Twineham, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Twineham



Parish History
Twineham St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex.

A history of the church Twineham St Peter

The churchyard includes a Quaker burial ground 1694-1732.

The Parish Church of St Peter has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Twineham Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

See also:

Twineham Wikipedia list of places of worship in Mid Sussex Wikipediaand A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 404-407. 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.

This parish was part of Cuckfield registration district from September 1837. see further details To apply for certificates please contact West Sussex Centralised Certificates Office Registration Service West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester PO19 1RN 01243 642122

Church records
West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1716-1878 Marr 1716-1999 Bur 1716-1998 Bishop's Transcripts 1606-1893

Contact West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD Phone: 01243 753602 Fax: 01243 533959 Email: records.office@westsussex.gov.uk

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

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Cuckfield 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

Web sites
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