Bermondsey Christ Church, Surrey Genealogy

England Surrey Surrey Parishes

Parish History
Bermondsey Christ Church was a chapelry built in the year 1840.

BERMONDSEY (Christ Church), a parish and union, in the borough of Southwark, E. division of the hundred of Brixton and of Surrey, 1½ mile (S. S. E.) from London; A church district named Christchurch was endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commission in 1845.

There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans; a Roman Catholic chapel was erected in 1834. Close to it is a convent of the Sisters of Mercy, erected in 1839. Lewis, Samuel A.A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848 Adapted 19 February 2013

Bermondsey Christ Church, Surrey family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.

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
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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
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