Arundel, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Arundel St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Chichester.

A history of both St Nicholas and the Fitzalan chapel {http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/367/33/+ Sussex Parish Churches]

The church of St Nicholas dates from 1380 and has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady and St Philip Howard see Arundel Cathedral

See also:

Arundel Wikipedia

Arundel Castle

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 73-77. 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
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Census records
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Arundel Gilbert Poor Law Union
Arundel 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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