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CAPEL, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST: PARISH RECORDS, 1653-1981
Reference Number: CAP
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by the Vicar and Parochial Church Council in May 1969, January 1978 and July 1983.
-The records - Related records For other parish records, 1702-1971, see P39, 2627 and 2909.
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series: CAP/1/ - EARLY REGISTERS Date: 1653-1812 Register recording: baptisms, 1653-1717 marriages, 1654-1716 burials,... Title Register recording: baptisms, 1653-1717 marriages, 1654-1716 burials, 1653-1712 (Some pages loose, and some may be missing at end of book.) 50pp Reference CAP/1/1 Unit Date 1653-1717 Start Date 16530101 End Date 17171231 Register recording: baptisms, 1717-1767 marriages, 1717-1753 burials,... Title Register recording: baptisms, 1717-1767 marriages, 1717-1753 burials, 1713-1767 In confused order - see page index on flyleaf. 3 loose pages at beginning of volume Reference CAP/1/2 Unit Date 1713-1767 Start Date 17130101 End Date 17671231 Baptism and burial register ... Title Baptism and burial register Reference CAP/1/3 Unit Date 1767-1812 Start Date 17670101 End Date 18121231
series: CAP/2/ - MARRIAGES Date: 1754-1975 sub series: CAP/2/1/ - Banns registers Date: 1823-1966 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference CAP/2/1/1 Unit Date Nov 1823 - Jul 1856 Start Date 18231100 End Date 18560700 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference CAP/2/1/2 Unit Date Aug 1856 - Feb 1901 Start Date 18560800 End Date 19010200 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference CAP/2/1/3 Unit Date Mar 1903 - Dec 1924 Start Date 19030300 End Date 19241200 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference CAP/2/1/4 Unit Date Dec 1924 - Jul 1950 Start Date 19241200 End Date 19500700 Banns register ... Title Banns register Reference CAP/2/1/5 Unit Date Jul 1950 - Sep 1966 Start Date 19500700 End Date 19660900
sub series: CAP/2/2/ - Marriage Registers Date: 1754-1975 Marriage register (some pages loose) ... Title Marriage register (some pages loose) Reference CAP/2/2/1 Unit Date Jul 1754 - Dec 1812 Start Date 17540700 End Date 18121200 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference CAP/2/2/2 Unit Date Jan 1813 - Dec 1840 Start Date 18130100 End Date 18401200 Marriage register (overlaps with the preceding book) ... Title Marriage register (overlaps with the preceding book) Reference CAP/2/2/3 Unit Date Oct 1837 - Oct 1950 Start Date 18371000 End Date 19501000 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference CAP/2/2/4 Unit Date Oct 1950 - Oct 1959 Start Date 19501000 End Date 19591000 Marriage register ... Title Marriage register Reference CAP/2/2/5 Unit Date Jul 1960 - Jun 1968 Start Date 19600700 End Date 19680600 Marriage registers ... Title Marriage registers Reference CAP/2/2/6 Unit Date Jun 1968 - Apr 1975 Start Date 19680600 End Date 19750400
series: CAP/3/ - BAPTISM REGISTER Date: 1813-1888 Baptism register. Includes notes on church history at end of volume ... Title Baptism register. Includes notes on church history at end of volume Reference CAP/3/1 Unit Date Jan 1813 - Sep 1888 Start Date 18130100 End Date 18880900
series: CAP/4/ - BURIAL REGISTER Date: 1813-1931 Burial register ... Title Burial register Reference CAP/4/1 Unit Date Jan 1813 -Nov 1931 Start Date 18130100 End Date 19311100
series: CAP/6/ - SERVICE REGISTERS Date: 1895-1981 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/1 Unit Date May 1895 - Dec 1907 Start Date 18950500 End Date 19071200 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/2 Unit Date Jan 1908 -Aug 1921 Start Date 19080100 End Date 19210800 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/3 Unit Date Sep 1921 - Jan 1932 Start Date 19210900 End Date 19320100 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/4 Unit Date Jan 1932 - Dec 1942 Start Date 19320100 End Date 19421200 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/5 Unit Date Jan 1943 - Dec 1953 Start Date 19430100 End Date 19531200 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/6 Unit Date Jan 1954 - Dec 1959 Start Date 19540100 End Date 19591200 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/6/7 Unit Date 1971-1981 Start Date 19710101 End Date 19811231
series: CAP/7/ - VESTRY Date: 1841-1957 Vestry minute book ... Title Vestry minute book Reference CAP/7/1 Unit Date 1841-1957 Start Date 18410101 End Date 19571231
series: CAP/8/ - FINANCIAL RECORDS Date: 1903-1958 Capel parochial accounts ... Title Capel parochial accounts Reference CAP/8/1 Unit Date 1929-1938 Start Date 19290101 End Date 19381231 Capel parochial accounts ... Title Capel parochial accounts Reference CAP/8/2 Unit Date 1939-1945 Start Date 19390101 End Date 19451231 Capel churchyard fund ... Title Capel churchyard fund Reference CAP/8/3 Unit Date 1915-1925 Start Date 19150101 End Date 19251231 Coal and clothing club accounts ... Title Coal and clothing club accounts Reference CAP/8/4 Unit Date 1920-1934 Start Date 19200101 End Date 19341231 Printed annual statements of accounts, various dates. 13 items ... Title Printed annual statements of accounts, various dates. 13 items Reference CAP/8/5 Unit Date 1903-1958 Start Date 19030101 End Date 19581231
series: CAP/9/ - CHURCH COUNCIL Date: 1919 Church council signed minute book. (This was evidently a committee ... Title Church council signed minute book. (This was evidently a committee preparatory to the establishment of Parochial Church Councils.) Reference CAP/9/1 Unit Date Apr-Nov 1919 Start Date 19190400 End Date 19191100
series: CAP/10/ - BEARE GREEEN MISSION ROOM Scope: See -/18/1 & 4 for additional accounts. Date: 1896-1961 Leases of ground for site. 14 items ... Title Leases of ground for site. 14 items Reference CAP/10/1 Unit Date 1896-1929 Start Date 18960101 End Date 19291231 Bishop's licence to vicar to officiate in Mission Room. 2 items ... Title Bishop's licence to vicar to officiate in Mission Room. 2 items Reference CAP/10/2 Unit Date 1907 Start Date 19070101 End Date 19071231 Fire insurance policies. 2 items ... Title Fire insurance policies. 2 items Reference CAP/10/3 Unit Date 1914; 1947 Start Date 19140101 End Date 19471231 Receipts and expenditure ... Title Receipts and expenditure Reference CAP/10/4 Unit Date 1909-1921 Start Date 19090101 End Date 19211231 Receipts and expenditure ... Title Receipts and expenditure Reference CAP/10/5 Unit Date 1924-1945 Start Date 19240101 End Date 19451231 Service register ... Title Service register Reference CAP/10/6 Unit Date 1917-1961 Start Date 19170101 End Date 19611231
series: CAP/11/ - CHURCH PROPERTY, FABRIC AND FURNISHINGS Date: 1876-1962 Church spire, letters and list of subscribers. 2 items ... Title Church spire, letters and list of subscribers. 2 items Reference CAP/11/1 Unit Date Sep-Oct 1910 Start Date 19100900 End Date 19101000 Renewal of wood flooring in church, correspondence and accounts. 12... Title Renewal of wood flooring in church, correspondence and accounts. 12 items Reference CAP/11/2 Unit Date 1917-1919 Start Date 19170101 End Date 19191231 Copy report on state of the chancel. 3 items ... Title Copy report on state of the chancel. 3 items Reference CAP/11/3 Unit Date 1926 Start Date 19260101 End Date 19261231 Reconstruction of organ, correspondence, estimates, etc. 11 items ... Title Reconstruction of organ, correspondence, estimates, etc. 11 items Reference CAP/11/4 Unit Date 1935-1936 Start Date 19350101 End Date 19361231 Church bells, correspondence about re-casting and other papers. 4 ... Title Church bells, correspondence about re-casting and other papers. 4 items Reference CAP/11/5 Unit Date 1947-1951 Start Date 19470101 End Date 19511231 Certificate of guarantee from woodworm and dry rot ... Title Certificate of guarantee from woodworm and dry rot Reference CAP/11/6 Unit Date 1960 Start Date 19600101 End Date 19601231 Churchyard extensions, conveyance, plans and other papers ... Title Churchyard extensions, conveyance, plans and other papers Reference CAP/11/7/1-11 Unit Date 1876-1956 Start Date 18760101 End Date 19561231 Kerrich Vault, correspondence ... Title Kerrich Vault, correspondence Reference CAP/11/7/12-20 Unit Date 1910-1924 Start Date 19100101 End Date 19241231 Parsonage House, correspondence concerning dilapidations. 14 items ... Title Parsonage House, correspondence concerning dilapidations. 14 items Reference CAP/11/8 Unit Date 1911-1962 Start Date 19110101 End Date 19621231 Church Room, lists of subscribers et al ... Title Church Room, lists of subscribers et al Reference CAP/11/9/1-5 Unit Date 1909-1912 Start Date 19090101 End Date 19121231 Copy of deed of gift, land on the east of Horsham - Dorking Road (sit... Title Copy of deed of gift, land on the east of Horsham - Dorking Road (site of Church Room) Reference CAP/11/9/6 Unit Date 21 May 1920 Start Date 19200521 End Date 19200521 Church Room account book ... Title Church Room account book Reference CAP/11/9/7 Unit Date 1912-1945 Start Date 19120101 End Date 19451231 Correspondence relating to the use of the Church Room. 26 items ... Title Correspondence relating to the use of the Church Room. 26 items Reference CAP/11/9/8 Unit Date 1936-1945 Start Date 19360101 End Date 19451231 Correspondence and papers preceding the sale of the Church Room. 5 ... Title Correspondence and papers preceding the sale of the Church Room. 5 items Reference CAP/11/9/9 Unit Date 1946-1949 Start Date 19460101 End Date 19491231 Charity Commission Order for the sale of the Church Room. Copy surv... Title Charity Commission Order for the sale of the Church Room. Copy surveyor's report on the Church Room Reference CAP/11/9/10 Unit Date 23 Jul- 26 Mar 1954 Start Date 19540723 End Date 19540326 Copy conveyance to trustees, Church Room and land ... Title Copy conveyance to trustees, Church Room and land Reference CAP/11/9/11 Unit Date 23 Feb 1955 Start Date 19550223 End Date 19550223 Statement of 3% Redemption Stock held in trust by the Ecclesiastical ... Title Statement of 3% Redemption Stock held in trust by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Reference CAP/11/10 Unit Date 1942 Start Date 19420101 End Date 19421231
series: CAP/12/ - FACULTIES Date: 1933-1968 Electric light. 3 items ... Title Electric light. 3 items Reference CAP/12/1 Unit Date 1933 Start Date 19330101 End Date 19331231 Removal of the body of Louisa Ellen Stemp from one grave to another ... Title Removal of the body of Louisa Ellen Stemp from one grave to another Reference CAP/12/2 Unit Date 1936 Start Date 19360101 End Date 19361231 Memorial tablet to William Basil Worsfold ... Title Memorial tablet to William Basil Worsfold Reference CAP/12/3 Unit Date 1940 Start Date 19400101 End Date 19401231 Re-casting of bells ... Title Re-casting of bells Reference CAP/12/4 Unit Date 1947 Start Date 19470101 End Date 19471231 Memorial tablet to Ernest Harry Coles, his wife and two sons. Also ... Title Memorial tablet to Ernest Harry Coles, his wife and two sons. Also new heating boiler Reference CAP/12/5 Unit Date 1949 Start Date 19490101 End Date 19491231 Memorial tablet to Arthur James William Howell, former vicar, and his... Title Memorial tablet to Arthur James William Howell, former vicar, and his wife Reference CAP/12/6 Unit Date 1952 Start Date 19520101 End Date 19521231 Levelling of grave mounds in part of the churchyard ... Title Levelling of grave mounds in part of the churchyard Reference CAP/12/7 Unit Date 1955 Start Date 19550101 End Date 19551231 Citation only : memorial tablet to Irene Agatha Wilding ... Title Citation only : memorial tablet to Irene Agatha Wilding Reference CAP/12/8 Unit Date 1968 Start Date 19680101 End Date 19681231
series: CAP/13/ - MARRIAGE LICENCES Date: 1922-1947 Marriage licence of Burbridge - Carver ... Title Marriage licence of Burbridge - Carver Reference CAP/13/1 Unit Date 1922 Start Date 19220101 End Date 19221231 Marriage licence of Rutherford - Hawker ... Title Marriage licence of Rutherford - Hawker Reference CAP/13/2 Unit Date 1945 Start Date 19450101 End Date 19451231 Marriage licence of Fordham - Still ... Title Marriage licence of Fordham - Still Reference CAP/13/3 Unit Date 1947 Start Date 19470101 End Date 19471231
series: CAP/14/ - INSURANCE POLICIES Date: 1867-1950 Expired insurance policies ... Title Expired insurance policies Reference CAP/14/1-6 Unit Date 1867-1950 Start Date 18670101 End Date 19501231
series: CAP/15/ - TITHE Date: 1791-1941 Tithe map by Job Smallpeice of Godalming and Thomas Crawter of Cobham... Title Tithe map by Job Smallpeice of Godalming and Thomas Crawter of Cobham Reference CAP/15/1/1 Unit Date 1839 Start Date 18390101 End Date 18391231 Tithe award ... Title Tithe award Reference CAP/15/1/2 Unit Date Sep 1838 Start Date 18380900 End Date 18380900 Private copy of tithe award in small leather bound book entitled 'Cap... Title Private copy of tithe award in small leather bound book entitled 'Capel Tithe Apportionment. Charles Webb, Clapham Common, Surrey', with case for Counsel's opinion Reference CAP/15/1/3 Unit Date 1844 Start Date 18440101 End Date 18441231 Altered tithe apportionments. 2 items ... Title Altered tithe apportionments. 2 items Reference CAP/15/2 Unit Date 1878-1901 Start Date 18780101 End Date 19011231 'Account what I have received to pay the tithes with since Christmas ... Title 'Account what I have received to pay the tithes with since Christmas 1791'. List of money received. Reference CAP/15/3 Unit Date Dec 1791-1793 Start Date 17911200 End Date 17931231 'Record of Ascertainments' under the Tithe Act, 1936 ... Title 'Record of Ascertainments' under the Tithe Act, 1936 Reference CAP/15/4 Unit Date 9 Jul 1941 Start Date 19410709 End Date 19410709
series: CAP/16/ - SCHOOL Scope: -/-/1, trust deed of Capel School, with plan, 28 May 1873, was transferred to Diocesan House in 1985; -/-/2, copy of deed from the Close Rolls, was withdrawn by the depositor. Date: 1823-1954 Certified copy from Close Rolls of conveyance, with plan of meadow la... Title Certified copy from Close Rolls of conveyance, with plan of meadow land, part of Old Clarks Reference CAP/16/3 Unit Date 27 Jan 1879 Start Date 18790127 End Date 18790127 Lease (release missing), Duke of Norfolk's executor to J S Broadwood ... Title Lease (release missing), Duke of Norfolk's executor to J S Broadwood of house and land (part of estate called Old Clarks) Reference CAP/16/4 Unit Date 22 Sep 1823 Start Date 18230922 End Date 18230922 Draft circular to parishioners, commenting on the Elementary Educatio... Title Draft circular to parishioners, commenting on the Elementary Education Act (1870) and its implications for Capel. Mr Broadwood offers to convey existing school building to trustees Reference CAP/16/5 Unit Date 29 Oct 1870 Start Date 18701029 End Date 18701029 Rough notes, evidently compiled to assist in drawing up the Trust Dee... Title Rough notes, evidently compiled to assist in drawing up the Trust Deed, -/16/1 Reference CAP/16/6 Unit Date nd [1873] Start Date 18730101 End Date 18731231 School Committee or Managers' minute books: Aug 1873-Jan 1924; Jun 19... Title School Committee or Managers' minute books: Aug 1873-Jan 1924; Jun 1924-June 1940. Indexed. 2 vols Reference CAP/16/7 Unit Date Aug 1873 - Jun 1940 Start Date 18730800 End Date 19400600 School accounts book ... Title School accounts book Reference CAP/16/8 Unit Date Jan 1868 - Sep 1886 Start Date 18680100 End Date 18860900 School Insurance Policies : Fire, Jun 1920; Public Liability, Oct 19... Title School Insurance Policies : Fire, Jun 1920; Public Liability, Oct 1923; Employers' Liability, Oct 1923; Public Liability, Oct 1933. 4 items Reference CAP/16/9 Unit Date Jun 1920 - Oct 1933 Start Date 19200600 End Date 19331000 Papers relating to war damage. File number 12/5/1820, War Damage Co... Title Papers relating to war damage. File number 12/5/1820, War Damage Commission. 3 items Reference CAP/16/10 Unit Date 14 Oct 1941 Start Date 19411014 End Date 19411014 Correspondence and official memoranda regarding the 'aided' status of... Title Correspondence and official memoranda regarding the 'aided' status of Capel Church of England primary school. 4 items Reference CAP/16/11 Unit Date 1952-1954 Start Date 19520101 End Date 19541231 Conveyance (1) Trustees of Dame Emma Osborne (2) W C Cazalet Esq Pi... Title Conveyance (1) Trustees of Dame Emma Osborne (2) W C Cazalet Esq Piece of land at Capel (2r 16p), part of Old Clarks, adjoining the school on its south side. Consideration £72 See -/16/3 & 4 above Reference CAP/16/12 Unit Date 13 Dec 1878 Start Date 18781213 End Date 18781213
series: CAP/17/ - MISCELLANEOUS Date: 1823-1945 Act for amending the laws respecting the solemnisation of marriages i... Title Act for amending the laws respecting the solemnisation of marriages in England. 2 copies Reference CAP/17/1 Unit Date 1823 Start Date 18230101 End Date 18231231 Letters from Messrs Bray and Warren to the churchwardens of Capel reg... Title Letters from Messrs Bray and Warren to the churchwardens of Capel regarding the letting of properties at Warbleton (Sussex), the rents of which come to the parish of Capel as Smith's Charity. 2 items Reference CAP/17/2 Unit Date 1827 Start Date 18270101 End Date 18271231 Letter from Mary Ann Arnold, The Holmwood, Dorking, to the Revd P Bea... Title Letter from Mary Ann Arnold, The Holmwood, Dorking, to the Revd P Beath (incumbent of Capel) announcing her intention of building and endowing a chapel upon the Holmwood Common. (Copy of her letter to the Bishop of the Diocese said to be enclosed, but not found) Reference CAP/17/3 Unit Date Jun 1837 Start Date 18370600 End Date 18370600 Circular letter from [?the Ecclesiastical Commissioners] to the incum... Title Circular letter from [?the Ecclesiastical Commissioners] to the incumbent of Capel, informing him of the proposed new district, for spiritual purposes, of Coldharbour, and asking for his observations. Reference CAP/17/4 Unit Date 2 Jun 1848 Start Date 18480602 End Date 18480602 Copy Trust Deed of Capel Almshouses, Emma Webb, Edward Webb, Thomas W... Title Copy Trust Deed of Capel Almshouses, Emma Webb, Edward Webb, Thomas Webb, Marion Webb and Julia Webb (all of Clapham Common) to four trustees; conveyance of land fronting on Dorking-Horsham turnpike with six cottages lately built by the Webbs in memory of their father, Charles Webb. Includes regulations for management of the almshouses 'for the aged and infirm poor of the Church of England' Reference CAP/17/5 Unit Date 10 Feb 1873 Start Date 18730210 End Date 18730210 Statistical return of parochial work ... Title Statistical return of parochial work Reference CAP/17/6 Unit Date 1910-1911 Start Date 19100101 End Date 19111231 Church Missionary Association, Capel Branch. Receipts and payments ... Title Church Missionary Association, Capel Branch. Receipts and payments book, 1917-1945, and accounts of money paid in to Church Missionary Association boxes, 1936-1946 Reference CAP/17/7 Unit Date 1917-1946 Start Date 19170101 End Date 19461231 Instrument fixing table of fees. 2 copies ... Title Instrument fixing table of fees. 2 copies Reference CAP/17/8 Unit Date 1922 Start Date 19220101 End Date 19221231 Plan of property adjoining Capel Vicarage on the east and south. In... Title Plan of property adjoining Capel Vicarage on the east and south. Includes centre of village Reference CAP/17/9 Unit Date nd [20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19991231 Capel and Ockley Nursing Association insurance policies. 6 items ... Title Capel and Ockley Nursing Association insurance policies. 6 items Reference CAP/17/10 Unit Date 1926-1945 Start Date 19260101 End Date 19451231 Letter signed 'Sybil Howell' from Winchester, referring to three draw... Title Letter signed 'Sybil Howell' from Winchester, referring to three drawings which she is sending to Miss Forbes for the vicar. Description of drawing of Capel church. 2 items Reference CAP/17/11 Unit Date nd [20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19991231
series: CAP/18/ - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL: ACCOUNTS Date: 1945-1973 Cash book, with balance sheets 1945-1966, followed by separate accoun... Title Cash book, with balance sheets 1945-1966, followed by separate accounts for: Free-will offerings (1945-1961), Church room (1945-1958), Magazine (1945-1964), Churchyard (1946-1958), Discretionary account (1946-1966), Investment account (1945-1966), Collections (1946-1966), Beare Green Mission Room (1945-1963), Old Folks' Tea (1949), 'Treats' Fund (1949-1951), Sunday School Party expenses (1950-1957), Church Roof (1950) Reference CAP/18/1 Unit Date 1945-1966 Start Date 19450101 End Date 19661231 Receipts and payments analysis book. 18 enclosures include cyclostyl... Title Receipts and payments analysis book. 18 enclosures include cyclostyled account sheet (1964), Parochial return of membership and finance (1964), Printed summaries of accounts (1961 and 1962) Reference CAP/18/2 Unit Date 1954-1965 Start Date 19540101 End Date 19651231 'Ledger'. Book with three entries only: General Reserve (1952), Chu... Title 'Ledger'. Book with three entries only: General Reserve (1952), Church Room Trust Fund (1955), Young Wives Group (1965) Reference CAP/18/3 Unit Date 1952-1965 Start Date 19520101 End Date 19651231 sub series: CAP/18/ - Beare Green Mission Room Scope: For accounts, 1945-1963, see -/18/1 above. Date: 1964-1966 Beare Green Mission Room accounts. Cut from a receipts and payments ... Title Beare Green Mission Room accounts. Cut from a receipts and payments book Reference CAP/18/4 Unit Date 1964-1966 Start Date 19640101 End Date 19661231
series: CAP/19/ - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL: TREASURER Date: 1966-1973 Treasurer's file containing printed summary accounts, 1966, and accou... Title Treasurer's file containing printed summary accounts, 1966, and accounts 1967-1969, with correspondence 1970-1973, largely concerned with investments, trust funds, quota, and legacy from Elsie Morrison Reference CAP/19/1 Unit Date 1966-1973 Start Date 19660101 End Date 19731231 Treasurer's correspondence file, with annual accounts for 1970, and a... Title Treasurer's correspondence file, with annual accounts for 1970, and annotated agenda for PCC meetings Reference CAP/19/2 Unit Date 1967-1973 Start Date 19670101 End Date 19731231
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