Hastings St Leonards, Silverhill,St Peter & St Paul, Sussex Genealogy

England Sussex

Parish History
The 1969 building of the church of St Peter and St Paul Silverhill added a further parish to the development of Hastings St Leonard-on-Sea.

The history of the church is available at Sussex Parish Churches St Peter and St Paul The OPC for Hastings Chris Swarbrooke Web site:Hastings OPC

Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) Silverhill St Peter and St Paul

see also Hastings Places of worship 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.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851


 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.