Birdham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Apuldram
- Donnington
- Earnley and Almodington
- West Wittering
- East Wittering
- Bosham
- Sidlesham
- West Itchenor
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BIRDHAM, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on Chichester harbour, and on the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, 4 miles SW of Chichester r. station.
It has a post office under Chichester. Acres, 1,948; of which 140 are water. Real property, £3,762. Pop., 436. Houses, 99. The property is subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £396. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. The church is good; and there is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Sussex, Birdham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sussex monumental inscriptions : six churches around Chichester : Apuldram, Birdham, Earnley, West Itchenor, West Stoke, Westhampnett
Author: Sussex Family History Group
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Birdham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1861 ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1861 – Indexes ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1871 ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1871 – Indexes ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1881 ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1881 – Indexes ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1891 ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
Birdham, West Sussex census 1851-1891
Author: Sussex County Record Office
England, Sussex, Birdham – Census – Indexes ( 2 )
An index of the 1851-1891 census of Birdham
Author: Pledger, Peter
Selsey Manhood, Selsey Peninsular South of Chichester, West Sussex census index covering five census returns, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)
England, Sussex, Birdham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Birdham, 1591-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Parish registers of Birdham, 1538-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Rate books of Birdham, 1853-1902
Author: Birdham (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Birdham, Sussex, England
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Birdham – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Birdham, West Sussex : an index of the marriages, 1539-1840
Author: Pilbeam, P. E., Mrs.; Leeson, Francis L.
Computer printout of Birdham, Suss., Eng
Computer printout of Birdham, Sussex, England (1538-1875) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Computer printout of Birdham, Sussex, England, 1538-1877 : births or christenings
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Parish register printouts of Birdham, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1538-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Sussex, Birdham – Land and property ( 1 )
Rate books of Birdham, 1853-1902
Author: Birdham (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Birdham – Manors – Court records ( 3 )
Court records for the manor of Manhood hundred, 1420-1697
Author: Manhood Manor (Sussex). Court
Court records for the manors of Cakeham and Manhood, 1670-1883
Author: Cakeham Manor (Sussex). Court; Manhood Manor (Sussex). Court
Manorial court records for Birdham, 1845-1852
Author: Manor of Birdham. Court (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Birdham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Rate books of Birdham, 1853-1902
Author: Birdham (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Removal orders from Birdham, 1679-1838
Author: Birdham (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Birdham – Schools ( 2 )
Admission registers of Manhood school, 1817-1940
Author: Manhood School (Sussex)
The early years of the Birdham National School
Author: Dewey, Mike
England, Sussex, Birdham – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Birdham, 1780-1831, 1861
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)
Rate books of Birdham, 1853-1902
Author: Birdham (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Birdham (Sussex)
Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Westhampnett
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Boxgrove
- Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
- Hundred: Manhood
- Province: Canterbury
