THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH
- Early Surbiton
- The building of the churches
- Growth and development
- The Second World War
- Rebuilding
- Recent years
- List of the clergy
If you are unfamiliar with any of the words in this history, click here to look them up in a
dictionary.
This history is largely taken from:
'The first hundred years' by H. Wood Jarvis, in the pamphlet "Surbiton Parish Church: Beauty for Ashes" published in 1960 to celebrate the reconsecration of the rebuilt St Mark's Church,
and
the pamphlet "Saint Andrew, Surbiton, 1872-1972" by W. L. Catchpole, published in 1972 to celebrate the centenary of St Andrew's Church.
The book "Surbiton Bombed: Second World War air raids on Surbiton, Tolworth & Berrylands", by Mark Davison and Paul Adams, has useful details on Surbiton at this time, and interesting photographs of the bombed St Mark's Church.
Other information has been supplied by members of the parish. We are always interested in discovering more about our parish, its churches and its school. If you have any memories or information you would like to share with us, please
contact the Parish Office.
If you would like to know more about the history of Surbiton and its Churches, visit
Surbiton Library for local history books, or
Kingston Museum. The best source is:
Kingston Local History Room and Archives,
Room 46, North Kingston Centre,
Richmond Road,
Kingston upon Thames
KT2 5PE
Telephone: 020 8547 6738
Opening Hours: Monday, Thursday & Friday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5pm; Tuesday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 7pm. Closed Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
