Ford Sussex Family History Guide

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Ford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1630
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include:  Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FORD, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the river Arun, and on the South Coast railway, adjacent to the junction of the branch railways to Littlehampton and Pulborough, 2½ miles SSW of Arundel. It has two stations on the railway, Ford and Ford Junction, with telegraph; and its post town is Yapton, under Arundel. Acres, 478. Real property, £1,117. Pop., 82. Houses, 13. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £236. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester.

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, Ford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Ford
Author: Fynmore, A. H. W.; Sussex Family History Group

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

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
A transcription of the Ford, Sussex, parish registers with the census for each of the years 1851 and 1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex); Pearce, J. A.

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Census – 1871 ( 1 )
A transcription of the Ford, Sussex, parish registers with the census for each of the years 1851 and 1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex); Pearce, J. A.

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Church history ( 1 )
A transcription of the Ford, Sussex parish registers and bishop’s transcripts with a copy of the protestation return of 1641/42
Author: Pearce, J. A.

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ford, 1592-1898
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1572-1812
Author: Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

Parish registers of Ford, 1630-1925
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

A transcription of the Ford, Sussex, parish registers and bishops’ transcripts with a copy of the protestation return of 1641/2
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex); Pearce, J. A.

A transcription of the Ford, Sussex, parish registers with the census for each of the years 1851 and 1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex); Pearce, J. A.

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Ford, Sussex, England, 1572-1662
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Church records – Indexes ( 6 )
Computer printout of Ford, Sussex, England

Computer printout of Ford, Sussex, England (1572-1881) : births or christenings
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

Computer printout of Ford, Sussex, England (1572-1881) : births or christenings
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

Computer printout of Ford, Sussex, England (1585-1876) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Ford (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Ford, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1572-1881
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

A transcription of the Ford, Sussex parish registers and bishop’s transcripts with a copy of the protestation return of 1641/42
Author: Pearce, J. A.

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Manorial court records for Ford, 1540-1609
Author: Manor of Ford & Climping. Court (Sussex)

Survey, 1608
Author: Manor of Ford & Climping. Court (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Ford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ford, 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: Avisford
  • Province: Canterbury