Worth, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Worth St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish and was one of the largest parishes in West sussex until later ecclesiastical parish creations within the ancient parish boundaries.

It included Tilgate Forest, South Malling-Lindfield Manor, Crawley Down, Burleigh Arches Manor, Clarkes Manor, and Old House Warren.

The surviving Saxon church which is Grade 1 listed is believed to have been built between 950-1050 AD and was subsequently restored in successive centuries. A tower was added in the 1870's and after a fire in 1986 the present roof and restoration was completed in 1988.

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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Poor Law Unions
East Grinstead 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.

1552

 * 1552 Lay Subsidy, Worth Parish, Buttinghill Hundred, Sussex. Original at TNA ; microfilm copy at FHL.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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