Edburton Sussex Family History Guide

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Edburton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Fulking.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include:  

Adjacent Parishes

  • Old Shoreham
  • Upper Beeding
  • Portslade
  • Henfield
  • Woodmancote
  • Poynings

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EDBURTON, a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; on the S. Downs, 3½ miles E of Steyning r. station. It includes the hamlet of Fulking; and its post town is Steyning, under Hurstpierpoint. Acres, 2, 651. Real property, £820. Pop., 300. Houses, 67. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £379. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has a carved pulpit of the time of James I., and a circular leaden Norman font; and is good.

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, Edburton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sussex monumental inscriptions : 20 graveyards & 15 war memorials, Adur Valley, Brighton & Hove
Author: Sussex Family History Group

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

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census returns of Edburton
Author: Woolgar, Marion

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Edburton, 1662-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex)

Edburton, Sussex : main differences between the parish register and bishop’s transcripts as far as bishop’s transcripts are available for this period, including burials, 1681-1704 from latter to fill a gap in former
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex); Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Marriage transcripts, 1801-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex)

Parish record transcriptions and surname index for the church of St. Andrew, Edburton : baptisms 1888-1910, marriages 1837-1910, burials 1813-1890
Author: Goddard, Joan; Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex)

Parish registers of Edburton, 1558-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex)

S. Andrew’s, Edburton, Sussex, copy of parish register book
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex); Wilkie, Christopher Hales

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Edburton, Sussex, England, 1662-1753
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Edburton (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Edburton, Sussex, England

Indexes to Edburton parish registers etc. (Cat mark MP 1702) : comprising: baptisms and burials, 1813-1900; marriages, 1756-1837; banns, 1754-1835; marriage licenses, 1586-1832
Author: Howe, F. A.; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – History – Sources ( 1 )
A chronicle of Edburton and Fulking : in the county of Sussex
Author: Howe, F. A.

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates of Edburton, 1867
Author: Edburton (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Edburton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates of Edburton, 1867
Author: Edburton (Sussex)

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

Poor rates of Edburton, 1867
Author: Edburton (Sussex)

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Steyning
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deanery of South Malling
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: 1846-1858 – Lewes, Pre-1846 – None
  • Poor Law Union: Steyning
  • Hundred: Burbeach; Poynings
  • Province: Canterbury