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Catalogue description SOUTH AMBERSHAM
This record is held by West Sussex Record Office
| Reference: | Par/5 |
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| Title: | SOUTH AMBERSHAM |
| Held by: | West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The items in sections Par/5/21, 30, 31, 32/1, 32/4, 37-41 and 44 were deposited by the rector of Selham, April 1949 and June 1957 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
North and South Ambersham were both originally tithings of Steep in Hampshire, and neither have ever had a parish church. Until the 19th century their inhabitants would have been expected to go to Steep for baptisms, marriages and burials - although there is little evidence that they did so in modern times. A transcript of the Steep parish registers is available in the West Sussex Record Office. For ecclesiastical purposes South Ambersham was associated with Selham and Easebourne during the last 150 years; and it is worth starting genealogical searches with the registers of these two parishes. South Ambersham became a civil parish in 1844 when it was transferred from Hampshire to Sussex, and was united with Graffham in 1972 |
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