Goring by Sea, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Goring by Sea is an Ancient Parish in Sussex. The current church of St Mary replaced the former St Lawrence Norman church.

The history of the 3 Anglican churches is described Goring St Laurence, St Mary and St Richard

See also Goring -on-Sea Wikipedia and A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 315-319. 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
Goring St Lawrence/St Mary

West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1560-1876 Marr 1560-1910 Bur 1560-1892

Bishop's Transcripts 1571-1902

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

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

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
East Preston Poor Law Union, Sussex

Sutton (East Preston) 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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