Difference between revisions of "Sussex"

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==Links==
 
==Links==
  
*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ East Sussex Record Office]
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*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ '''East Sussex Record Office''']
  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_sussex.html East Sussex Libraries]  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/east_sussex.html East Sussex Libraries]  
  
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ West Sussex Record Office]  
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*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office/ '''West Sussex Record Office''']  
  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/west_sussex.html West Sussex Libraries]  
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/west_sussex.html West Sussex Libraries]  
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'''OPC'''
 
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*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Online Parish Clerks]  
 
*[http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Online Parish Clerks]  
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'''Archives'''  
 
'''Archives'''  
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*[http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap Sussex Record Society - Poor Law Database]
 
*[http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap Sussex Record Society - Poor Law Database]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySussex.htm#PageTitle IGI Sussex]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySussex.htm#PageTitle IGI Sussex]
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'''Family and Social History'''  
 
'''Family and Social History'''  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/sussex/sussex.htm Sussex Workhouses]  
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/sussex/sussex.htm Sussex Workhouses]  
  
 
*[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Mid-Sussex Roots]
 
*[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Mid-Sussex Roots]
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/ Old Sussex Mapped]
 
*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/ Old Sussex Mapped]
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'''Countywide interest'''
  
 
 
 
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/maincss.htm Ye Olde Sussex Pages] An interesting miscellany of information.  
 
*[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/maincss.htm Ye Olde Sussex Pages] An interesting miscellany of information.  
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*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/result.php?pageNum_rs_venue=0&totalRows_rs_venue=262&c=West%20Sussex West Sussex - A Church Near You]
 
*[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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Revision as of 10:25, 21 June 2007

Butter Cross Chichester submitted by Caroline

Sussex


East Sussex County town: Lewes

West Sussex county town: Chichester


Other major towns: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor, Littlehampton

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.

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. The county has a song dedicated to it called "Sussex by the Sea" written in 1907 by William Ward-Hicks.


Register Office Contact Details

East Sussex

Online orders and copy certificate information. Buying copies of certificates

Brighton and Hove Information

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

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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Record Office Lookup Contacts

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Links


Local History Society



OPC



Archives



Family and Social History



Maps & Photographs


  • 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.


Countywide interest



Specific Town Village interest


  • 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.





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