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| '''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.
  
'''Sussex'''
 
  
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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.
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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.
  
East Sussex County town: Lewes
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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.
  
West Sussex county town: Chichester
 
  
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'''East Sussex county town:''' Lewes
  
Other major towns: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor, Littlehampton
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'''West Sussex county town:''' Chichester
  
Sussex is divided into two separate counties, East Sussex and West Sussex, the east encompassing Brighton, Eastbourne, Bexhill, Rye, and the port of Newhaven. The western region of the county begins on the Hampshire border and includes Midhurst, Horsham and Crawley.
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'''Other major towns:''' Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor Regis, Crawley  
  
Sussex is also the home of the Greenwich Royal Observatory and castles at Hastings, Lewes, Pevensey and Bodiam with the site of the Battle of Hastings is to be found at Senlac Hill near the town of Battle. 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.
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Sussex| Sussex Places of Worship]]'''
The county has a song dedicated to it called "Sussex by the Sea" written in 1907 by William Ward-Hicks.
 
  
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image:EnglandSussex.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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[[Image:Sussex.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Chichester Market Cross. Submitted by Caroline]]
  
==Register Office Contact Details ==
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
=====East Sussex=====
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*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ '''East Sussex Record Office''']
  
Online orders and copy certificate information. [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/registration/copies/default.htm Buying copies of certificates]
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*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ '''West Sussex Record Office''']
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*[http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ Sussex Family History Society]
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*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/libraries/ East Sussex County Libraries]
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*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/libraries/ West Sussex County Libraries]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/w.jowett/sussexlookup.html Sussex Look-up Exchange]
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*[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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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
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*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Online Catalogue]
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*[http://www.sussexhistory.com/ History of Sussex]
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*[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
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*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]  
  
======Brighton and Hove Information======
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*[http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Sussex Family History]  census transcripts for several West Sussex villages
  
The Register Office<br>
 
Brighton Town Hall<br>
 
Bartholomews<br>
 
Brighton<br>
 
BN1 1JA<br>
 
Tel 01273 292016<br>
 
  
======Crowborough Register Office======
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
Beaconwood<br>
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*[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
Beacon Road<br>
 
Crowborough<br>
 
East Sussex <br>
 
TN6 1AR<br>
 
Tel 01892 653803<br>
 
E-mail crowborough.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
 
  
======Eastbourne Register Office======
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*'''Wiki Page: [[Arlington, Sussex]]'''
  
Town Hall<br>
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*[http://arundelmuseum.org.uk/index.html Arundel Museum]
Grove Road<br>
 
Eastbourne<br>
 
East Sussex <br>
 
BN21 4UG<br>
 
Tel: 01323 415051<br>
 
E-mail eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
 
  
======Hastings Register Office======
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*[http://www.bandhpast.co.uk/ Barcombe and Hamsey]
  
Summerfields<br>
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*[http://www.bognor-local-history.co.uk/ Bognor Regis Local History]
Bohemia Road<br>
 
Hastings<br>
 
East Sussex <br>
 
TN34 1EX<br>
 
Tel 01424 721722<br>
 
E-mail hastings.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
 
  
======Lewes Register Office======
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*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx History of Brighton and Hove]
  
Southover Grange<br>
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*[http://www.bygones.org.uk/page_id__25_path__0p2p13p16p.aspx East Brighton Bygones]
Southover Road<br>
 
Lewes<br>
 
East Sussex<br>
 
BN7 1TP<br>
 
Tel 01273 475589<br>
 
E-mail lewes.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
 
  
=====West Sussex=====
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]
  
======Chichester Registration District======
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*[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
  
Greyfriars<br>
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*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield Compendium]
61 North Street<br>
 
Chichester <br>
 
PO19 1NB<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
  
======Crawley Registration District ======
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*[http://www.ditchling-museum.com/index.html Ditchling Museum]
  
Crawley Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne and District Family History Society]
Town Hall<br>
 
The Boulevard<br>
 
Crawley<br>
 
RH10 1UZ<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
  
======Haywards Heath Registration District======
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*[http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/history  Eastbourne Borough Council's History Section]
  
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
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*[http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/EastHoathly/TURNER.txt East Hoathly Parish]
Haywards Heath Register Office<br>
 
West Sussex County Council Offices<br>
 
Oaklands Road<br>
 
Haywards Heath<br>
 
RH16 1SU<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
  
======Horsham Registration District======
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*[http://www.fernhurstsociety.org.uk/ The Fernhurst Society]
  
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
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*[http://www.findonvillage.com/ Findon Village]
Horsham Register Office<br>
 
Town Hall<br>
 
Market Square<br>
 
Horsham<br>
 
RH12 1EU<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
  
======Worthing Registration District======
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*[http://steve.pickthall.users.btopenworld.com/nfops/index.html Fishbourne]
  
Worthing Register Office <br>
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*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Graves and Inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex]
CentenaryHouse <br>
 
Durrington Lane <br>
 
Worthing <br>
 
BN13 2QB <br>
 
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
  
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*[http://www.hastingschronicle.com/ Hastings Chronicle]
  
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*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings  Hastings and Lewes]
  
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*[http://www.hrfhs.org.uk/ Hastings and Rother Family History Society]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/ Henfield History Group]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.horshamsociety.org/index.html Horsham Past and Present]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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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)]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/index.html Midhurst in Living Memory]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.petworthemigrations.com/index.html The Petworth Emigration Project]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.ringmer.info/sitemap.htm Ringmer Village]
  
*All Saints, Plumpton near Lewes (East Sussex):[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=143 scrummy granny]
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*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
*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]
 
  
==Links==
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*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
  
*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ East Sussex Record Office]
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*[http://www.westhoathly.org.uk/index.htm West Hoathly, St Margarets] including BMDs 1600-1900 
  
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ West Sussex Record Office]  
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*[http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html Worthing and Broadwater]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/west_sussex.html West Sussex Libraries]  
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*[http://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History]  
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_sussex.html East Sussex Libraries]
 
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/sussex.html Local History Directory]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Past]  
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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]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]
  
*[http://www.family-history.org.uk/ East Sussex Family History]
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*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection: Historic photographs of Brighton]  
  
*[http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ Sussex FHS]  
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*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Photographs of Sussex]
  
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne And District FHS]  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Brighton-Photographers.htm Photographers in Brighton 1841-1910]
  
*[http://www.hrfhs.org.uk/ Hastings And Rother FHS]  
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*[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]
  
'''OPC'''
 
  
*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Online Parish Clerks]
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'''Books of local interest'''
  
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'''SHOTTERMILL''' - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 1 - Early Times to the 1700s. ISBN 1-873855-39-7
  
'''Archives'''  
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'''SHOTTERMILL''' - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 2 - 1730 to the Early 20th Century. ISBN 1-873855-40-0
  
*[http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap Sussex Record Society - Poor Law Database]
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Both by Greta A. Turner and available from [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/ John Owen Smith].
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/w.jowett/sussexlookup.html Sussex Look-up Exchange]
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Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
 
  
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'''Sussex customs and lifestyle'''
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.stoolball.org.uk/history/ Stoolball history (a popular summer sport)] 
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/sussex/sussex.htm Sussex Workhouses]  
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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]
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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==Register Offices ~ East Sussex==
  
*http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/portlandlearningresourcescentre/resources/maplibrary/usefullinks Old Sussex Maps]  
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Online orders and copy certificate information. [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/registration/copies/default.htm Buying copies of certificates]
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~sussex-photos/index.htm Photographs of Sussex Churches ]
 
  
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Brighton-Photographers.htm Photographers in Brighton]. Site with a directory of Brighton photographers from 1841 -1910 plus the history of some of them.  Very useful if you have an old photo you want to date.
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'''Brighton and Hove'''
  
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm An Ongoing Project aiming to Index all Sussex Photographers from 1841-1910]
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The Register Office<br>
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Brighton Town Hall<br>
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Bartholomews<br>
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Brighton<br>
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BN1 1JA<br>
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Tel 01273 292016<br>
  
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Sussex Gallery]
 
  
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm Sussex PhotoHistory]
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'''Crowborough Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/ChurchFrames.htm The Roughwood British Churches Album] Photos of East & West Sussex Churches.
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Beaconwood<br>
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Beacon Road<br>
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Crowborough<br>
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East Sussex <br>
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TN6 1AR<br>
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Tel 01892 653803<br>
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E-mail crowborough.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
  
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'''Eastbourne Register Office'''
  
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Town Hall<br>
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Grove Road<br>
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Eastbourne<br>
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East Sussex <br>
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BN21 4UG<br>
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Tel: 01323 415051<br>
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E-mail eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
  
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'''Hastings Register Office'''
  
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Summerfields<br>
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Bohemia Road<br>
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Hastings<br>
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East Sussex <br>
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TN34 1EX<br>
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Tel 01424 721722<br>
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E-mail hastings.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/maincss.htm Ye Olde Sussex Pages] An interesting miscellany of information.
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'''Lewes Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
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Southover Grange<br>
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Southover Road<br>
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Lewes<br>
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East Sussex<br>
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BN7 1TP<br>
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Tel 01273 475589<br>
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E-mail lewes.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/result.php?pageNum_rs_venue=0&totalRows_rs_venue=262&c=West%20Sussex West Sussex - A Church Near You]
 
  
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==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
  
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'''Chichester Registration District'''
  
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Greyfriars<br>
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61 North Street<br>
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Chichester <br>
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PO19 1NB<br>
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Tel 01243 642122 <br>
  
  
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'''Crawley Registration District'''
  
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Crawley Register Office<br>
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Town Hall<br>
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The Boulevard<br>
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Crawley<br>
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RH10 1UZ<br>
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Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx My Brighton and Hove] is a fantastic site devoted to all aspects of Brighton and Hove's history.
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'''Haywards Heath Registration District'''
  
*[http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29725.html Brighton & Hove WW2 Bomb Census maps]
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Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
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Haywards Heath Register Office<br>
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West Sussex County Council Offices<br>
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Oaklands Road<br>
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Haywards Heath<br>
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RH16 1SU<br>
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Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]  Located at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in the Royal Pavilion Gardens.
 
  
*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Fletching Graves] Graves and inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex.
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'''Horsham Registration District'''
  
*[http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/history  Eastbourne Borough Council's History section] The history of the town including a timeline and the WW2 Roll of Honour.
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Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
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Horsham Register Office<br>
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Town Hall<br>
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Market Square<br>
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Horsham<br>
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RH12 1EU<br>
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Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings  Hastings and Lewes] This site includes list of prisoners sentenced to transportation from Lewes Assizes between c1790 and c1850. It has some churchyards fully transcribed.
 
  
*[http://www.horshamsociety.org/index.html The Horsham Society- Horsham Past and Present]
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'''Worthing Registration District'''
  
*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield -includes some baptisms and burials]
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Worthing Register Office <br>
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CentenaryHouse <br>
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Durrington Lane <br>
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Worthing <br>
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BN13 2QB <br>
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Tel 01243 642122 <br>
  
*[http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/EastHoathly/TURNER.txt East Hoathly Parish]
 
  
*[http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/ Henfield History Group]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
*[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst -includes some Parish records]
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
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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


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