Records of the Parish of St Mary Newington

The Parish of St Mary Newington records include Vestry minutes 1583-1584, 1608-1900, Churchwardens Accounts 1632-1743, 1796-1799, 1801-1802, 1805, 1842-1847, Election of Parish Officers 1820s-1840s, Charity records 1619-1952 (with gaps), Rate Books 1673-1901, Walworth Common Trustees records, Poor law records 1628-1866 (with gaps), Rating and valuation records, Parochial records, Newington Sick Asylum District 1868-1869, Board of Highways records 1795-1856, Walworth Lighting Trust 1799-1856, Board of Health records 1832, Burial Board 1852-1900, National Schools Committee records 1864-1888, Financial records 1856-1900, Public Works records 1856-1903, Legal Case papers 1865-1899, Memorials and petitions 1856-1900, Medical Officers records 1866-1892

The parish and Southwark as a whole was part of the County of Surrey before 1889, it then became part of London with the formation of The London County Council. (Please see Surrey History Centre and London Metropolitan Archives for records not kept at Southwark Local History Library and Archive).

The ancient parish, dedicated to St Mary, was in the Diocese of Winchester until 1877, then the Diocese of Rochester until 1905, and then finally in the Diocese of Southwark. In 1900 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and the civil parish was abolished in 1930. It became part of the London Borough of Southwark in 1965.