedicated to St James; the other is at Beulah Hill, Norwood. Another church, a district chapel, dedicated to St John, was erected at Shirley, in 1836.

'There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists. The Society of Friends have a large establishment, removed to this place, in 1825, from Clerkenwell, where it had existed for more than a century, for the maintenance and education of 150 boys and girls.

'The hospital of the Holy Trinity was founded in 1596.'

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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

 * Croydon Minster (official website). History, visitor directions, church schedule.