Rottingdean, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Sussex Parishes

Parish History
ROTTINGDEAN (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Newhaven, hundred of Younsmere, rape of Lewes, E. division of Sussex, 4 miles (E.) from Brighton. It is also a civil parish. The village, in ancient records termed Rottington, is pleasantly situated near the coast, on the Newhaven road; and is celebrated for its wells, which are nearly empty at high water, but rise as the tide ebbs, and which, from their salubrious qualities, are in considerable repute. The church, which is in the early English style, with a low massive tower in the centre, has undergone a thorough repair, and contains a handsome monument to the Rev. Dr. Hooker, the late vicar, erected by the parishioners.

The Anglican Parish of St Margaret is an Ancient Parish and parts of the nave of the building date from the 12th century. The history of the Church is described at Sussex Parish Churches Brighton and Hove St Margaret Rottingdean

The Parish church on The Green has been designated as a Grade II* listed building

Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

Other places of worship in Rottingdean include

Former Balsdean Chapel see Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace (Roman Catholic) Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) Roedean School Chapel Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC) St Dunstan's Chapel [http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?p=449&amp;k=1157&amp;t=Church+ Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)) St Martha, Star of the Sea Convent Chapel (Roman Catholic)

Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove Woodingdean Wikipedia Woodingdean was formed from the ancient parish of Rottingdean. Woodingdean Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Other places of worship in Woodingdean include

Former Chapel Holy Cross (Anglican) Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) Kingdom Hall Methodist Church St Patrick 9Roman Catholic) Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

list of places to worship in Brighton and Hove Wikipedia

See also Rottingdean Wikipedia and St Margaret Rottingdean Wikipedia

Civil Registration
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
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Census records
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The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organization of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. 

Poor Law Unions
Newhaven Poor Law Union, Sussex

Probate records
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.

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