Slinfold, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex   Sussex Parishes

Parish History
SLINFOLD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Horsham, partly in the hundred of East Easwrith, rape of Bramber, but chiefly in the hundred of West Easwrith, rape of Arundel, W. division of Sussex, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Horsham. It is intersected by the road from Horsham to Guildford. The church is an ancient edifice, with a low tower.

Slinfold St Peter is an Ancient Parish, other places of worship include Slinfold United Reformed (formerly Congregational) Church. Congregational Church Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

The Parish Church of St Peter Clapgate Lane has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

A history of the parish church is available at Sussex Parish Churches Slinfold St Peter

See also list of places of worhip in Horsham and Slinfold 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 the Horsham 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 Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Horsham 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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