Difference between revisions of "Sussex"

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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

East Sussex Record Office

West Sussex Record Office

Sussex Family History Society

East Sussex County Libraries

West Sussex County Libraries

Sussex Look-up Exchange

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

Sussex Electoral Poll 1734

West Sussex Online Catalogue

History of Sussex

The Sussex Record Society

The Sussex 1861 Transcribers Ongoing

The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Sussex Family History census transcripts for several West Sussex villages

Specific Town and Village Interest

Angmering Village

Wiki Page: Arlington, Sussex

Arundel Museum

Barcombe and Hamsey

Bognor Regis Local History

History of Brighton and Hove

East Brighton Bygones

Brighton History Centre

Chailey Village 1914-1918

Cuckfield Compendium

Ditchling Museum

Eastbourne and District Family History Society

Eastbourne Borough Council's History Section

East Hoathly Parish

The Fernhurst Society

Findon Village

Fishbourne

Graves and Inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex

Hastings Chronicle

Hastings and Lewes

Hastings and Rother Family History Society

Henfield History Group

Horsham Past and Present

Reminiscences of Horsham

Horsted Keynes Village Website

Hurst History Study Group (Hurstpierpoint)

Midhurst in Living Memory

Nutbourne Association

The Petworth Emigration Project

Ringmer Village

Salehurst

Southease Village History

West Hoathly, St Margarets including BMDs 1600-1900

Worthing and Broadwater

Worthing Family History

Maps and Photographs

Bomb Census: Brighton & Hove

Historical Maps of Sussex

Brighton's Architecture

James Gray Collection: Historic photographs of Brighton

Photographs of Sussex

Photographers in Brighton 1841-1910

Photographers of Sussex

Sussex Postcards: Directory of publishers with a gallery of their work

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

Stoolball history (a popular summer sport)

British library recordings of Sussex dialects

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.

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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.
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 '''[[Places_of_Worship:Sussex| Sussex Places of Worship]]'''
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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.
 '''Countywide Interest'''
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 *[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssx1861/ The Sussex 1861 Transcribers] -ongoing
+*[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]
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 '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*'''Wiki Page: [[Talk:Sussex Towns and Parishes A|Aldingbourne]]'''
 *[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
-*'''Wiki Page: [[Arlington]]'''
+*'''Wiki Page: [[Arlington, Sussex]]'''
 *[http://arundelmuseum.org.uk/index.html Arundel Museum]
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 *[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]
-*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection - historic photographs of Brighton] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] March 2009
 *[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
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 *[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
-*[http://www.horstedkeynes.com/ Horsted Keynes Village Website] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] March 2009
+*[http://www.horstedkeynes.com/ Horsted Keynes Village Website]
 *[http://www.mid-sussex-roots.net/index.php Hurst History Study Group (Hurstpierpoint)]
-*[http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/index.html Midhurst in Living Memory] New
+*[http://www.midhurstsociety.org.uk/oral_history/index.html Midhurst in Living Memory]
-*[http://www.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association] New
+*[http://www.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association]
 *[http://www.petworthemigrations.com/index.html The Petworth Emigration Project]
-*[http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:u1dxRrTMvUUJ:www.ringmer.info/+Ringmer+Sussex&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 Ringmer Village]
+*[http://www.ringmer.info/sitemap.htm Ringmer Village]
 *[http://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
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 *[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
-*[http://www.westhoathly.org.uk/index.htm West Hoathly, St Margarets] including BMDs 1600-1900 [[image:newthing2.jpg]] March 2009
+*[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://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] March 09
+*[http://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History]
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 *[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
+*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]
-*[http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures/place_search.asp Photographs of Brighton and Hove]
+*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection: Historic photographs of Brighton]
 *[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.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.
+'''Sussex customs and lifestyle'''
+*[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]
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 ==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
 '''Chichester Registration District'''
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-==Record Offices & Archive Lookup Requests==
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-'''Record Offices & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*Ashurst Wood, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=523 Chris in Sussex]
-*Burgess Hill, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=1167 Joanne]
-*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 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]
-==Photo Offers==
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*Brighton (central area), East Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1665 Jill on the A272]
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
-*Burgess Hill, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=1167 Joanne]
-*Cuckfield, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1665 Jill on the A272]
-*Haywards Heath, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1665 Jill on the A272]
-*Lewes, East Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1665 Jill on the A272]
-*Lindfield, West Sussex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1665 jill on the A272]
+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]]
+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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