Betchworth, Surrey Genealogy

England   Surrey   Surrey Parishes   Betchworth

Parish History
'BETCHWORTH St Michael, a parish, in the union, and First division of the hundred, of Reigate, Eastern division of Surrey, 3¼ miles west by south from Reigate. In Brockham Green was built in 1845, a chapel called Christ Church, which lay within the parish boundary of Betchworth.

'At Brockham Green was also a Baptist chapel built in 1781.'

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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