Hurstpierpoint, Sussex Genealogy

Guide to Hurstpierpoint, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HURST-PIERREPOINT (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Cuckfield, hundred of Buttinghill, rape of Lewes, E. division of Sussex, 9 miles (N.) from Brighton; The Independents and Wesleyans have each a place of worship.

Hurstpierpoint Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex. Other places in the parish include: Sayers Common. The civil parish of Hurstpierpoint with Sayers Common is in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex.

Hustpierpoint St George was formed as a chapelry in this parish. The history of both churches is found at Hurstpierpoint Holy Trinity and St George

The parish church of Holy Trinity has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

The church of St George has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Hurstpierpoint Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC) includes other places of Worship

The parish of Christ Church Sayers Common was formed from this parish see Sayers Common Sussex Online Parish Clerks (OPC) and Christ Church Sayers Common

See also: Hurstpierpoint Wikipedia and list of places of Worship in Mid Sussex Wikipedia

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 591-594. 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.

This parish was part of Cuckfield registration district from September 1837. see further details To apply for certificates please contact West Sussex Centralized Certificates Office Registration Service West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester PO19 1RN 01243 642122

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1558-1978 Marr 1559-1969 Bur 1558-1972 Bishop's Transcripts 1607-1894

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census Records
1911 Census for England and Wales (Findmypast)

Poor Law Unions
Cuckfield 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

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SSX/Hurstpierpoint/