Uckfield, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Uckfield Holy Cross was formed initially as a chapelry within Buxted, Sussex Ancient Parish and as an Ecclesiastical Parish in 1846.

A history of the churches Uckfield Holy Cross and St Saviour churches

The parish church of Holy Cross has been designated a grade II listed building British listed building

The church of St Saviour was formed from this parish in the 1960's

See also:

Uckfield Wikipedia and A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 411-414. here

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
Deposited parish Records held at East Sussex Record Office

The church was rebuilt by William Moseley in 1839 on the site of an earlier and smaller church, of which the tower and parts of the chancel walls were incorporated into the new structure. It is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and was extended in 1889. Until 1846 the church was a chapel-of-ease to Buxted, Sussex. It then became a separate parish with its own perpetual curate, who became a rector in 1865. A chapel-of-ease, St Saviour, Framfield Road, opened in 1904 and was a temporary structure of wood and iron; it remained in use until 1971. A new building opened in 1972 in part of a block of flats for the elderly. Contents: INCUMBENT PAR496/1/1 Early registers, 1530-1812 PAR496/1/2 Baptism registers, 1813-1994 PAR496/1/3 Marriage registers, 1813-1989 PAR496/1/4 Banns registers, 1931-1944 PAR496/ 1/5 Burial registers, 1813-1938 PAR496/2 Records relating to the parish registers and interments, 1747-2002 PAR496/3 Service registers, 1889-2000 PAR496/4 Buildings, 1741-1983 PAR496/5 Licences, 1877-1962 PAR496/6 Income of the benefice, 1846-1950 PAR496/7 Incumbent's other records, 1831-1995 CHURCHWARDENS PAR496/8 Rates, 1828-1871 PAR496/9 Accounts, 1704-1937 PAR496/10 Property, 1672 - [1951] PAR496/11 Churchwardens' other records, c1815-1957 VESTRY PAR496/12 Minutes, 1623-1940 PAR496/13 Other vestry records, 1852-1889 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL PAR496/14 Minutes, 1926-1993 PAR496/15 Accounts, 1931-1934 PAR496/16 Other Parochial Church Council records, 1915-1976 STATUTORY DEPOSITS PAR496/21 Tithe, [1841] - 1932 PAR496/22 Railway records, 1852 PAR496/24 CHARITY, 1740-1994 PAR496/25 SCHOOLS, 1850-1976 PAR496/26 OTHER RECORDS, 1849-1913 PAR496/29 CONSTABLES, 1838-1841 OVERSEERS PAR496/30 Rates, 1702-1834 PAR496/31 Accounts, 1704-1835 PAR496/32/1 Settlement certificates, 1699-1786 PAR496/32/2 Removal orders from parish, 1668-1786 PAR496/ 32/3 Removal orders to parish, 1697-1786 PAR496/32/4 Settlement examinations, 1735-1784 PAR496/33 Apprenticeship, 1653-1760 PAR496/34/1 Bastardy examinations, 1724-1770 PAR496/34/2 Warrants to arrest putative fathers, 1706-1782 PAR496/ 34/3 Bastardy bonds, 1680-1780 PAR496/34/4 Maintenance orders, 1724-1779 PAR496/35 Other settlement records, 1671-1783 PAR496/37 Other Overseers' records, 1697-1847 SURVEYORS PAR496/39 Rates, 1837-1840 PAR496/40 Accounts 1724 PAR496/41 Other records, 1725 PAR496/43 OTHER CHURCH BODIES; 1905-1975

Uckfield Holy Cross records held at West Sussex Record Office Bishop’s transcripts 1664-1883

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

Census records
See Sussex Census

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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