Lewes St John sub Castro, Sussex Genealogy
Guide to Lewes St John sub Castro, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Lewes St John sub Castro, Sussex | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Lewes Borough |
| County | Sussex |
| Poor Law Union | Lewes |
| Registration District | Lewes |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1602 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1606 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Lewes |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes |
| Location of Archive | |
| Sussex Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
The Ancient Parish of St John under the castle (sub Castro).
The history of the 1839 replacement church St John sub Castro
The church has been designated a grade II listed building British listed building
St John sub Castro Wikipedia
See Lewes Places of worship Lewes Wikipedia
See: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 74-78. here
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 Lewes Registration District
Certificates may be obtained from
East Sussex
The Register Office
Town Hall
Grove Road
Eastbourne
BN21 4UG
Phone: 01323 464780
Fax: 01323 431386
Email:eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Lewes St John sub Castro parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Lewes St John sub Castro 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 | 1530-1990 | |||||
| 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).
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
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]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Lewes/
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Sussex) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
