Chiddingly, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex    Sussex Parishes



Parish History
CHIDDINGLY, aparish, in the union of Hailsham, hundred of Shiplake, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 7 miles (S. E.) from Uckfield.

Chiddingly is an Ancient Parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex.

The history of the church which has no dedicatory name Chiddingly

Chiddingly Parish church has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed Building

Chiddingly Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

See also Wikipedia a list of places to 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.

For civil registration history see Hailsham registration district Certificates may be obtained from East Sussex,The Register Office, Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4UG Phone 01323 464780Fax 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 Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Hailsham 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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