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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.
 
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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*[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
 
*[http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org.uk/home.asp The Sussex Record Society]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssx1861/ The Sussex 1861 Transcribers] -ongoing
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*[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]  
 
*[http://www.theweald.org/home.htm The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]  
  
 
*[http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Sussex Family History]  census transcripts for several West Sussex villages
 
*[http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Sussex Family History]  census transcripts for several West Sussex villages
 
  
  
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*[http://worthing.wetpaint.com/ Worthing Family History]  
 
*[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.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
 
*[http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures/place_search.asp Photographs of Brighton and Hove]
 
  
 
*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]  
 
*[http://www.brightonsarchitecture.com/index.html Brighton's Architecture]  
  
*[http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/ James Gray Collection - historic photographs of Brighton]  
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*[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.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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*[http://sounds.bl.uk/SearchResults.aspx?query=sussex&collection=Survey-of-English-dialects&publicdomainonly=false British library recordings of Sussex dialects]
 
*[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==
 
==Register Offices ~ West Sussex==
 
  
 
'''Chichester Registration District'''
 
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BN13 2QB <br>
 
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Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
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Revision as of 15:37, 9 November 2009

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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