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| Sussex was the home of the Greenwich Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux until 1998. There are castles at Hastings, Lewes, Pevensey and Bodiam while  the site of the Battle of Hastings is to be found at Senlac Hill near the town of Battle. There is a Roman Villa in Fishbourne. The Weald and Downland Museum is in Singleton.
 
| Sussex was the home of the Greenwich Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux until 1998. There are castles at Hastings, Lewes, Pevensey and Bodiam while  the site of the Battle of Hastings is to be found at Senlac Hill near the town of Battle. There is a Roman Villa in Fishbourne. The Weald and Downland Museum is in Singleton.
 
  
 
The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is in Sussex at Arundel Castle. Rudyard Kipling lived in a Jacobean ironmaster's house, Bateman's, near Burwash in Sussex. The county has a song dedicated to it called "Sussex by the Sea" written in 1907 by William Ward-Hicks.
 
The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is in Sussex at Arundel Castle. Rudyard Kipling lived in a Jacobean ironmaster's house, Bateman's, near Burwash in Sussex. The county has a song dedicated to it called "Sussex by the Sea" written in 1907 by William Ward-Hicks.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Sussex| Sussex Places of Worship]]'''
 
'''[[Places_of_Worship:Sussex| Sussex Places of Worship]]'''
  
'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional projects Forum]'''
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*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Sussex Online Parish Clerks]  
 
*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Sussex Online Parish Clerks]  
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Ancestry Library edition available to West Sussex Library members at Worthing, Horsham, Crawley and East Grinstead libraries and at any library with computers for East Sussex library members.
  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
  
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/maincss.htm History of Sussex]
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*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Online Catalogue]  
  
*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Online Catalogue]  
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*[http://www.sussexhistory.com/ History of Sussex]  
  
 
*[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
 
*[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssx1861/ The Sussex 1861 Transcribers] Ongoing
  
 
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]  
 
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/sussex/sussex.htm Sussex Workhouses]  
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*[http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Sussex Family History] census transcripts for several West Sussex villages
  
  
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*[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
 
*[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
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*'''Wiki Page: [[Arlington, Sussex]]'''
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*[http://arundelmuseum.org.uk/index.html Arundel Museum]
  
 
*[http://www.bandhpast.co.uk/ Barcombe and Hamsey]
 
*[http://www.bandhpast.co.uk/ Barcombe and Hamsey]
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*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx History of Brighton and Hove]  
 
*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx History of Brighton and Hove]  
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*[http://www.bygones.org.uk/page_id__25_path__0p2p13p16p.aspx East Brighton Bygones]
  
 
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]  
 
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]  
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*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield Compendium]
 
*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield Compendium]
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*[http://www.ditchling-museum.com/index.html Ditchling Museum]
  
 
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne and District Family History Society]  
 
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne and District Family History Society]  
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*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Graves and Inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex]
 
*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Graves and Inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex]
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*[http://www.hastingschronicle.com/ Hastings Chronicle]
  
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings  Hastings and Lewes]  
 
*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings  Hastings and Lewes]  
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*[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
 
*[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
  
*[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Hurst History Study Group]
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*[http://www.horstedkeynes.com/ Horsted Keynes Village Website]
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*[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Hurst History Study Group (Hurstpierpoint)]
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*[http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/index.html Midhurst in Living Memory]
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*[http://www.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association]  
  
 
*[http://www.petworthemigrations.com/index.html The Petworth Emigration Project]
 
*[http://www.petworthemigrations.com/index.html The Petworth Emigration Project]
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*[http://www.ringmer.info/sitemap.htm Ringmer Village]
  
 
*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
 
*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
  
 
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
 
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
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*[http://www.westhoathly.org.uk/index.htm West Hoathly, St Margarets] including BMDs 1600-1900 
  
 
*[http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html Worthing and Broadwater]
 
*[http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html Worthing and Broadwater]
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*[http://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History]
  
  
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/Sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
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* [http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29725.html Bomb Census: Brighton & Hove]
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*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
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*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]  
  
*[http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures/place_search.asp Photographs of Brighton and Hove]
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*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection: Historic photographs of Brighton]  
  
 
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Photographs of Sussex]
 
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Photographs of Sussex]
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*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm Photographers of Sussex]
 
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm Photographers of Sussex]
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*[http://www.sussexpostcards.info/index.php?page=1 Sussex Postcards: Directory of publishers with a gallery of their work]
  
  
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Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.
 
Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.
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'''Sussex customs and lifestyle'''
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*[http://www.stoolball.org.uk/history/ Stoolball history (a popular summer sport)] 
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*[http://sounds.bl.uk/SearchResults.aspx?query=sussex&collection=Survey-of-English-dialects&publicdomainonly=false British library recordings of Sussex dialects]
  
  
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==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
 
==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
 
  
 
'''Chichester Registration District'''
 
'''Chichester Registration District'''
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*All Saints, Plumpton near Lewes (East Sussex) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=143 scrummy granny]
 
*Ashurst Wood, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*East Grinstead, West Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*Felbridge, West Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*Forest Row, East Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*Sharpthorne, West Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*St Andrews Steyning (and others around the area) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=50 Many Ns Tree]
 
*St Nicholas, Middleton on Sea [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1331 Nichola]
 
*Turners Hill, West Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
*West Hoathly, West Sussex  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
 
 
 
  
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 16 May 2023

The southern border of the county is formed by the coastline between Hampshire and Kent with its northern border adjoining Surrey. It is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove.


Mainly still a rural county apart from the coastal strip, there are few large towns. In the past fishing was an important industry and there are still working harbours at Rye, Hastings, Newhaven and Shoreham. The county now relies heavily on the tourist industry, both by the sea and inland where tourists can explore the South Downs.

Sussex was the home of the Greenwich Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux until 1998. There are castles at Hastings, Lewes, Pevensey and Bodiam while the site of the Battle of Hastings is to be found at Senlac Hill near the town of Battle. There is a Roman Villa in Fishbourne. The Weald and Downland Museum is in Singleton.

The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is in Sussex at Arundel Castle. Rudyard Kipling lived in a Jacobean ironmaster's house, Bateman's, near Burwash in Sussex. The county has a song dedicated to it called "Sussex by the Sea" written in 1907 by William Ward-Hicks.


East Sussex county town: Lewes

West Sussex county town: Chichester

Other major towns: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor Regis, Crawley


Sussex Places of Worship

Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Chichester Market Cross. Submitted by Caroline

Primary Reference

Ancestry Library edition available to West Sussex Library members at Worthing, Horsham, Crawley and East Grinstead libraries and at any library with computers for East Sussex library members.


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest

SHOTTERMILL - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 1 - Early Times to the 1700s. ISBN 1-873855-39-7

SHOTTERMILL - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 2 - 1730 to the Early 20th Century. ISBN 1-873855-40-0

Both by Greta A. Turner and available from John Owen Smith.

Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.


Sussex customs and lifestyle


Register Offices ~ East Sussex

Online orders and copy certificate information. Buying copies of certificates


Brighton and Hove

The Register Office
Brighton Town Hall
Bartholomews
Brighton
BN1 1JA
Tel 01273 292016


Crowborough Register Office

Beaconwood
Beacon Road
Crowborough
East Sussex
TN6 1AR
Tel 01892 653803
E-mail crowborough.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk


Eastbourne Register Office

Town Hall
Grove Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 4UG
Tel: 01323 415051
E-mail eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk


Hastings Register Office

Summerfields
Bohemia Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 1EX
Tel 01424 721722
E-mail hastings.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk


Lewes Register Office

Southover Grange
Southover Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1TP
Tel 01273 475589
E-mail lewes.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk


Register Offices ~ West Sussex

Chichester Registration District

Greyfriars
61 North Street
Chichester
PO19 1NB
Tel 01243 642122


Crawley Registration District

Crawley Register Office
Town Hall
The Boulevard
Crawley
RH10 1UZ
Tel 01243 642122


Haywards Heath Registration District

Superintendent Registrar's Office
Haywards Heath Register Office
West Sussex County Council Offices
Oaklands Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 1SU
Tel 01243 642122


Horsham Registration District

Superintendent Registrar's Office
Horsham Register Office
Town Hall
Market Square
Horsham
RH12 1EU
Tel 01243 642122


Worthing Registration District

Worthing Register Office
CentenaryHouse
Durrington Lane
Worthing
BN13 2QB
Tel 01243 642122


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

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