Friston Sussex Family History Guide

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Friston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1545
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FRISTON, a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; on the coast, near Beachy Head, 3¾ miles WSW of Eastbourne r. station. Post town, East Dean, under Eastbourne. Acres, 2, 023; of which 578 are water. Real property, £1, 298. Pop., 89. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. Friston Place is a mansion chiefly of the 17th century, and possessing features of interest. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of East Dean, in the diocese of Chichester. The church 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, Friston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Friston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Friston – Census – 1831 ( 1 )
1831 census : East Dean, Sussex
Author: PBN Publications

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Friston – Church records ( 3 )
Parish register transcripts, 1546-1845
Author: Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Bloomfield, C. A.; Church of England. Parish Church of Friston (Sussex)

Parish registers of Friston, Sussex County, England : christenings and burials, 1546/7-1845, marriages, 1546/7-1812, 1824-1843
Author: Broomfield, Arthur

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Friston, Sussex, England, 1707-1721
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Friston (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Friston – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Friston, Sussex, England

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Friston – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Friston, 1750-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Administration

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