New Fishbourne, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex     New Fishbourne

Parish History
New Fishbourne St Peter and St Mary is in the village and civil parish of Fishbourne in the Chichester District of West Sussex.

The church of St Peter and St Mary Appeldram Lane Fishbourne which has 13th century origins has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC) New Fishbourne St Peter and St Mary The OPC for New Fishbourne also has a One Place Study of New Fisbourne Holly Pickthall One Place Study of New Fishbourne which includes an alphabetical list of names and Census transcripts

Fishbourne Primitive Methodist Chapel List of demolished worship places in West Sussex

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 this parish was in the Westhmpnett registration district From 1935 this became part of Chichester 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
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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Westhampnett 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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