Ferring Sussex Family History Guide

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Ferring is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Kingston Gorse and Kingston.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

Ferring

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Kingston

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590

Nonconformists include:  

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FERRING, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, and on the South Coast railway, 1 mile W of Goring r. station, and 3½ W of Worthing. It has a post office, of the name of West Ferring, under Worthing. Acres, 1,055; of which 120 are water. Real property, £2,158. Pop., 253. Houses, 58. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage, united with Kingston and East Preston, in the dio. of Chichester. Value, £427.

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, Ferring – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Ferring memorials, the monumental inscriptions of St. Andrew’s Church Ferring
Author: Strudwick, Anita; Leeson, Frank

Sussex monumental inscriptions : 25 graveyards – Arun Valley & Worthing outskirts
Author: Sussex Family History Group

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

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1841 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1841 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1861 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1861 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1871 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1871 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1881 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1881 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1891 ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of Ferring in West Sussex
Author: Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ferring, 1591-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1804-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Marriage transcripts, 1814-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1558-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1558-1840
Author: Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Lomax, C. E. N.; Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Parish registers of Ferring, 1558-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Ferring, Suss., Eng

Computer printout of Ferring, Sussex, England (1558-1877) : births or christenings
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Computer printout of Ferring, Sussex, England (1813-1877) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Ferring, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1813-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – History ( 1 )
Ferring past
Author: Kerridge, Ronald; Standing, Michael

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Land and property ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1804-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court and manorial records for the manor of Ferring and Fure, 1642-1862
Author: Ferring and Fure Manor (Sussex). Court

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Ferring mixed school, 1889-1940
Author: Ferring Mixed School (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ferring – Taxation ( 2 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and rates, 1804-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex)

Land tax assessments for the parish of Ferring, 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