Bury Sussex Family History Guide

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Bury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: West Burton.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURY, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish is in Chichester district; lies on the river Arun, 1¼ mile NW of Amberley r. station, and 5 SSE of Petworth; includes the tything of West Burton; and has a post office under Petworth. Acres, 3,340. Real property, £4,046. Pop., 500. Houses, 109.

Bury Hill here is crowned with a large barrow.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £300. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church was recently restored.

There are national schools, and charities £40.

The hundred is in the rape of Arundel; and contains eight parishes and part of another. Pop., 4,125. Houses, 803.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Bury – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bury, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Sussex, Bury – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Bury, 1590-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bury (Sussex)

Bury, 1558-1706, 1700-1837 : a transcript of the earliest parish register for Bury (W.S.R.O. Par. 33/1/1/1), collated with the Bishops’ transcripts
Author: Falconer, Lionel; Pledger, Peter; Church of England. Parish Church of Bury (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1584-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bury (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Surname indexed transcript for the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Bury, 1558-1900
Author: Parish Register Transcription Society

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Bury, Sussex, England, 1584-1706
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Bury (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bury – History ( 1 )
All about Bury : a beautiful Sussex village
Author: Brown, Lilian E

England, Sussex, Bury – Land and property ( 1 )
Rate books of Bury, 1816-1858
Author: Bury (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bury – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Bury, 1386-1686
Author: Manor of Bury. Court (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Rate books of Bury, 1816-1858
Author: Bury (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bury – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Bury, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Rate books of Bury, 1816-1858
Author: Bury (Sussex)

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Chichester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Arundel
  • Poor Law Union: Sutton
  • Hundred: Bury
  • Province: Canterbury