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Guide to '''Forest Row, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | |||
Forest Row Holy Trinity | {{Infobox England Jurisdictions | ||
| image = Forest Row Holy Trinity East Sussex.jpg | |||
| caption = | |||
| Type = [[Ecclesiastical Parish ]] | |||
| County = Sussex | |||
| Hundred = East Grinstead | |||
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/EastGrinstead/ East Grinstead] | |||
| Registration District = East Grinstead | |||
| PRbegin = 1850 | |||
| BTbegin = 1850 | |||
| 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 == | |||
FOREST-ROW, a hamlet, in the '''parish '''and union of East Grinsted, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 3 miles (S. E.) from East Grinsted, on the road to Lewes and Tonbridge-Wells. A'''chapel''' of ease, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in 1835 by subscription, containing 436 sittings; it is built of stone procured in the neighbourhood, and is a neat edifice with a tower surmounted by a spire.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50968 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 250-253. Date accessed: 27 September 2013</ref> | |||
[http:// | <br> Forest Row Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical parish which was formed originally as an 1839 chaplery built within [[East Grinstead, Sussex]] Ancient Parish and which was formed as a district in 1850 and later as a parish. Forest Row is a village and large civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex three miles south of East Grinstead and within Ashdown Forest. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Row+ Forest Row Wikipedia] | ||
A history of both Holy Trinity and St Dunstan Ashurst Wood is available [http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/164/34/+ Forest Row Sussex Parish Churches] | |||
The church of Holy Trinity Lewes Road Forest Row has been designated as a grade II listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-296064-the-parish-church-of-the-holy-trinity-fo+ British listed building] [http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?cy=52&b=index.php&t=parish&k=514&l=102+ Forest Row Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC)] which includes Baptist Chapel, Hartfield Road Bethesda Chapel Brambletye Chapel Cemetery Chapel Forest Chapel, Broadstone Warren Notre Dame Convent Our Lady of the Forest Catholic Church Providence Church St Richard de Wych (Ashdown Park) | |||
See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_of_worship_in_Wealden+ a list of places to worship in Wealden Wikipedia] | |||
==== | == Resources == | ||
=== Find Neighboring Parishes === | |||
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map] | |||
::*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 === | |||
*'''1700-1900''' {{FSC|290129|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions, Forest Row, Sussex, England, Abt. 1700-1950}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images | |||
=== | === Civil Registration === | ||
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br> | |||
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br> | |||
For civil registration history see [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/east%20grinstead.html+ East Grinstead registration district]<br>Certificates may be obtained from<br>East Sussex The Register Office<br>Town Hall <br>Grove Road <br>Eastbourne <br>BN21 4UG Phone01323 464780 Fax 01323 431386 email eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk | |||
=== | === Church Records === | ||
''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 ==== | |||
<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''''' | |||
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|- | |||
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Forest Row 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 ($) | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/sussex-burials 1600s-1800s] </center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-East Sussex ($) | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62125/ 1800s-1900s] </center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62126/ 1700s-1900s]</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62128/ 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 | |||
[https:// | ====Nonconformist Records==== | ||
"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 and images; coverage may vary | |||
=== Census Records === | |||
{{British Census|464162}} | |||
=== Poor Law Unions === | |||
[[East Grinstead Poor Law Union, Sussex]] | [[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|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. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | |||
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | |||
== Websites == | |||
== | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} {{Sussex}} | |||
[[Category:Sussex]] | [[Category:Sussex Parishes]] |
Latest revision as of 13:21, 14 June 2024
Guide to Forest Row, Sussex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Forest Row, Sussex | |
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Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | East Grinstead |
County | Sussex |
Poor Law Union | East Grinstead |
Registration District | East Grinstead |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1850 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1850 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Lewes |
Diocese | Chichester |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes |
Location of Archive | |
Sussex Record Office | |
Parish History
FOREST-ROW, a hamlet, in the parish and union of East Grinsted, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 3 miles (S. E.) from East Grinsted, on the road to Lewes and Tonbridge-Wells. Achapel of ease, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in 1835 by subscription, containing 436 sittings; it is built of stone procured in the neighbourhood, and is a neat edifice with a tower surmounted by a spire.[1]
Forest Row Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical parish which was formed originally as an 1839 chaplery built within East Grinstead, Sussex Ancient Parish and which was formed as a district in 1850 and later as a parish. Forest Row is a village and large civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex three miles south of East Grinstead and within Ashdown Forest. Forest Row Wikipedia
A history of both Holy Trinity and St Dunstan Ashurst Wood is available Forest Row Sussex Parish Churches
The church of Holy Trinity Lewes Road Forest Row has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building Forest Row Sussex Online Parish Clerks(OPC) which includes Baptist Chapel, Hartfield Road Bethesda Chapel Brambletye Chapel Cemetery Chapel Forest Chapel, Broadstone Warren Notre Dame Convent Our Lady of the Forest Catholic Church Providence Church St Richard de Wych (Ashdown Park)
See also a list of places to worship in Wealden Wikipedia
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- 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
Cemeteries
- 1700-1900 Monumental Inscriptions, Forest Row, Sussex, England, Abt. 1700-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
For civil registration history see East Grinstead registration district
Certificates may be obtained from
East Sussex The Register Office
Town Hall
Grove Road
Eastbourne
BN21 4UG Phone01323 464780 Fax 01323 431386 email eastbourne.registrar@eastsussex.gov.uk
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
Forest Row Online Parish Records | ||||||
FamilySearch Collections-Sussex | ||||||
FamilySearch Parish Registers-Sussex | ||||||
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
FreeREG | ||||||
Findmypast-Sussex ($) | ||||||
Ancestry-East Sussex ($) | ||||||
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
||||
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
National Burial Index-FMP (Free) |
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- The Genealogist Parish Registers -Sussex ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images; coverage may vary
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
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.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 250-253. Date accessed: 27 September 2013