Woodmancote, Sussex Genealogy
| Woodmancote, Sussex | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Tipnook |
| County | Sussex, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Steyning |
| Registration District | Steyning |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1582 | |
| 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]
WOODMANCOTE, a parish, in the union of Steyning, hundred of Tipnoak, rape of Bramber, West division of Sussex, six miles North by East from Steyning. The church is principally in the early English style of architecture.[1]
A history of the church Woodmancote St Peter
Woodmancote Sussex Online Parish Clerks
See also Woodmancote West Sussex and list of places of worship in Horsham district
This parish should not be confused with the other Woodmancote village in West Sussex near Chichester see Westbourne, Sussex Genealogy.
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 Steyning Registration District until the 1935 reorganisation of registration services
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]
Woodmancote, Sussex Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| WOODMANCOTE PARISH Online Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| BIVRI | 1880-1885 | |||||
| IGI | 1582-1885 | 1582-1875 | ||||
| PALL | 1790-1812 | |||||
| SOPC | Undefined | Undefined | ||||
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection Woodmancote
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.
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Steyning 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). Adapted 23 May 2013.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Sussex, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 2 January 2014.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes.
- ↑ Sussex Online Parish Clerks, accessed 7 January 2014.
