Haywards Heath, St Richard, Sussex Genealogy

Parish History
The Anglican parish of St Richard replaced a temporary church building in Haywards Heath in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex and dates from the 1930s.

The church has been designated as a grade II listed building.

See also List of Places of worship in Mid Sussex St Richard's Church Haywards Heath 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
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

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
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.