Eartham, Sussex Genealogy
Guide to Eartham , Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Eartham, Sussex | |
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Type | England Jurisdictions |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Box and Stockbridge |
County | Sussex, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Westhampnett |
Registration District | Westhampnett |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1754 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1591 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Boxgrove |
Diocese | Chichester |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester |
Location of Archive | |
Sussex Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
EARTHAM, a parish, in the union of West Hampnett, hundred of Box and Stockbridge, rape of Chichester, W. division of Sussex, 5¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from Chichester; containing.[1]
Eartham St Margaret is an Ancient Parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex and includes within its boundaries Seabeach.
A History of the Church is available Eartham St Margaret
The Parish Church of St Margaret has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building Eartham Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)
See also Eartham Wikipedia
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
From 1837 this parish was in the Westhmpnett registration district From 1935 this became part of Chichester registration district
Certificates can be ordered from West Sussex
Centralized Certificates Office
Registration Service
West Sussex Record Office
County Hall
Chichester
PO19 1RN
Phone: 01243 642122
Church records[edit | edit source]
Eartham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
Eartham Online Parish Records | ||||||
Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FS PRs | 1538-1910 | 1538-1910 | 1538-1910 | |||
FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
OPC | 1538-1800s | 1538-1800s | 1538-1800s | |||
FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
FMP | 1812-1899 | |||||
TGEN | 1538-1920s | 1538-1920s | 1538-1920s | |||
BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
IGI | ||||||
FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
FS Catalog BTs |
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the West Sussex Record Office and The Keep (which houses the collections of the East Sussex Record Office).
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
See Sussex Census
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Westhampnett Poor Law Union, Sussex
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Sussex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 124-127. Date accessed: 27 September 2013
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Sussex) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk