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ST JOHN, COULSDON: PARISH RECORDS, 1653 - 1950
Reference Number: P4
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by the Rector and Parochial Church Council in 1958.
-The records As well as parish registers 1653-1950, the records include a volume of early nineteenth century copies of various tax and rate assessments and notes relating mainly to tithes, 1778-1804, a group of letters and papers relating to the establishment of a National school, 1845, and its rebuilding in 1871, charity papers 1781, 1823-1868, and letters, papers and official instruments relating to the creation of five new chapelries and ecclesiastical districts within the ancient parish of Coulsdon, 1871-1915.
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series: P4/1/ - REGISTERS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS Date: 1653-1950 Baptism, Marriage (to 1751) and Burial register (transcribed from ear... Title Baptism, Marriage (to 1751) and Burial register (transcribed from earlier records to c.1710) Reference P4/1/1 Unit Date 1653-1767 Start Date 16530101 End Date 17671231 Baptism and Burial register (transcribed from earlier records to 1767... Title Baptism and Burial register (transcribed from earlier records to 1767) Reference P4/1/2 Unit Date 1653-1812 Start Date 16530101 End Date 18121231 Marriage (with copies 1655-1656) and Marriage Banns register ... Title Marriage (with copies 1655-1656) and Marriage Banns register Reference P4/1/3 Unit Date 1754-1812 Start Date 17540101 End Date 18121231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/4 Unit Date 1813-1856 Start Date 18130101 End Date 18561231 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference P4/1/5 Unit Date 1813-1837 Start Date 18130101 End Date 18371231 Burial register ... Title Burial register Reference P4/1/6 Unit Date 1813-1879 Start Date 18130101 End Date 18791231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/7 Unit Date 1857-1886 Start Date 18570101 End Date 18861231 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference P4/1/8 Unit Date 1838-1915 Start Date 18380101 End Date 19151231 Burial register ... Title Burial register Reference P4/1/9 Unit Date 1879-1923 Start Date 18790101 End Date 19231231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/10 Unit Date 1886-1905 Start Date 18860101 End Date 19051231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/11 Unit Date 1905-1926 Start Date 19050101 End Date 19261231 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference P4/1/12 Unit Date 1915-1935 Start Date 19150101 End Date 19351231 Burial register ... Title Burial register Reference P4/1/13 Unit Date 1923-1947 Start Date 19230101 End Date 19471231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/14 Unit Date 1926-1942 Start Date 19260101 End Date 19421231 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference P4/1/15 Unit Date 1935-1942 Start Date 19350101 End Date 19421231 Baptism register ... Title Baptism register Reference P4/1/16 Unit Date 1942-1950 Start Date 19420101 End Date 19501231 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference P4/1/17 Unit Date 1942-1950 Start Date 19420101 End Date 19501231 Marriage Banns register, incorporating table of fees, 1845 ... Title Marriage Banns register, incorporating table of fees, 1845 Reference P4/1/18 Unit Date 1841-1908 Start Date 18410101 End Date 19081231 16 Archbishops' licences for marriage, 1827-1886 and 1935 ... Title 16 Archbishops' licences for marriage, 1827-1886 and 1935 Reference P4/1/ 19-34 Unit Date 1827-1935 Start Date 18270101 End Date 19351231 5 certificates of publication of banns of marriage, 1849, 1859, 1860,... Title 5 certificates of publication of banns of marriage, 1849, 1859, 1860, 1930 and 1931 Reference P4/1/35-39 Unit Date 1849-1931 Start Date 18490101 End Date 19311231 144 certificates of registry of death, 1856-1860, 1897, 1908-1922 ... Title 144 certificates of registry of death, 1856-1860, 1897, 1908-1922 Reference P4/1/40-183 Unit Date 1856-1922 Start Date 18560101 End Date 19221231 17 coroners' orders for burial and disenterment, 1846, 1853-1855, 189... Title 17 coroners' orders for burial and disenterment, 1846, 1853-1855, 1897, 1912-1913, 1919-1922 Reference P4/1/184-200 Unit Date 1846-1922 Start Date 18460101 End Date 19221231 'An act for amending the laws respecting the solemnization of marriag... Title 'An act for amending the laws respecting the solemnization of marriages...' Printed (4 Geo. IV c.76) Reference P4/1/201 Unit Date 1823 Start Date 18230101 End Date 18231231 'An act for marriages...', 2 copies, printed (6 & 7 Wm. IV c.85) ... Title 'An act for marriages...', 2 copies, printed (6 & 7 Wm. IV c.85) Reference P4/1/202-203 Unit Date 1836 Start Date 18360101 End Date 18361231 'An act for registering births, deaths and marriages...', 2 copies, p... Title 'An act for registering births, deaths and marriages...', 2 copies, printed, (6 & 7 Wm. IV c.86) Reference P4/1/204-205 Unit Date 1836 Start Date 18360101 End Date 18361231 'An act to explain and amend two acts ... for marriages and for regis... Title 'An act to explain and amend two acts ... for marriages and for registering births, deaths and marriages...' Printed (1 Vic. c.22) Reference P4/1/206 Unit Date 1837 Start Date 18370101 End Date 18371231
series: P4/2/ - CHURCH SERVICES Date: 1855-1912 Licence to conduct divine service in National School Room ... Title Licence to conduct divine service in National School Room Reference P4/2/1 Unit Date 1855 Start Date 18550101 End Date 18551231 Warrant to discontinue certain forms of prayer. Printed ... Title Warrant to discontinue certain forms of prayer. Printed Reference P4/2/2 Unit Date 1859 Start Date 18590101 End Date 18591231 4 curates' licences to officiate (copies) ... Title 4 curates' licences to officiate (copies) Reference P4/2/3-6 Unit Date 1879-1912 Start Date 18790101 End Date 19121231
series: P4/3/ - PROPERTY OF THE BENEFICE, INCLUDING TITHES Date: 1819-1939 Letter: agreement for lease of parsonage lands ... Title Letter: agreement for lease of parsonage lands Reference P4/3/1 Unit Date 30 Nov 1819 Start Date 18191130 End Date 18191130 Memorandum of agreement for lease of tithes ... Title Memorandum of agreement for lease of tithes Reference P4/3/2 Unit Date 1 Oct 1828 Start Date 18281001 End Date 18281001 4 mortgages of profits of benefice to Governors of Queen Anne's Bount... Title 4 mortgages of profits of benefice to Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, 1841, 1872, 1926 and 1932 Reference P4/3/3-6 Unit Date 1841-1932 Start Date 18410101 End Date 19321231 Instrument of apportionment of tithe rent charge (map not present) ... Title Instrument of apportionment of tithe rent charge (map not present) Reference P4/3/7 Unit Date 22 Feb 1842 Start Date 18420222 End Date 18420222 18 instruments of altered tithe apportionment, and 2 draft instrument... Title 18 instruments of altered tithe apportionment, and 2 draft instruments of altered apportionment with 3 letters Reference P4/3/8-30 Unit Date 1844-1912 Start Date 18440101 End Date 19121231 Award of glebe exchange with map annexed ... Title Award of glebe exchange with map annexed Reference P4/3/31 Unit Date 21 Aug 1873 Start Date 18730821 End Date 18730821 Letter and copy letter: rectory meadows ... Title Letter and copy letter: rectory meadows Reference P4/3/32 Unit Date 1858 Start Date 18580101 End Date 18581231 13 tithe redemption certificates and 18 letters and other papers ... Title 13 tithe redemption certificates and 18 letters and other papers Reference P4/3/33-63 Unit Date 1885-1937 Start Date 18850101 End Date 19371231 6 letters and other papers: stock administered by Ecclesiastical Com... Title 6 letters and other papers: stock administered by Ecclesiastical Commission Reference P4/3/64-69 Unit Date 1927-1939 Start Date 19270101 End Date 19391231
series: P4/4/ - PARISH CHEST, CHURCH FABRIC AND FURNITURE, AND CHURCHYARD Date: c.1810-c.1910 Fragmentary list of parish documents ... Title Fragmentary list of parish documents Reference P4/4/1 Unit Date nd [c.1810] Start Date 18090101 End Date 18111231 2 letters and copy citation: return of chalice to Warlingham parish ... Title 2 letters and copy citation: return of chalice to Warlingham parish church Reference P4/4/2-4 Unit Date Mar 1893 Start Date 18930300 End Date 18930300 Bank pass book: church restoration fund ... Title Bank pass book: church restoration fund Reference P4/4/5 Unit Date 1897-1901 Start Date 18970101 End Date 19011231 5 papers: closure of burial ground ... Title 5 papers: closure of burial ground Reference P4/4/6-10 Unit Date 1908 Start Date 19080101 End Date 19081231 Plan: 'St John's Church, Old Coulsdon' ... Title Plan: 'St John's Church, Old Coulsdon' Reference P4/4/11 Unit Date nd [c.1910] Start Date 19090101 End Date 19111231
series: P4/5/ - CHURCHWARDENS Date: 1826-1849 Churchwardens' bills and vouchers, 1826, 1845-1849 (1 document and 4 ... Title Churchwardens' bills and vouchers, 1826, 1845-1849 (1 document and 4 bundles) Reference P4/5/1-82 Unit Date 1826-1849 Start Date 18260101 End Date 18491231
series: P4/6/ - GENERAL PARISH ADMINISTRATION Date: [19TH CENT] Volume containing copies of the following documents: account of tithe... Title Volume containing copies of the following documents: account of tithes, 1778; poor rate assessment, 1779; land tax assessment, 1780; memorandum on leases of tithes, [c.1780]; answers to bishop's questionnaire, 1788; letter on history of parochial chapels, 1781; terrier of lands in parish, showing acreage and crops, [c.1790]; poor rate assessment, 1799; land tax assessment, 1798; poor rate assessment, 1804; and an account of dilapidations (at back of volume), [19th cent] Reference P4/6/1 Unit Date nd [?early 19th cent] Start Date 18000101 End Date 18331231 'An act to alter the mode of giving notices for the holding of vestri... Title 'An act to alter the mode of giving notices for the holding of vestries...' (1 Vic. c. 45) Reference P4/6/2 Unit Date 1837 Start Date 18370101 End Date 18371231 Memorandum on duties of assistant overseer ... Title Memorandum on duties of assistant overseer Reference P4/6/3 Unit Date [19th cent] Start Date 18000101 End Date 18991231
series: P4/7/ - CHARITIES OF COL. JAMES BYRON, JOHN ROBERT PITTER, MRS CROWE, MRS WOOD AND HENRY SMITH Date: 1781-1868 29 receipts, memoranda, copy returns, letters and other papers relati... Title 29 receipts, memoranda, copy returns, letters and other papers relating to parish charities, 1781 and 1823-1865, including: 'The decree, deed of uses and will of Henry Smith, Esq.' (d.1627), 2 copies, printed, 1781 and 1840; and declaration of trust by trustees of Crowe's Charity, 1835 Reference P4/7/1-29 Unit Date 1781-1865 Start Date 17810101 End Date 18651231 Charity account book ... Title Charity account book Reference P4/7/30 Unit Date 1854-1868 Start Date 18540101 End Date 18681231
series: P4/8/ - NATIONAL SCHOOL Date: 1845-1888 21 letters, statements and other papers relating to the National Scho... Title 21 letters, statements and other papers relating to the National School established in 1845, to acquisition of land for new school in 1871, and to proposed sale of old school in 1888, including letter relating to conveyance of ground for school building, 18 June 1845, and draft conveyance of land at Riddlesdown for erection of school, with plan annexed, 1871 Reference P4/8/1-21 Unit Date 1845-1888 Start Date 18450101 End Date 18881231
series: P4/9/ - CHAPELRIES AND ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS Scope: Documents relating to the formation of new chapelries and ecclesiastical districts affecting the parish of Coulsdon Date: 1871-1915 sub series: P4/9/ - Christ Church, Purley Date: 1883-1884 Copy instrument transferring right of nomination and presentation, fr... Title Copy instrument transferring right of nomination and presentation, from rector of Coulsdon to bishop of Rochester Reference P4/9/1 Unit Date 13 Dec 1883 Start Date 18831213 End Date 18831213 Copy of instrument assigning a consolidated chapelry to Christ Church... Title Copy of instrument assigning a consolidated chapelry to Christ Church, in 'The London Gazette', printed. Reference P4/9/2 Unit Date 26 Jun 1884 Start Date 18840626 End Date 18840626
sub series: P4/9/ - St Luke's, Caterham Valley Date: 1884-1885 13 letters and other papers including 'A map showing the territory pr... Title 13 letters and other papers including 'A map showing the territory proposed to be dissevered from the particular district of St. Luke, Caterham Valley, and to be re-annexed to the parish of Coulsdon', 1884; and copy of instrument altering boundaries, 1885, in 'The London Gazette', printed Reference P4/9/3-15 Unit Date 1884-1885 Start Date 18840101 End Date 18851231
sub series: P4/9/ - All Saints, Kenley Date: 1871-1890 33 letters and other papers including: copy mortgage of site for chur... Title 33 letters and other papers including: copy mortgage of site for church 24 Oct 1871; licence to publish banns and solemnise marriages, with plan of district annexed, 3 Apr 1875; copy of instrument assigning consolidated chapelry, 1889, in 'The London Gazette', printed; copy of instrument altering boundaries, 1890, in 'The London Gazette', printed Reference P4/9/16-48 Unit Date 1871-1890 Start Date 18710101 End Date 18901231
sub series: P4/9/ - St Mark's Woodcote, Purley Date: 1911 Copy of instrument assigning consolidated chapelry, in 'The London Ga... Title Copy of instrument assigning consolidated chapelry, in 'The London Gazette', printed Reference P4/9/49 Unit Date 4 May 1911 Start Date 19110504 End Date 19110504
sub series: P4/9/ - St. Andrew's Coulsdon Date: 1915 Copy of instrument assigning consolidated chapelry, in 'The London Ga... Title Copy of instrument assigning consolidated chapelry, in 'The London Gazette', printed Reference P4/9/50 Unit Date 12 Aug 1915 Start Date 19150812 End Date 19150812
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