Willingdon, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Willingdon



Parish History
Willingdon St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex and includes both villages of Upper and Lower Willingdon. The civil parish is that of Willingdon and Jevington Willingdon and Jevington Wikipedia

A history of the church Eastbourne St Mary Willingdon

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Church Street Willington and Jevington has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Willingdon Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

Langney was formerly part of this parish see Langney Christ the King (Roman Catholic), Sussex

See also list of places of worship in Wealden 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.

For civil registration history see Eastbourne registration district Certificates may be obtained from East Sussex The Register Office Town Hall Grove Road Eastbourne BN21 4UG Phone 01323 464780 Fax01323 431386 email eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk

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
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Eastbourne 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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