Sussex
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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
Record Office Lookup Requests
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Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
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Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- All Saints, Plumpton near Lewes (East Sussex):scrummy granny
- Ashurst Wood, West Sussex:Chris in Sussex
- East Grinstead, West Sussex: Chris in Sussex
- Felbridge, West Sussex: Chris in Sussex
- Forest Row, East Sussex: Chris in Sussex
- Sharpthorne, West Sussex: Chris in Sussex
- St Andrews Steyning (and others around the area):Many Ns Tree
- St Nicholas, Middleton on Sea:Nichola
- Turners Hill, West Sussex: Chris in Sussex
- West Hoathly, West Sussex: Chris in Sussex
Links
Local History Society
OPC
Archives
Family and social history
Maps & Photographs
- http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/portlandlearningresourcescentre/resources/maplibrary/usefullinks Old Sussex Maps]
- 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.
- Sussex Gallery Photos of Sussex.
Countywide interest
- Ye Olde Sussex Pages An interesting miscellany of information.
Specific Town Village interest
- My Brighton and Hove is a fantastic site devoted to all aspects of Brighton and Hove's history.
- Brighton History Centre Located at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in the Royal Pavilion Gardens.
- Fletching Graves Graves and inscriptions in Fletching, Sussex.
- Eastbourne Borough Council's History section The history of the town including a timeline and the WW2 Roll of Honour.
- 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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