Southwark Christchurch, Surrey Genealogy, England

England Surrey  Surrey Parishes  Southwark Christchurch

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;

Christchurch was rebuilt in 1737.

'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.

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.

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

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

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