Brighton All Souls, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Brighton All Souls was an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Sussex, created in 1834 from Brighton St Nicholas, Sussex.

All Souls Church was a simple stuccoed building whose main feature was a low tower with a clock face which was a later addition. The interior had galleries on three sides with box pews an a central three-decker pulpit.

The church was re-modelled in 1879 by Edmund Scott and Hyde. There were stained glass windows by Kempe, some of which are now in Norwich Cathedral.

The building was demolished during road widening in 1968.

ALL SOULS, Eastern Road, was built in 1833 of brick with a cement facing in the Classic style. It was designed by Mr. Maw, but remodelled in 1879 by Edmund Scott. It has a nave with aisles beneath a gallery, which runs also on the west, and a chancel with chapels partitioned off its north and south aisles. There is a tower at the north-west with the entrance at its base.

From 'The borough of Brighton', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7: The rape of Lewes (1940), pp. 244-263. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56961&amp;strquery=Brighton Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Brighton 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.

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Web sites
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