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Births, deaths and marriages
- Registering births, deaths and marriages in Adur (including copy certificates)
- General Register Office (GRO)
- Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce
Registering
births, deaths and marriages
This service is run by West Sussex County Council (WSCC), not Adur District Council.
You can register births, deaths and marriages in
Lancing, Sompting and Coombes at :
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Worthing Register Office
Centenary House
Durrington Lane
Worthing
BN13 2QB
Tel : (01903) 839350
Open : Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 4:00pm, last appointment 4:00pm
You can register births, deaths and marriages in
Shoreham-by-Sea and Southwick at :
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Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Shoreham Health Centre
Pond Road
Shoreham by Sea
BN43 5US
Tel : (01273) 453023
Open : Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
WSCC births, deaths and marriages service
- WSCC Registration Service (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=2250922}])
- WSCC Registration Service : Registering a birth (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=2251043}])
- WSCC Registration Service : Registering a death (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=2251070}])
Copy certificates
You can also find out about enquiring about and ordering copies of old certificates (useful for family history research) from West Sussex County Council's website :
- WSCC
Registration Service : Find out about copy certificates / Order a copy
marriage/birth/death certificate / Find out about historical searches on
marriages
(www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=2251026}]) - WSCC Registration Service : Pay for a search of the marriage register (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:{id=2251028}])
- See also on our website : Family history research (genealogy)
General
Register Office (GRO) website - Births, Deaths and Marriages registration
The GRO website can give you information about how to register a birth or death in England and Wales, how to register a stillbirth, how to go about getting married, how to obtain a birth certificate, a marriage certificate or a death certificate, and how to use the services at the Family Records Centre.
- General Register Office (GRO) website (www.gro.gov.uk)
Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce
There is a lot of information and advice available on getting married, living together, civil partnerships (for same-sex couples) and getting divorced.
- For more details see the Directgov website : Rights and responsibilities : Marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce (www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Yourrightsandresponsibilities/DG_10026937)
