Ford, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Ford St Andrew is an Ancient Parish in Sussex.

FORD, a parish, in the hundred of Avisford, rape of Arundel, W. division of Sussex, 5½ miles (S. S. W.)from Arundel; containing 70 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by the river Arun, and comprises 470 computed acres; the surface is level, and the soil for the greater part rich. The Portsmouth and Arundel canal,commencing from the river Arun, passes through the parish, and is supplied with water from that stream bya steam-engine erected for the purpose. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 6. 8.,and in the gift of the Bishop of Chichester: the tithes have been commuted for £235, and the glebe comprises one acre. The church is principally in the decorated English style.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 248-250. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50967 Date accessed: 08 May 2011.

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
West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1630-1792;1813-1881 Marr 1646-1876 Bur 1645-1925

Bishop's Transcripts 1572-1898

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
East Preston Poor Law Union, Sussex

Sutton (East Preston) 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
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Web sites
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