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ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BURGH HEATH, BANSTEAD, AND ST MARK, TATTENHAM CORNER AND BURGH HEATH: RECORDS, 1906-1995
Reference Number: 6340
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by the Vicar and Parochial Church Council of St Mark's, Tattenham Corner and Burgh Heath, in June 1996.
-Introduction The church of St Mary the Virgin, Burgh Heath, in the parish of Banstead, was built as a chapel of ease for the residents of that part of the parish in 1908, the architect being J Alick Thomas FRIBA. A committee had been established in 1906, chaired by the vicar of Banstead, with the aim of building a church in the southern part of the parish. The building cost £5,300, most of the money being raised by subscription. It was to hold 350 sittings, all except 24 of which were free and unappropriated. The church was conveyed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in December 1908, dedicated for worship in January 1909, and consecrated in December 1911. It became a separate district chapelry in 1937, formed from parts of Banstead ancient parish and Kingswood ecclesiastical parish. Part of the chapelry was lost in 1955 upon the creation of Tadworth ecclesiastical parish.
The church was built of knapped flint with stone dressings, in a Decorated gothic style, but the intended tower was never completed. In 1928 the south chancel aisle, originally appropriated to the Colman family and the people of Nork, was established as a side chapel dedicated to St Monica, and in 1958 the chancel was refurnished.
The main administrative functions of the church were at first carried out by a committee of sidesmen rather than churchwardens. In 1932 the committee was reorganised as a sub-committee of the PCC, partly elected by the parishioners and partly nominated by the vicar and sidesmen. The election of churchwardens is first recorded in the vestry minutes in 1933 (see -/1/6/1).
In 1950, as a response to a growth of population in the Tattenham area of the parish, a church hall was opened at Great Tattenhams, licensed for services and baptisms. In 1967 St Mark's church was built on this site, in a modern style, the architects being Gotch and partners. The parish of St Mark, Tattenham Corner and Burgh Heath, was created in the same year and St Mary the Virgin then became the daughter church of the parish. In 1977 a scheme was proposed, supported by the Church Commissioners, to close St Mary's church and divide parts of Burgh Heath between Banstead and Kingswood parishes, but this was overturned on appeal to the Privy Council in 1980.
-The records - Related records For the records of All Saint's church, Banstead, see 2375 and 2391.
Kelly's Directory of Surrey (1909 edn)
S J Totman, A History of the Manor and Parish of Burgh
Heath (Beaconsfield, 1970)
-Related records For the records of All Saint's church, Banstead, see 2375 and 2391.
Kelly's Directory of Surrey (1909 edn)
S J Totman, A History of the Manor and Parish of Burgh
Heath (Beaconsfield, 1970)
-Access Conditions 6340/2/4/1 and 6340/2/5/1-2 are closed for 30 years.
-- Series information for this collection
series: 6340/1/ - ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BURGH HEATH Date: 1906-1984 sub series: 6340/1/1/ - REGISTERS AND SERVICES Date: 1909-1984 sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Baptism registers Date: 1909-1947 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference 6340/1/1/1 Unit Date 24 Jan 1909 -6 Jul 1947 Start Date 19090124 End Date 19470706
sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Marriage registers and licences Scope: For marriage register 1959-1968 see -/2/1/2. Date: 1915-1970 Licence issued by the Bishop of Winchester authorising the solemnizat... Title Licence issued by the Bishop of Winchester authorising the solemnization of marriages at St Mary's, Burgh Heath, in the parish of All Saints Banstead Reference 6340/1/1/2 Unit Date 24 Jul 1915 Start Date 19150724 End Date 19150724 Licence issued by the Bishop of Guildford authorising the solemnizati... Title Licence issued by the Bishop of Guildford authorising the solemnization of marriages at St Mary's, Burgh Heath, in the parish of Tattenham Corner and Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/1/3 Unit Date 16 Oct 1967 Start Date 19671016 End Date 19671016 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/4 Unit Date 25 Sep 1915 -1 Sep 1928 Start Date 19150925 End Date 19280901 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/5 Unit Date 21 Sep 1929 -6 Aug 1938 Start Date 19290921 End Date 19380806 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/6 Unit Date 8 Oct 1938 -24 Jul 1942 Start Date 19381008 End Date 19420724 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/7 Unit Date 25 Jul 1942 -21 Oct 1950 Start Date 19420725 End Date 19501021 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/8 Unit Date 2 Dec 1950 -30 Mar 1959 Start Date 19501202 End Date 19590330 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference 6340/1/1/9 Unit Date 24 Jan 1968 -25 Apr 1970 Start Date 19680124 End Date 19700425
sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Banns registers Scope: From 1968 these appear to relate to both churches Date: 1967-1984 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference 6340/1/1/10 Unit Date 10 Dec 1967 -25 Mar 1979 Start Date 19671210 End Date 19790325 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference 6340/1/1/11 Unit Date 25 Mar 1979 -27 May 1984 Start Date 19790325 End Date 19840527
sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Confirmation register Date: 1938-1964 Confirmation register, including a list in the rear of the volume of ... Title Confirmation register, including a list in the rear of the volume of those received into the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, Jun 1946-Jul 1963 Reference 6340/1/1/12 Unit Date 29 May 1938 -13 Dec 1964 Start Date 19380529 End Date 19641213
sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Service registers Date: 1961-1983 Service register ... Title Service register Reference 6340/1/1/13 Unit Date 12 Mar 1961 -28 Dec 1969 Start Date 19610312 End Date 19691228 Service register ... Title Service register Reference 6340/1/1/14 Unit Date 1 Jan 1970 -15 May 1983 Start Date 19700101 End Date 19830515
sub sub series: 6340/1/1/ - Orders of service and service cards Date: nd [1909]-[1911] Printed leaflet announcing the dedication service for St Mary's churc... Title Printed leaflet announcing the dedication service for St Mary's church, 23 Jan 1909, performed by the Bishop of Winchester, and giving details of services for the subsequent week Reference 6340/1/1/15 Unit Date nd [Jan 1909] Start Date 19090100 End Date 19090100 Form of service for the consecration of St Mary's church by the Bisho... Title Form of service for the consecration of St Mary's church by the Bishop of Winchester on 16 Dec 1911 Reference 6340/1/1/16 Unit Date nd [Dec 1911] Start Date 19111200 End Date 19111200
sub series: 6340/1/2/ - BENEFICE AND INCUMBENT Date: 1937-1961 sub sub series: 6340/1/2/ - Benefice Date: 1937-1955 Copy of The London Gazette including an order for the creation of the... Title Copy of The London Gazette including an order for the creation of the consolidated chapelry of St Mary, Burgh Heath, from the parishes of Banstead and St Andrew, Kingswood Reference 6340/1/2/1 Unit Date 6 Jul 1937 Start Date 19370706 End Date 19370706 Plan showing the 'approximate boundaries of the Parish of Burgh Heath... Title Plan showing the 'approximate boundaries of the Parish of Burgh Heath'. Scale 2" to 1 mile Reference 6340/1/2/2 Unit Date 1937 Start Date 19370101 End Date 19371231 Printed order for the establishment of the parish of The Good Shepher... Title Printed order for the establishment of the parish of The Good Shepherd, Tadworth. The schedule gives the boundaries of the new parish including areas lost by St Mary, Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/2/3 Unit Date 29 Jul 1955 Start Date 19550729 End Date 19550729
sub sub series: 6340/1/2/ - Incumbent Date: 1937-1961 Printed booklet giving the form of public induction and institution o... Title Printed booklet giving the form of public induction and institution of the Rev A L Bird, first vicar of the new parish of St Mary, Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/2/4 Unit Date 29 Nov 1937 Start Date 19371129 End Date 19371129 Notice by the vicar to the congregation describing the procedure in c... Title Notice by the vicar to the congregation describing the procedure in case of an air raid during a service Reference 6340/1/2/5 Unit Date 5 Jul 1944 Start Date 19440705 End Date 19440705 Licence of the Rev A L Bird to officiate at the new church hall of Gr... Title Licence of the Rev A L Bird to officiate at the new church hall of Great Tattenhams. [For registers see -/2/1/1-5] Reference 6340/1/2/6 Unit Date 6 Oct 1951 Start Date 19511006 End Date 19511006 Licence of the Rev A L Bird to officiate at the Chapel of the Queen E... Title Licence of the Rev A L Bird to officiate at the Chapel of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Banstead. Reference 6340/1/2/7 Unit Date 5 Jul 1961 Start Date 19610705 End Date 19610705
sub series: 6340/1/3/ - OTHER STAFF Date: 1926-1961 Licence of F C Kirby to perform the office of assistant stipendiary c... Title Licence of F C Kirby to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of Banstead. Reference 6340/1/3/1 Unit Date 19 Jul 1926 Start Date 19260719 End Date 19260719 Copy licence of Hugh Scott-Barrett to perform the office of assistant... Title Copy licence of Hugh Scott-Barrett to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/3/2 Unit Date 8 Jun 1952 Start Date 19520608 End Date 19520608 Copy licence of Roy Trevivian to perform the office of assistant stip... Title Copy licence of Roy Trevivian to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/3/3 Unit Date 6 Mar 1955 Start Date 19550306 End Date 19550306 Copy licence of E C Allen to perform the office of assistant stipendi... Title Copy licence of E C Allen to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/3/4 Unit Date 11 Jul 1957 Start Date 19570711 End Date 19570711 Copy licence of A J Carter to perform the office of assistant stipend... Title Copy licence of A J Carter to perform the office of assistant stipendiary curate in the parish of Burgh Heath Reference 6340/1/3/5 Unit Date 9 Jun 1961 Start Date 19610609 End Date 19610609
sub series: 6340/1/4/ - ADVOWSON, PATRONAGE AND PRESENTATION Date: 1937 Copy instrument transferring the advowson of the church of St Mary, B... Title Copy instrument transferring the advowson of the church of St Mary, Burgh Heath, from the incumbent, the Rev F N Skene, to the Bishop of Guildford, in order to better enable the church to be redesignated a district church. Certified as a true copy by S L Briter for the Ecclesiastical Commission Reference 6340/1/4/1 Unit Date 8 Apr 1937 Start Date 19370408 End Date 19370408
sub series: 6340/1/5/ - FABRIC AND PROPERTY Date: 1906-1966 sub sub series: 6340/1/5/ - Building of the church Date: 1906-1908 Leaflets produced by the committee established to raise funds for a n... Title Leaflets produced by the committee established to raise funds for a new church at Burgh Heath, chaired by the vicar of Banstead, the Rev Duncan Woodroffe. Included are lists of subscribers and an illustration of the new church as planned. 3 items Reference 6340/1/5/1 Unit Date ?Jul 1906 -1907 Start Date 19060700 End Date 19071231 Building account book, including the names of those subscribing to th... Title Building account book, including the names of those subscribing to the building of the new church Reference 6340/1/5/2 Unit Date 5 Oct 1906 -9 Jun 1909 Start Date 19061005 End Date 19090609 Plans of alternative schemes for 'proposed church at Burgh Heath' by ... Title Plans of alternative schemes for 'proposed church at Burgh Heath' by J Hatchard Smith of Finsbury Pavement, London. 3 plans Reference 6340/1/5/3 Unit Date ?Jun 1907 Start Date 19070600 End Date 19070600 Printed invitation card from the vicar to parishioners and friends of... Title Printed invitation card from the vicar to parishioners and friends of the parish relating to the ceremony and service on the laying of the foundation stone of the new church on 27 Apr 1908 Reference 6340/1/5/4 Unit Date 13 Apr 1908 Start Date 19080413 End Date 19080413
sub sub series: 6340/1/5/ - Church alterations and maintenance Date: 1928-1966 Faculty for conversion of the south chancel aisle into a side chapel ... Title Faculty for conversion of the south chancel aisle into a side chapel Reference 6340/1/5/5 Unit Date 2 Aug 1928 Start Date 19280802 End Date 19280802 Leaflet appealing for funds for the St Mary's church Spring Cleaning ... Title Leaflet appealing for funds for the St Mary's church Spring Cleaning Appeal, including renovation of the sanctuary fittings Reference 6340/1/5/6 Unit Date 1939 Start Date 19390101 End Date 19391231 Printed invitation card from the vicar and churchwardens relating to ... Title Printed invitation card from the vicar and churchwardens relating to the dedication of the War Memorial on 6 Nov 1949 Reference 6340/1/5/7 Unit Date nd [1949] Start Date 19490101 End Date 19491231 Faculty authorizing new desks and seating in the chancel ... Title Faculty authorizing new desks and seating in the chancel Reference 6340/1/5/8 Unit Date 8 May 1958 Start Date 19580508 End Date 19580508 Faculty authorizing new reredos and altar fittings ... Title Faculty authorizing new reredos and altar fittings Reference 6340/1/5/9 Unit Date 10 Sep 1959 Start Date 19590910 End Date 19590910 Faculty authorizing the double glazing of the west window of the chur... Title Faculty authorizing the double glazing of the west window of the church Reference 6340/1/5/10 Unit Date 27 Mar 1962 Start Date 19620327 End Date 19620327 Archdeacon's certificate authorizing work on St Mary's boiler ... Title Archdeacon's certificate authorizing work on St Mary's boiler Reference 6340/1/5/11 Unit Date 7 Jul 1966 Start Date 19660707 End Date 19660707
sub sub series: 6340/1/5/ - Inventory Date: 1924 Archdeaconry of Surrey: Schedule of Church Property at St Mary Burgh ... Title Archdeaconry of Surrey: Schedule of Church Property at St Mary Burgh Heath, covering church bells, church plate and registers Reference 6340/1/5/12 Unit Date 24 Jun 1924 Start Date 19240624 End Date 19240624
sub series: 6340/1/6/ - VESTRY AND PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Date: 1909-1946 Vestry and church committee book, comprising: notes relating to the h... Title Vestry and church committee book, comprising: notes relating to the history of St Mary's church and a list of gifts to the church; vestry and sidesmens' committee minutes, 1909-19; vestry and Parochial Church Council sub committeee minutes, 1932-37; and vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, 1937-41. Includes inserted ms account of income and expenditure, 1917-18 Reference 6340/1/6/1 Unit Date 8 Jan 1909 -26 Apr 1941 Start Date 19090108 End Date 19410426 Printed invitation card from the Parochial Church Council to a reunio... Title Printed invitation card from the Parochial Church Council to a reunion dinner for those on the roll of honour on 29 Jul 1946 Reference 6340/1/6/2 Unit Date nd [1946] Start Date 19460101 End Date 19461231
sub series: 6340/1/7/ - PHOTOGRAPH Date: ND [POST 1928] Black and white photograph of St Monica's chapel in the church ... Title Black and white photograph of St Monica's chapel in the church Reference 6340/1/7/1 Unit Date nd [post Aug 1928] Start Date 19280800 End Date 19280800
series: 6340/2/ - ST MARK, TATTENHAM CORNER AND BURGH HEATH, AND PREDECESSOR CHURCH HALL, GREAT TATTENHAMS Date: 1951-1995 sub series: 6340/2/1/ - REGISTERS AND SERVICES Scope: For the vicar's licence to officiate at the church hall see -/1/2/6; for banns registers see -/1/1/10-11. Date: 1951-1995 sub sub series: 6340/2/1/ - Baptism register Date: 1970-1995 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference 6340/2/1/1 Unit Date 22 Feb 1970 -7 Feb 1995 Start Date 19700222 End Date 19950207
sub sub series: 6340/2/1/ - Marriage register Date: 1959-1973 Marriage register, until 1968 St Mary's only ... Title Marriage register, until 1968 St Mary's only Reference 6340/2/1/2 Unit Date 4 Apr 1959 -28 Jul 1973 Start Date 19590404 End Date 19730728
sub sub series: 6340/2/1/ - Service registers Date: 1951-1984 Service register ... Title Service register Reference 6340/2/1/3 Unit Date 6 Oct 1951 -31 Dec 1958 Start Date 19511006 End Date 19581231 Service register ... Title Service register Reference 6340/2/1/4 Unit Date 1 Jan 1959 -26 Mar 1970 Start Date 19590101 End Date 19700326 Service register ... Title Service register Reference 6340/2/1/5 Unit Date 27 Mar 1970 -23 Sep 1984 Start Date 19700327 End Date 19840923
sub sub series: 6340/2/1/ - Order of service Date: 1950 Order of service for the laying of the foundation stone of the church... Title Order of service for the laying of the foundation stone of the church hall, Great Tattenhams Reference 6340/2/1/6 Unit Date 29 Jul 1950 Start Date 19500729 End Date 19500729
sub series: 6340/2/2/ - CHURCHWARDENS Date: 1968 Report of Rural Dean's visitation, covering repairs to fabric, upkeep... Title Report of Rural Dean's visitation, covering repairs to fabric, upkeep of the internal fittings, insurance policies, and circulation of parish magazines Reference 6340/2/2/1 Unit Date 28 Sep 1968 Start Date 19680928 End Date 19680928
sub series: 6340/2/3/ - FABRIC AND PROPERTY Date: 1966 Plans of the new church of St Mark's, comprising an internal plan sho... Title Plans of the new church of St Mark's, comprising an internal plan showing pew arrangement, and sections, produced by Gotch and partners of Brighton, Sussex. Scale ¼'' to 1 foot. 2 plans Reference 6340/2/3/1 Unit Date 11 Mar 1966 -13 Mar 1966 Start Date 19660311 End Date 19660313
sub series: 6340/2/4/ - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Date: 1973-1982 Parochial Church Council signed minute book, including minutes of ann... Title Parochial Church Council signed minute book, including minutes of annual parish meetings. Enclosed items include letters; a copy of the Privy Council report supporting the appeal against the closure of St Mary's church (Feb 1980); and a report on the fabric and fittings at St Mark's church (Mar 1980). [Inserted papers relating to the Epsom Deanery Synod and Housing Association now appear below as -/2/5/1-2] Reference 6340/2/4/1 Unit Date 9 Apr 1973 -1 Feb 1982 Start Date 19730409 End Date 19820201
sub series: 6340/2/5/ - EPSOM DEANERY Scope: Papers originally inserted in the volume of PCC minutes -/2/4/1. Date: 1973-1981 Copy minutes and papers relating to the Epsom Deanery Synod, incomple... Title Copy minutes and papers relating to the Epsom Deanery Synod, incomplete set Reference 6340/2/5/1 Unit Date Aug 1973 -Nov 1981 Start Date 19730800 End Date 19811100 Epsom Deanery Housing Association Ltd annual reports ... Title Epsom Deanery Housing Association Ltd annual reports Reference 6340/2/5/2 Unit Date 1979-1980 Start Date 19790101 End Date 19801231
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