East Grinstead, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
East Grinstead St Swithin (sometimes Swithun) is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Sussex. Other places in the parish include: Ashurst, Burliegh Arches Manor, and Clarkes Manor.

St Swithun church history

The church of St Swithun has been designated as agrade B listed Building British listed building

From the Ancient parish the following were formed:

St Mary church history

St Barnabas Sunnyside

St Luke Stone Quarry

See also East Grinstead Wikipedia for history of the Anglican Church development in the town and the four churches.

Also A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 344-347. here

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
East Grinstead St. Swithun records held at West Sussex Record Office

Bap 1638-1897 Marr 1638-1926 Bur 1638-1867 Bishop’s transcripts 1606-1899 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

Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
East Grinstead 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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