Selham, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Sussex Parishes

Parish History
SELHAM (St. James), a parish, in the union of Midhurst, hundred of Eastbourne, rape of Chichester, W. division of Sussex, 3½ miles (W. by S.) from Petworth. The Rother, or Arundel, navigation passes through. Part of the parish is within the parliamentary borough of Midhurst. The church is in the early English style; the chancel is separated from the nave by a circular arch supported by slight columns with ornamental capitals.

Church history Selham St James

St James Church Graffham Selham has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Selham Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

See also Selham 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 the history of civil registration can be found at Midhurst registration district Certificates can be ordered from West Sussex Centralised Certificates Office Registration Service West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester PO19 1RN Phone: 01243 642122

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

Poor Law Unions
Midhurst 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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