 The parish was formed in 1902 (from what had been part of Chertsey and then its offshoot Addlestone)

In the Catholic Church the parish is West Byfleet, based close the railway station at the Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians.In Islam the closest mosque, by a small margin, is in the Deobandi tradition, with a management mainly of British Bangladeshis, at the Surrey Muslim Centre, Albert Road, Addlestone.The large Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking preaches in a range of the Sufi – Bareilvi traditions with a management formed mainly of British Pakistanis.