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History

Records Office and Archives

The West Sussex County Council Record Office acquires, preserves and makes publicly available the documented and recorded heritage of the county.

Anyone may access these documents at the County Record Office free of charge.

You can find out more about the information held in archives by West Sussex County Council's Record Office by visiting :

• West Sussex County Record Office and archives (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7833)
• Opening times and contact details for West Sussex County Record Office and archives (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7833)

For more local history see our :

• 'History of Adur' webpage
• Researching your family history and family tree - Genealogy resources

See also :

• Current views around Adur and
• Mapping (with links to old maps and recent aerial photos)

Useful old photographs research external websites :

Note : Once you are on the external websites listed below the search results may display slowly due to the number of photos being downloaded. Some of the following websites offer free photos, but some will make a charge for more than basic thumbnail images.

• West Sussex Past local history website (www.westsussexpast.org.uk) with links on to :
  • West Sussex Past Pictures website (www.westsussexpast.org.uk/pictures/index.html) : Search over 5,000 old photos and illustrations in and around West Sussex dating back to the 1640s.
  • West Sussex Past Gateway (www.westsussexpast.org.uk/gateway) : Search over 2 million records from 28 heritage databases simultaneously, provided by 14 heritage information organisations, including the County Library Service, County Record Office, museums, societies and universities.
     
• West Sussex County Council photo database (www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/explore_west_sussex/record_office_and_archives/picture_archives.aspx) : Contains over 150,000 photographs and pictures showing West Sussex in the past.
   
• WSGfL Victorian West Sussex (http://victorians.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/portal/)
   
• English Heritage :
  • Viewfinder : Photos from the National Monuments Record Archive (NMR) (http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/home.asp?JS=True)
  • Photo collections (www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1506)
     
• Francis Frith photos : containing old photos covering the whole of the UK
  (and historical Ordnance Survey maps)
  www.francisfrith.com
  • Francis Frith photos of Shoreham-by-Sea (www.francisfrith.com/shoreham-by-sea)
  • Francis Frith photos of Southwick (http://www.francisfrith.com/southwick)
  • Francis Frith photos of Lancing (www.francisfrith.com/lancing)
  • Francis Frith photos of Sompting (www.francisfrith.com/sompting)
  • Francis Frith photos of other towns and places in West Sussex (www.francisfrith.com/west-sussex)
  • Francis Frith photos of other towns and places in East Sussex (www.francisfrith.com/east-sussex)
  • Francis Frith photos of counties in England (www.francisfrith.com/england)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Scotland (www.francisfrith.com/scotland)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Wales (www.francisfrith.com/wales)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Northern Ireland (www.francisfrith.com/northern-ireland)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Eire (www.francisfrith.com/eire)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Isle of Man(www.francisfrith.com/isle-of-man)
  • Francis Frith photos of places in Channel Islands(www.francisfrith.com/channel-islands)
     
• Footsteps photos (www.footstepsphotos.co.uk/main_index.htm)
   
• St. Andrews University Library Special Collections - Photographic Archive (http://special.st-andrews.ac.uk/saspecial)
   
• Cities Revealed On-line : Modern and Historic aerial photography (with old 1940's aerial photos) : temporarily not working : www.shockymap.com/timemachine/index.htm
   
• See also our mapping section - which contains many links to external websites with old maps on-line.

 

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Related sections on this website :

Archaeology and old buildings :

Births, deaths and marriages (including how to obtain copy certificates, useful for family history research) :

Cemeteries, memorial gardens and crematoria in the Adur area :

Census :

Libraries in Adur :

Mapping section which also has links to external websites with both current and old/historic mapping, and also aerial photos on-line :

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