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1851 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Sussex:

Albourne Fittleworth Piecombe
Alciston Fletching Plumpton
Aldingbourne Folkington Poling
Aldrington Ford Portslade
Alfold Framfield Poynings
Alfriston Friston Preston
Amberley Funtington Pulborough
Angmering Glynde Racton
Appledram Goring Ringmer
Ardingly Graffham Ripe
Arlington Guestling Rodmell
Arundel Gumber Rogate
Ashburnham Hailsham Rotherfield
Ashington Hamsey Rottingdean
Ashington and Buncton Hangleton Rudgwick
Ashurst Hardham Rumboldswyke
Balcombe Hartfield Rusper
Barcombe Harting Rustington
Barlavington Hastings All Saints Salehurst
Barnham Hastings Holy Trinity Seaford
Battle Hastings St Andrew Sedlescomb
Beddingham Hastings St Clement Selham
Beeding Hastings St Leonard Selmeston
Bepton Hastings St Mary Bulverhythe Selsey
Berwick Hastings St Mary in the Castle Shermanbury
Bexhill Hastings St Mary Magdalen Shipley
Bignor Hastings St Michael Shoreham
Billingshurst Heathfield Sidlesham
Binderton Heene Singleton
Binstead Hellingly Slaugham
Birdham Henfield Slindon
Bishopstone Herstmonceux Slinfold
Bodiam Heyshott Sompting
Bolney Hollington South Ambersham
Bosham Hooe South Bersted
Boxgrove Horsham South Heighton
Bramber Horsted Keynes South Malling
Brighthelmstone Houghton South Stoke
Brightling Hove Southease
Brighton Hunston Southover
Broadwater Hurstpierpoint Southwick
Burpham Ifield Stanmer
Burton Iford Stedham
Burwash Iping Steyning
Bury Isfield Stopham
Buttolphs Itchenor Storrington
Buxted Itchingfield Stoughton
Castle Precincts Jevington Street
Catsfield Keymer Sullington
Chailey Kingston Sutton
Chalvington Kingston by Sea Tangmere
Chichester All Saints Kirdford Tarring Neville
Chichester Cathedral Close Lancing Telscombe
Chichester St Andrew Laughton Terwick
Chichester St Bartholomew Leominster Thakeham
Chichester St James Lewes Thorney
Chichester St Martin Lewes All Saints Ticehurst
Chichester St Olave Lewes St Anne Tillington
Chichester St Pancras Lewes St John the Baptist Tortington
Chichester St Peter the Less Lewes St John under the Castle Treyford
Chichester Subdeanry Lewes St Michael Trotton
Chiddingly Lewes St Thomas in the Cliffe Twineham
Chidham Lidsey Uckfield
Chithurst Linch Up Marden
Clapham Linchmere Up Waltham
Clayton Lindfield Wadhurst
Climping Litlington Walberton
Cocking Little Horsted Waldron
Coldwaltham Littlehampton Warbleton
Compton Lodsworth Warminghurst
Coombs Lower Beeding Warnham
Cowfold Lullington Warningcamp
Crawley Lurgashall Wartling
Crowhurst Madehurst Washington
Cuckfield Maresfield Watten
Dallington Mayfield West Blatchington
Denton Merston West Chiltington
Didling Mid Lavant West Dean
Ditchling Middleton West Grinstead
Donnington Midhurst West Hampnett
Duncton Mountfield West Hoathly
Durrington New Fishbourne West Stoke
Earnley New Shoreham West Tarring
Easebourne New Town West Thorney
East Blatchington Newhaven West Wittering
East Chiltington Newick Westbourne
East Dean Newtimber Westdean
East Grinstead Ninfield Westergate
East Hoathly North Ambersham Westfield
East Lavant North Marden Westfirle
East Marden North Mundham Westham
East Preston North Stoke Westhampnett
East Wittering Northchapel Westmeston
Eastbourne Nuthurst Whatlington
Eastdean Old Shoreham Wiggonholt
Eastergate Ore Willingdon
Eastham Oving Wilmington
Edburton Ovingdean Wisborough Green
Elsted Pagham Wiston
Etchingham Parham Withyham
Ewhurst Patcham Wivelsfield
Fairlight Patching Woodmancote
Falmer Penhurst Woolavington
Felpham Pett Woolbeding
Fernhurst Petworth Worth
Ferring Pevensey Yapton
Findon Piddinghoe

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.