Hastings St Leonards Christ Church, Sussex Genealogy

England Sussex

Parish History
Hastings St Leonards-on-Sea, Christ Church East Sussex London Road was built by architect Sir Arthur Blomfield between 1878-1881 to meet the needs of the expanding development of St Leonards-on-Sea.

The history of the parish is described by Sussex Parish Churches Christ Church St Leonards-on-Sea and St Leonards-on-Sea Churches

Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) St Leonards on Sea Christ Church The OPC for Hastings Chris Swarbrooke Web site:Hastings OPC

See also Hastings Places of worship Wikipedia and Christ Church St Leonards 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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain

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