Goring by Sea, Sussex Genealogy
Guide to Goring by Sea, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Goring by Sea, Sussex | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Poling |
| County | Sussex, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | East Preston |
| Registration District | Worthing |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1560 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1571 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Storrington |
| 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 | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
GORING (St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Poling, rape of Arundel, W. division of Sussex, 2½ miles (W.) from Worthing.[1]
Goring by Sea is an Ancient Parish in Sussex. The current church of St Mary replaced the former St Lawrence Norman church. The history of the three Anglican churches is described Goring St Laurence, St Mary and St Richard
Goring Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)
Goring and Ferring Free Church List of demolished worship places in West Sussex
See also Goring -on-Sea Wikipedia and Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 315-319. here
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
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 Worthing registration district
which was abolished in 1870 and recreated in 1935
Certificates can be ordered from West Sussex Centralised Certificates Office Registration Service West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester PO19 1RN Phone: 01243 642122
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Goring by Sea Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Sussex | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Sussex | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Find My Past-Sussex ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- The Genealogist Parish Registers -Sussex ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
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]
East Preston Poor Law Union, Sussex
Sutton (East Preston) 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. 315-319. Date accessed: 27 September 2013
