Pagham, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Pagham St thomas a Becket is an Ancient Parish and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex

For history of the church Pagham St Thomas a Becket

The parish church of St Thomas a Becket has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Pagham 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
St Thomas a Becket Pagham

West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1707-1978 Marr 1707-1963 Bur 1701-1969 Bishop's Transcripts 1610-1911

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

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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