Netherfield St John the Baptist, Sussex Genealogy

Parish History
Netherfield St John the Baptist was formed from the Ancient Parish of Battle, Sussex; the hamlet of Netherfield is part of the civil parish of Battle in the Rother District of East Sussex.

The church was consecrated in 1856 and the history of the church is described at Sussex Parish Churches St John the Baptist

The church of St John the Baptist has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) Netherfield includes information about the former Netherield Congregational Chapel dating from 1892 and now demolished Netherfield Congregational Chapel

See also Battle 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.

This parish was part of Battle Registration District from 1837.

Ceertiificates 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

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

Websites
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