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[[Image:St Mary Balcombe West Sussex.jpg|thumb|right|Balcombe St Mary]]


Guide to '''Balcombe, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
== Parish History  ==


{{England Parish Infobox
Balcombe St Mary is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.<br>
| Place = Balcombe
| default =
| image = St Mary Balcombe West Sussex.jpg
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Sussex
| Hundred = Buttinghill
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Cuckfield/ Cuckfield]
| Registration District = Cuckfield
| PRbegin = 1539
| BTbegin = 1606
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Chichester
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Lewes
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Sussex Record Office]]
}}


== Parish History ==
A history of the church can be found [http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/364/33/+ Balcombe St Mary]<br>


BALCOMB (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the union of Cuckfield, partly in the hundred of Street, but chiefly in the hundred of Buttinghill, rape of Lewes, E. division of Sussex, 4 miles (N.) from Cuckfield.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50775#s2 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 132-136. Date Accessed: 16 September 2013</ref>. It is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex. A history of the church can be found at Vision of Britain through Time.<ref>John Marius Wilson, [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8224 ''GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Balcombe in Mid Sussex | Map and description''] (1870-72) Date accessed: 09th January 2014</ref>. It has been designated as a grade I listed building. <ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-302362-the-parish-church-of-st-mary-balcombe+ ''British listed building'']</ref><br>  
The Parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade I listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-302362-the-parish-church-of-st-mary-balcombe+ British listed building]<br>  


== Resources ==
[http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?cy=52&n=Balcombe&b=index.php&t=Parish&k=157&l=102+ Balcombe Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)]<br>
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
See: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 132-136. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50775+ here] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balcombe,_West_Sussex+ Balcombe Wikipedia]<br>  
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Cemeteries ===
Rocks Lane Baptist Chapel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demolished_places_of_worship_in_West_Sussex+ List of demolished worship places in West Sussex]<br>
*'''1539-1837''' {{FSC|499841|title-id|disp=Parish Register Transcripts}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
* {{FSC|1198976|title-id|disp=The Parish Church of St. Mary's, Balcombe, Monumental Inscriptions}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


=== Civil Registration ===
== Resources  ==


Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
==== Civil Registration ====
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>


This parish was part of Cuckfield registration district from September 1837. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/cuckfield.html+ see further details] To apply for certificates please contact <br>West Sussex <br>Centralized Certificates Office<br>Registration Service<br>West Sussex Record Office<br>County Hall<br>Chichester<br>PO19 1RN<br>01243 642122
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  


=== Church Records ===
This parish was part of Cuckfield registration district from September 1837. [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/cuckfield.html+ see further details] To apply for certificates please contact <br>West Sussex <br>Centralised Certificates Office<br>Registration Service<br>West Sussex Record Office<br>County Hall<br>Chichester<br>PO19 1RN<br>01243 642122<br><br>  
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


==== Church of England ====
==== Church records  ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Balcombe Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Sussex
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CSussex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CSussex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CSussex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Sussex
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1465706|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1465706|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1465706|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Sussex ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-burials 1600s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-West Sussex ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62121/ 1500s-1800s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62129/ 1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62121/ 1500s-1800s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62131/ 1700s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62121/ 1500s-1800s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62132/ 1800s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
|-
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/sussex-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers -Sussex] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records


====Nonconformist Records====
West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1540-1943 Marr 1540-1969 Bur 1539-1928 Bishop's Transcripts 1606-1893 <br>
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary


=== Census Records ===
Contact West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex<br>PO19 1DD <br>Phone: 01243 753602<br>Fax: 01243 533959<br>Email: records.office@westsussex.gov.uk <br>
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
 
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection {{FHL|England%2C+Sussex%2C+Balcombe|subject|disp=Balcombe}}
 
==== Census records  ====
 
See [[Sussex Census]]  
 
==== Poor Law Unions  ====


[[Cuckfield Poor Law Union, Sussex]]  
[[Cuckfield Poor Law Union, Sussex]]  


=== Probate Records ===
==== Probate records ====


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Sussex Probate Records|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.
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Sussex Probate Records|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 and Gazetteers  ==


Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.  
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 
== Websites  ==


== References  ==
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


{{Reflist}}
== Web sites  ==


{{Sussex}}
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.


[[Category:Sussex Parishes]]
[[Category:Sussex]]

Revision as of 21:28, 14 October 2011

England  Gotoarrow.png  Sussex   Gotoarrow.png  Balcombe

Balcombe St Mary

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Balcombe St Mary is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.

A history of the church can be found Balcombe St Mary

The Parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Balcombe Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)

See: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 132-136. here and Balcombe Wikipedia

Rocks Lane Baptist Chapel List of demolished worship places in West Sussex

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

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 Cuckfield registration district from September 1837. see further details To apply for certificates please contact
West Sussex
Centralised Certificates Office
Registration Service
West Sussex Record Office
County Hall
Chichester
PO19 1RN
01243 642122

Church records[edit | edit source]

West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1540-1943 Marr 1540-1969 Bur 1539-1928 Bishop's Transcripts 1606-1893

Contact West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex
PO19 1DD
Phone: 01243 753602
Fax: 01243 533959
Email: records.office@westsussex.gov.uk

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

Census records[edit | edit source]

See Sussex Census

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Cuckfield Poor Law Union, Sussex

Probate records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

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