East Dean St Simon and St Jude (East Sussex), Sussex Genealogy

England Sussex



Parish History
East Dean St Simon and St Jude is an Anceint Parish near Eastbourne in East Sussex; a history of the church may be found East Dean near Eastbourne

This parish should not be confused with East Dean (West Sussex) or East Dean, Sussex All Saints

The parish church of St Simon and St Jude has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

East Dean St Simon and St Jude Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

See also east Dean and Friston 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.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Census records
See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions
Eastbourne 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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.