East Preston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1708
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PRESTON (East), a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, ½ a mile S E of Angmering r. station, and 3 E of Littlehampton. Post-town, Littlehampton, under Arundel. Acres, 609; of which 120 are water. Real property, £1, 439. Pop., 320. Houses, 55. A workhouse for 19 parishes, constituting the East Preston poor-law union, is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 82 inmates. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Ferring, in the diocese of Chichester. Charities, £14.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Cemeteries ( 3 )
East Preston church, the old church and its memorials
Author: Standing, Richard
East Preston, Sussex, monumental inscriptions
Parish register transcripts, 1573-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for East Preston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Census – Indexes ( 2 )
An index of the East Preston census, 1851-1881 : an alphabetical names index of the census enumerators’ schedules for the parish of East Prestion in West Sussex, 1851-1881
Author: Clark, Harry; Clark, Margaret
An index of the East Preston census, 1891
Author: Clark, Harry; Clark, Margaret
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for East Preston, 1590-1911
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1842-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Parish register transcripts, 1573-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Parish register transcripts, 1584-1624
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex); Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Dunking, E. H. W.
Parish registers of East Preston, 1709-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of East Preston, Sussex, England, 1584-1629
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of East Preston, Suss., Eng
Computer printout of East Preston, Sussex, England (1573-1878) : births or christenings
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Computer printout of East Preston, Sussex, England (1573-1878) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Parish register printouts of East Preston, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1709-1878
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Civil registration ( 1 )
Births and deaths 1869-1914
Author: East Preston Workhouse
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Land and property ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1842-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Manorial court records for East Preston, 1663-1691
Author: Manor of East Preston. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Weeke, 1671-1758
Author: Manor of Weeke. Court (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Births and deaths 1869-1914
Author: East Preston Workhouse
East Preston workhouse records, 1869-1914
Author: East Preston Union (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of East Preston school, 1869-1940
Author: East Preston School (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, East Preston – Taxation ( 2 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1842-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Preston (Sussex)
Land tax assessments for the parish of East Preston, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)
Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Worthing
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Arundel
- Poor Law Union: East Preston
- Hundred: Poling
- Province: Canterbury
