Nutley, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex  Sussex Parishes

Parish History
NUTLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Basingstoke, hundred of Bermondspit, Basingstoke and North divisions of the county of Southampton. Five miles South South West from the town of Basingstoke, county of Southampton. The Basingstoke canal and the South-Western railway pass through the parish. Nutley St James the Less was formed in 1847 from Maresfield, Sussex Ancient Parish and is a parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex.

A history of the church St James the Less

Nutley St James the Less Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC) Other places of worship include Forest Hall, Dodds Bank Maresfield (Roman Catholic)Chapel, Nutley now demolished Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

See also Nutley East Sussex Wikipedia and list of places of worship in Wealden 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 Uckfield registration district from September 1837. see further details To apply for certificates please contact East Sussex The Register Office Town Hall Grove Road Eastbourne BN21 4UG Phone 01323 464780 Fax 01323 431386 eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk

Church records
Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Uckfield 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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