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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.  
 
  
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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.
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| 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.
 
  
 
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
'''East Sussex county town:''' Lewes
 
 
 
'''West Sussex county town:''' Chichester
 
 
 
'''Other major towns:''' Brighton, Eastbourne, Hove, Bognor Regis, Crawley
 
 
 
 
 
'''[[Places_of_Worship:Sussex| Sussex Places of Worship]]'''
 
 
 
'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]'''
 
| [[Image:EnglandSussex.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
 
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==Resources==
 
[[Image:Sussex.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Chichester Market Cross. Submitted by Caroline]]
 
 
 
'''Primary Reference'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localandfamilyhistory/esro/ '''East Sussex Record Office''']
 
 
 
*[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]
 
 
 
 
 
'''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
 
 
 
*[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
 
 
 
 
 
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
 
 
*'''Wiki Page: [[Talk:Sussex Towns and Parishes A|Aldingbourne]]'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ Angmering Village]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bandhpast.co.uk/ Barcombe and Hamsey]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bognor-local-history.co.uk/ Bognor Regis Local History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/index.aspx History of Brighton and Hove]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bygones.org.uk/page_id__25_path__0p2p13p16p.aspx East Brighton Bygones]
 
 
 
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.info/localhistory Brighton History Centre]
 
 
 
*[http://www.chailey1914-1918.net/ Chailey Village 1914-1918]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk/ Cuckfield Compendium]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ditchling-museum.com/index.html Ditchling Museum]
 
 
 
*[http://www.eastbournefhs.org.uk/ Eastbourne and District Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/eastbourne/history  Eastbourne Borough Council's History Section]
 
 
 
*[http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/EastHoathly/TURNER.txt East Hoathly Parish]
 
 
 
*[http://www.fernhurstsociety.org.uk/ The Fernhurst Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.findonvillage.com/ Findon Village]
 
 
 
*[http://steve.pickthall.users.btopenworld.com/nfops/index.html Fishbourne]
 
 
 
*[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]
 
 
 
*[http://www.hrfhs.org.uk/ Hastings and Rother Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/ Henfield History Group]
 
 
 
*[http://www.horshamsociety.org/index.html Horsham Past and Present]
 
 
 
*[http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/burstow/burstow.html Reminiscences of Horsham]
 
 
 
*[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.nutbourne.org.uk/ Nutbourne Association] New
 
 
 
*[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://salehurst.netfirms.com/ Salehurst]
 
 
 
*[http://southeasevillage.info/family%20history.htm Southease Village History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk/html/broadwater_worthing.html Worthing and Broadwater]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''
 
 
 
* [http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART29725.html Bomb Census: Brighton & Hove]
 
 
 
*[http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures/place_search.asp Photographs of Brighton and Hove]
 
 
 
*[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/historical/webmap/sussexmap/sussex.html Historical Maps of Sussex]
 
 
 
*[http://www.sussexgallery.co.uk/ Photographs of Sussex]
 
 
 
*[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]
 
 
 
 
 
'''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 [http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/ John Owen Smith].
 
 
 
Although centred on Headley in Hampshire, John Owen Smith's website also covers the local area of Surrey and Sussex.
 
 
 
 
 
==Register Offices ~ East Sussex==
 
 
 
Online orders and copy certificate information. [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/community/registration/copies/default.htm Buying copies of certificates]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Brighton and Hove'''
 
 
 
The Register Office<br>
 
Brighton Town Hall<br>
 
Bartholomews<br>
 
Brighton<br>
 
BN1 1JA<br>
 
Tel 01273 292016<br>
 
 
 
 
 
'''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'''
 
 
 
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>
 
 
 
 
 
'''Lewes Register Office'''
 
 
 
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'''
 
 
 
Crawley Register Office<br>
 
Town Hall<br>
 
The Boulevard<br>
 
Crawley<br>
 
RH10 1UZ<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
 
 
 
 
'''Haywards Heath Registration District'''
 
 
 
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>
 
 
 
 
 
'''Horsham Registration District'''
 
 
 
Superintendent Registrar's Office<br>
 
Horsham Register Office<br>
 
Town Hall<br>
 
Market Square<br>
 
Horsham<br>
 
RH12 1EU<br>
 
Tel 01243 642122<br>
 
 
 
 
 
'''Worthing Registration District'''
 
 
 
Worthing Register Office <br>
 
CentenaryHouse <br>
 
Durrington Lane <br>
 
Worthing <br>
 
BN13 2QB <br>
 
Tel 01243 642122 <br>
 
 
 
 
 
==Record Offices Lookup Requests==
 
 
 
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 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]
 
*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]
 
 
 
 
 
==Photo Offers==
 
 
 
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
 
 
 
 
 
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