West Sussex County Council: Record Office

The Record Office acquires, preserves and makes publicly available the documentary and recorded heritage of the county. Anyone may use the service and access to the documents at the County Record Office is free of charge, but postal, telephone and e-mail requests for information may be subject to a charge. The majority of our catalogues are now available online via the Record Office Search Online facility.

West Sussex Record Office has been awarded four stars in the 2008 assessment system of local authority archive services by The National Archives. This places the Office in the top 10% of record offices in England and Wales.

Important Notice:

Summer Bank Holiday

Please note we will be closed from Saturday 28th August until Monday 30th August inclusive for the Summer Bank Holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday 31st August 2010.

• About us (location and facilities)
• Collections
• Conservation Workshop
• Events
• Family History
• Film And Video Archive
• Joining up our Heritage Project
• Military History (Royal Sussex Regiment)
• Picture Archives
• Railway Page (Ronald Shephard Collection)
• Record Office leaflets and mini-guides
• Record Office Policies & Plans
• Record Office publications and shop
• Research and Other Services
• Resources for Schools
• Tithe Map Project
• Useful Links
• Victoria County History
• West Sussex Archives Society
• West Sussex Millennium Parish Maps Project