Buxted, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     Buxted

Parish History
Buxted is an Ancient Parish in East Sussex and has other churches within the parish boundary.

The old parish church of St Margaret of Scotland within Buxted Park has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building



The church of St Mary replaced this old church and is in the village centre and was consecrated in 1887



The parish church of Holy Trinity High Hurstwood dates from 1870-1871 and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building and was formed from this Ancient Parish.



Buxted Methodist Church was built in 1907

See Also Buxted 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.

This parish was part of Uckfield registration district from September 1837. see further details To apply for certificates please contact East Sussex The Register Office Town Hall Grove Road Eastbourne BN21 4UG Phone 01323 464780 Fax 01323 431386 eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk

Church records
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Buxted Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

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

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Uckfield 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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