Rumboldswyke, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Rumboldswyke

Parish History
Rumboldswyke is adjacent to and part of the cathedral city of Chichester West Sussex.

It is an Ancient Parish which included Hornet.

The Church of St Mary (formerly St Rumbold) was declared redundant in 1994 and the building was converted for use by the Diocesan Architect see Sussex Parish Churches for history of the church Chichester St Mary Rumboldswyke

The church has been designated as a grade B listed building British listed building

The parish became part of Whyke with Rumboldswyke &amp; Portsfield but later was merged into Chichester parish.

See also Chichester Wikipedia

Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Other places of worship in Whyke with Rumboldswhyke &amp; Portsfield include

All Saints, Portsfield Baptist Chapel Cemetery Chapel, Portsfield Christian Scientist Chapel St George, Whyke United Methodist Church

See Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

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.

From 1837 this parish was in the Westhmpnett registration district From 1935 this became part of Chichester registration district Certificates can be ordered from West Sussex Centralised Certificates Office Registration Service West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester PO19 1RN Phone: 01243 642122

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

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Westhampnett 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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