Catalogue description PARISH OF BRIGHTON THE RESURRECTION, ST MARTIN WITH ST WILFRID

Until 1873 the parish church of Brighton was St Nicholas, while the churches serving the newly developing urban districts in the parish were daughter churches or chapels of ease. The registers before 1873, therefore, contain entries of services performed at the various daughter churches, which were returned by the clergy concerned for inclusion in the main series. No indication is given of which church is involved, and this can only be deduced from comparison of the name of the officiating minister with the Rev G Hennessy Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists (1900) and Crockford's Clerical Directory. Some of the chapels also kept their own series of registers while continuing to make their entries in the main parish series.

In 1873 St Peter's church was constituted as the parish church of Brighton, and the parish records and administrative centre were transferred there from St Nicholas. At the same time, many of the former chapels of ease were constituted separate parish churches and began at this date, or in the following decade, to keep their own series of registers, independent of the main series.

St Martin was built in 1874 and became a separate parish in 1875.

Contents:

INCUMBENT

PAR271/1/2 Baptism registers; 1875-1983

PAR271/1/3 Marriage registers; 1875-1945

PAR271/3 Service registers; 1889-1981

PAR271/4 Buildings; 1892-1973

PAR271/5 Licences; 1867-1969

PAR271/6 Income; 1919-1971

PAR271/7 Other records; 1875-1973

CHURCHWARDENS

PAR271/10 Property; 1872-1963

VESTRY

PAR271/12 Minutes; 1915-1990

PAROCHIALCHURCH COUNCIL

PAR271/14 Minutes; 1940-1991

PAR271/15 Accounts; 1949

CHARITY

PAR271/24 The Moxon Fund; 1921

SCHOOLS

PAR271/25 St Martin's schools; 1873-1940

OTHER RECORDS

PAR271/26/1 St Martin's Mothers Union; 1946-1974

PAR271/26/2 Brighton and District Branch of the Dunkirk Veterans Association; [1975]-2000

PAR271/26/3 Other; 1971

For scrapbook compiled by the Rev Robert Ingham Salmon containing orders of service, 1872-1888, see AMS 6459. For plans (block plan, basement, ground floor, first floor, attic, section, north, south, east and west elevations) of the new vicarage at 22 Franklin Road by Somers Clarke the younger of 6 Delahay Street, Westminster, London, architect, 11 May 1877 see DB/D 7/1448. For appointment of new trustees and conveyance of land and buildings at the rear of 35-36 Lewes Road for the use of St Martin, 1926 see HOW 33/2; for Charity Commission consent for exchange of site of St Paul's School, Kent's Court, Russell Street with a building formerly used as St Martin's Church but latterly as a school room on St Martin's Street, 1875 and a copy draft conveyance of site for St Martin's parsonage, 1876 see HOW 33/3.

Church of England, Brighton St Martin Parish, East Sussex

Records deposited by the Incumbent and PCC 2 Sep 1985 (ACC 4510), 5 Jul 1989 (ACC 5294), 15 Nov 1990 (ACC 5597), 8 Jul 1991 (ACC 5710), 24 Sep 1991 (ACC 5754), 17 Jul 2000 (ACC 8163)

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