Litlington, Sussex Genealogy

Guide to Litlington, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
LITTLINGTON, a parish, in the union of Eastbourne, hundred of Longbridge, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 10 miles (S. E.) from Lewes.

Litlington St Michael the Archangel is an Ancient Parish in the Cuckmere Valley in the Wealden district of East Sussex.

Church History Litlington St Michael The parish church of St Michael has been designated asa grade I listed building British listed building

Litlington Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

The civil parish of Cuckmere Valley includes the Ancient Parish Cuckmere Valley Wikipedia

See also Litlington East Sussex 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 Eastbourne registration district Certificates may be obtained from East Sussex The Register Office Town Hall Grove Road Eastbourne BN21 4UG Phone 01323 464780 Fax01323 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 FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection&lt;br

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions
Eastbourne 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.

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

Websites
http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Litlington/