Aldingbourne, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Aldingbourne St Mary is an Ancient parish which includes Lidsey and Westergate.

The history of the church may be foun Sussex parish churches

The church has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 26-31. here.

See also Aldingbourne 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.

Church records
Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection Contact West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD Phone: 01243 753602 Fax: 01243 533959 Email: records.office@westsussex.gov.uk

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Westhampnett 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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