Eastbourne Holy Trinity, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Eastbourne Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Sussex, created in 1847 from Eastbourne St Mary, Sussex

A chapel of ease, now a district church, was erected in 1838, on the road between Southbourne and Sea-Houses, in the lancet style,with a square embattled tower, surmounted by small pinnacles; it is dedicated to the Trinity, and contains528 sittings, of which 260 are free. There are places ofworship for Independents and Wesleyans. The poor law union of Eastbourne comprises 14 parishes or places,and contains a population of 7950: the workhouse was originally cavalry barracks, which, on the formation of the union, were converted to their present purpose.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 124-127. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50934 Date accessed: 01 May 2011.

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
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Census records
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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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Web sites
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