Walworth St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Surrey, created in 1827 from Newington St Mary Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: St Peter Walworth
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1825
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1825
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WALWORTH, a metropolitan suburb and three chapelries in Newington parish, Surrey. The suburb lies on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, between Southwark and Camberwell, 2¼ miles S of St. Paul’s.
It was once a hamlet, known at Domesday as Walerode; is now all compactly edificed; contains Surrey Zoological gardens, opened in 1832, and a Botanic garden; and has a post-office under London S, a r. station, a P.-police station, three churches, twelve or more dissenting chapels, a number of public schools, a female orphan home, and the Newington workhouse. Acres, 321. Pop. in 1851, 29,861; in 1861, 44,463. Houses, 6,975.
The chapelries are St. Peter, constituted in 1826; St. Paul, 1857; and S. John, 1860. The livings are p. curacies in the diocese of London. Value of St. Peter and St. Paul, each £300; of St. John, £200. Patron of St. Peter, the Rector of Newington; of St. Paul and St. John, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
St Peter’s church was built in 1825, at a cost of £19,127; and is in the Ionic style.
A Baptist chapel was built in 1864, at a cost of £5,900; and has an octostyle Corinthian portico.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Surrey, Walworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Walworth St. Peter, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Surrey, Walworth – Church records ( 10 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Peter’s Chapelry, Walworth, 1825-1861
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Peter (Walworth, Surrey)
Church records, 1791-1837
Author: Lock’s Field Chapel (Walworth, England : Independent)
Church records, 1813-1852
Author: East Street Chapel (Walworth, England : Baptist)
Church records, 1817-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Walworth, England)
Church records, 1819-1837
Author: Baptist Church (Walworth, Surrey)
Church records, 1821-1837
Author: Beresford Street Chapel (Walworth, England : Independent)
Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Walworth, 1910-1924
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Walworth, Surrey)
Parish registers of St. Stephen, Walworth, 1866-1955
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Stephen (Walworth, Surrey)
Parish registers of the chapelry of St. John, Walworth, 1861-1951
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. John (Walworth, Surrey)
Record of members, 1839-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Walworth Branch (London)
England, Surrey, Walworth – Church records – Indexes ( 7 )
Computer printout of Southwark, Walworth Beresford Street Calvinistyic Independent, Surr., Eng
Computer printout of Southwark, Walworth Lock’s Fields York Street Independent, Surr., Eng
Computer printout of Southwark, Walworth Wesleyan, Surr., Eng
Computer printout of Walworth, St. Peter, Surr., Eng
Computer printout of Walworth, St. Stephen, Surrey, England
Parish register printouts of Walworth, Surrey, England, (Saint Peter), christenings, 1825-1861
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Record of members, 1842-1886
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lambeth Branch (London); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Walworth Branch (London)
England, Surrey, Walworth – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls of the manor of Walworth, Surrey, 1544-1580
Author: Manor of Walworth. Court (Surrey)
England, Surrey, Walworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Newington, 1780-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Surrey)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Surrey
- Civil Registration District: Newington
- Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon, and Shoreham, Post-1845 – Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – Winchester, Post-1845 – London
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Croydon, 1845-1870 – None, Post-1870 – Newington
- Poor Law Union: Newington St Mary
- Hundred: Brixton
- Province: Canterbury