Southwark St Mary, Surrey Genealogy, England

England Surrey  Surrey Parishes

Southwark St Mary, Surrey family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Southwark, parlimentary borough, Surrey, on river Thames, opposite London city.

Borough Of Southwark. (In the Diocese of Winchester).

Additional information:

Southwark.—See London.

St Mary or, otherwise known as St Mary Magdalen was created in the year 1843 as a district church, residing within the civil parish boundaries of St George the Martyr Southwark.

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.

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

Reference
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