Difference between revisions of "Sussex"

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library
 
(111 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<div align="right">
+
[[Category:Region 7 ~ South East England]]
[[Image:sussex.jpg|250px|thumb|Butter Cross Chichester submitted by Caroline
+
[[Category:Adopted Pages]]
]]
+
{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
</div>
+
|-valign="top"
__TOC__
+
| '''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'''
 
  
 +
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.
 +
 +
| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
 +
|-valign="top"
 +
| 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
+
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
 
  
 +
'''East Sussex county town:''' Lewes
  
Other major towns: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor, Littlehampton
+
'''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.
+
'''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.
+
'''[[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.
 
  
 +
'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
 +
| [[Image:EnglandSussex.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
 +
|}
  
 +
==Resources==
 +
[[Image:Sussex.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Chichester Market Cross. Submitted by Caroline]]
  
==Register Office Contact Details ==
+
'''Primary Reference'''
  
=====East Sussex=====
+
*[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]
+
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ '''West Sussex Record Office''']
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ Sussex Family History Society]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/libraries/ East Sussex County Libraries]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/libraries/ West Sussex County Libraries]
 +
 
 +
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/w.jowett/sussexlookup.html Sussex Look-up Exchange]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Sussex Online Parish Clerks]
 +
 
 +
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'''
 +
 
 +
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Online Catalogue]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.sussexhistory.com/ History of Sussex]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
 +
 
 +
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssx1861/ The Sussex 1861 Transcribers] Ongoing
  
======Brighton and Hove Information======
+
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
  
The Register Office<br>
+
*[http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Sussex Family History]  census transcripts for several West Sussex villages
Brighton Town Hall<br>
 
Bartholomews<br>
 
Brighton<br>
 
BN1 1JA<br>
 
Tel 01273 292016<br>
 
  
======Crowborough Register Office======
 
  
Beaconwood<br>
+
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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======
+
*[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
  
Town Hall<br>
+
*'''Wiki Page: [[Arlington, Sussex]]'''
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======
+
*[http://arundelmuseum.org.uk/index.html Arundel Museum]
  
Summerfields<br>
+
*[http://www.bandhpast.co.uk/ Barcombe and Hamsey]
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======
+
*[http://www.bognor-local-history.co.uk/ Bognor Regis Local History]
  
Southover Grange<br>
+
*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx History of Brighton and Hove]
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=====
+
*[http://www.bygones.org.uk/page_id__25_path__0p2p13p16p.aspx East Brighton Bygones]
  
======Chichester Registration District======
+
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]
  
Greyfriars<br>
+
*[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
61 North Street<br>
 
Chichester <br>
 
PO19 1NB<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
  
======Crawley Registration District ======
+
*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield Compendium]
  
Crawley Register Office<br>
+
*[http://www.ditchling-museum.com/index.html Ditchling Museum]
Town Hall<br>
 
The Boulevard<br>
 
Crawley<br>
 
RH10 1UZ<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
  
======Haywards Heath Registration District======
+
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne and District Family History Society]
  
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
+
*[http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/history  Eastbourne Borough Council's History Section]
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======
+
*[http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/EastHoathly/TURNER.txt East Hoathly Parish]
  
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
+
*[http://www.fernhurstsociety.org.uk/ The Fernhurst Society]
Horsham Register Office<br>
 
Town Hall<br>
 
Market Square<br>
 
Horsham<br>
 
RH12 1EU<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
  
======Worthing Registration District======
+
*[http://www.findonvillage.com/ Findon Village]
  
Worthing Register Office <br>
+
*[http://steve.pickthall.users.btopenworld.com/nfops/index.html Fishbourne]
CentenaryHouse <br>
 
Durrington Lane <br>
 
Worthing <br>
 
BN13 2QB <br>
 
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
  
 +
*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Graves and Inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex]
  
 +
*[http://www.hastingschronicle.com/ Hastings Chronicle]
  
 +
*[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings  Hastings and Lewes]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+
*[http://www.hrfhs.org.uk/ Hastings and Rother Family History Society]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+
*[http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/ Henfield History Group]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+
*[http://www.horshamsociety.org/index.html Horsham Past and Present]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+
*[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
  
 +
*[http://www.horstedkeynes.com/ Horsted Keynes Village Website]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+
*[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Hurst History Study Group (Hurstpierpoint)]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+
*[http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/index.html Midhurst in Living Memory]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+
*[http://www.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+
*[http://www.petworthemigrations.com/index.html The Petworth Emigration Project]
  
*All Saints, Plumpton near Lewes (East Sussex):[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=143 scrummy granny]
+
*[http://www.ringmer.info/sitemap.htm Ringmer Village]
*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==
+
*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
  
*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ East Sussex Record Office]
+
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
  
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ West Sussex Record Office]  
+
*[http://www.westhoathly.org.uk/index.htm West Hoathly, St Margarets] including BMDs 1600-1900 
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/west_sussex.html West Sussex Libraries]  
+
*[http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html Worthing and Broadwater]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_sussex.html East Sussex Libraries]  
+
*[http://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History]  
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/sussex.html Local History Directory]
 
  
*[http://www.westsussexpast.org/searchonline/Index.htm West Sussex Past]
+
'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
 +
* [http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29725.html Bomb Census: Brighton & Hove]
  
'''Local History Society'''
+
*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
  
*[http://www.family-history.org.uk/ East Sussex Family History]
+
*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]  
  
*[http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ Sussex FHS]  
+
*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection: Historic photographs of Brighton]  
  
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne And District FHS]  
+
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Photographs of Sussex]
  
*[http://www.hrfhs.org.uk/ Hastings And Rother FHS]  
+
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Brighton-Photographers.htm Photographers in Brighton 1841-1910]
  
 +
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm Photographers of Sussex]
  
'''OPC'''
+
*[http://www.sussexpostcards.info/index.php?page=1 Sussex Postcards: Directory of publishers with a gallery of their work]
  
*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Online Parish Clerks]
 
  
 +
'''Books of local interest'''
  
'''Archives'''  
+
'''SHOTTERMILL''' - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 1 - Early Times to the 1700s. ISBN 1-873855-39-7
  
*[http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap Sussex Record Society - Poor Law Database]
+
'''SHOTTERMILL''' - its Farms, Families and Mills. Part 2 - 1730 to the Early 20th Century. ISBN 1-873855-40-0
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/w.jowett/sussexlookup.html Sussex Look-up Exchange]
+
Both by Greta A. Turner and available from [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/ John Owen Smith].
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/sussex1734/index.htm Sussex Electoral Poll 1734]
+
Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.
  
  
'''Family and social history'''  
+
'''Sussex customs and lifestyle'''
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/sussex/sussex.htm Sussex Workhouses]  
+
*[http://www.stoolball.org.uk/history/ Stoolball history (a popular summer sport)]
  
 +
*[http://sounds.bl.uk/SearchResults.aspx?query=sussex&collection=Survey-of-English-dialects&publicdomainonly=false British library recordings of Sussex dialects]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
*http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/portlandlearningresourcescentre/resources/maplibrary/usefullinks Old Sussex Maps]
+
==Register Offices ~ East Sussex==
  
*[http://website.lineone.net/~sussex-photos/index.htm Photographs of Sussex Churches ]  
+
Online orders and copy certificate information. [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/registration/copies/default.htm Buying copies of certificates]
  
*[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.
 
  
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm An Ongoing Project aiming to Index all Sussex Photographers from 1841-1910]
+
'''Brighton and Hove'''
  
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Sussex Gallery]
+
The Register Office<br>
 +
Brighton Town Hall<br>
 +
Bartholomews<br>
 +
Brighton<br>
 +
BN1 1JA<br>
 +
Tel 01273 292016<br>
  
*[http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/index.htm Sussex PhotoHistory]
 
  
*[http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/ChurchFrames.htm The Roughwood British Churches Album] Photos of East & West Sussex Churches.
+
'''Crowborough Register Office'''
  
 +
Beaconwood<br>
 +
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'''
  
 +
Town Hall<br>
 +
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'''
  
'''Countywide interest'''
+
Summerfields<br>
 +
Bohemia Road<br>
 +
Hastings<br>
 +
East Sussex <br>
 +
TN34 1EX<br>
 +
Tel 01424 721722<br>
 +
E-mail hastings.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/maincss.htm Ye Olde Sussex Pages] An interesting miscellany of information.
 
  
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
+
'''Lewes Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/result.php?pageNum_rs_venue=0&totalRows_rs_venue=262&c=West%20Sussex West Sussex - A Church Near You]
+
Southover Grange<br>
 +
Southover Road<br>
 +
Lewes<br>
 +
East Sussex<br>
 +
BN7 1TP<br>
 +
Tel 01273 475589<br>
 +
E-mail lewes.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk<br>
  
  
 +
==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
  
 +
'''Chichester Registration District'''
  
 +
Greyfriars<br>
 +
61 North Street<br>
 +
Chichester <br>
 +
PO19 1NB<br>
 +
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
  
  
 +
'''Crawley Registration District'''
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+
Crawley Register Office<br>
 +
Town Hall<br>
 +
The Boulevard<br>
 +
Crawley<br>
 +
RH10 1UZ<br>
 +
Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
*[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.
 
  
*[http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29725.html Brighton & Hove WW2 Bomb Census maps]
+
'''Haywards Heath Registration District'''
  
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]  Located at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in the Royal Pavilion Gardens.
+
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
 +
Haywards Heath Register Office<br>
 +
West Sussex County Council Offices<br>
 +
Oaklands Road<br>
 +
Haywards Heath<br>
 +
RH16 1SU<br>
 +
Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
*[http://www.harriyott.com/genealogy Fletching Graves] Graves and inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex.
 
  
*[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.
+
'''Horsham Registration District'''
  
*[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.
+
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
 +
Horsham Register Office<br>
 +
Town Hall<br>
 +
Market Square<br>
 +
Horsham<br>
 +
RH12 1EU<br>
 +
Tel 01243 642122<br>
  
*[http://www.horshamsociety.org/index.html The Horsham Society- Horsham Past and Present]
 
  
*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield -includes some baptisms and burials]
+
'''Worthing Registration District'''
  
*[http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/EastHoathly/TURNER.txt East Hoathly Parish]
+
Worthing Register Office <br>
 +
CentenaryHouse <br>
 +
Durrington Lane <br>
 +
Worthing <br>
 +
BN13 2QB <br>
 +
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
  
*[http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/ Henfield History Group]
 
  
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
+
==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
*[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
+
Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
*[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst -includes some Parish Records]
+
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>
 +
*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
 +
*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
 +
*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
 +
*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
*[http://steve.pickthall.users.btopenworld.com/nfops/index.html Fishbourne - includes some Parish Records]
+
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].
  
<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+
<br><br>
 +
Back to [[England]]

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:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



Back to England