Northiam, Sussex Genealogy
Guide to Northiam , Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Northiam, Sussex | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Staple |
| County | Sussex |
| Poor Law Union | Rye |
| Registration District | Rye |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1606 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dallington |
| 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 | |
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
NORTHIAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Rye, hundred of Staple, rape of Hastings, in the East division of Sussex, 7¾ miles North West by West from Rye. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Unitarians.[1] Northiam St Mary is an Ancient parish; a history of the church is available Northiam St Mary The parish Church of St Mary has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building
Northiam Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)
See also Northiam 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 within Rye Registration district, from 1935 this was incorporated into Battle Registration district
Certificates may be obtained from
East Sussex County Council
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]
Northiam, Sussex Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)[2] |
| Northiam, Sussex Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| NBI | 1614-2002 | |||||
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection Northiam
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/Northiam/
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) Adapted 28 May 2013
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 30 December 2013.
