Easebourne, Sussex Genealogy

England Sussex     Sussex Parishes

Parish History
EASEBOURNE (St. Margaret), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Midhurst, hundred of Easebourne, rape of Chichester, W. division of Sussex, 1 mile (N. E.) from Midhurst; There is a small Roman Catholic '''chapel. '''

Easebourne St Mary is an Ancient parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex.

Easebourne St Mary church history Easebourne St Mary

The parish church of St Mary has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

Easebourne Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

see alsoEasebourne Wikipedia and A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 124-127. 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.

From 1837 the history of civil registration can be found at Midhurst 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
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

Poor Law Unions
Midhurst 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