Reference

Prints listed in worthing museum catalogue

Picken, Thomas d1870

View of Christ Church, Worthing, c1840
Lithograph H.21cm W.31.1cm
Inscr: T Picken Lith
Sussex Room Collection. [Acc No 1973/402]

View of Christ Church, Worthing, c1840 (Approved design)
Lithograph H.21cm W.31.2cm
Inscr: T Picken Lith
Presented by Robert Elleray of Worthing Library. [Acc No 1978/93]

Artists Unknown

1973/457
Worthing/Lancing General Views, c1840s-60s
15 line engravings in a single mount
Views include: Royal Baths, Clarkes Bazaar, Christ Church, Park Crescent, Sea House Hotel, South Street, Augusta House, New Place
All H.50.8cm W.37.5cm
Sussex Room Collection.

1973/583 General Views of Worthing
15 views in single mount: The Pier, The Miller’s Tomb, The Esplanade, Heene Terrace, Assembly Rooms, Heene Parade, Christ Church, St. Botolphs Church, West Beach, Marine Hotel, Brunswick Terrace, Marine Parade, Broadwater Church
Line engravings
All H.50.8cm W.37.7cm
Sussex Room Collection.

x1985/241
Christ Church Schools, Worthing, Sussex 1870
Lithograph H.6.5cm W.9cm
Donor unknown.

x1985/243
Christ Church Worthing
Lithograph H.6cm W.9cm
Donor unknown.

baptisms 1843-1882

monumental inscriptions

Parish registers

The following registers and documents are held at West Sussex Record Office

Register of baptisms Par/218/1/2/1 November 1843 – November 1878
Register of baptisms Par/218/1/2/2 November 1878 – December 1903
Register of baptisms Par/218/1/2/3 December 1903 – November 1927
Register of baptisms Par/218/1/2/4 November 1927 – September 1964
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/1 November 1855 – June 1909
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/2 June 1909 – May 1921
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/3 July 1921 – December 1939
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/4 January 1940 – September 1951
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/5 October 1951 – February 1962
Register of marriages Par/218/1/3/6 March 1962 – January 1976
Register of banns Par/218/1/4/1 1863-1903
Register of banns Par/218/1/4/2 1903-1915
Register of banns Par/218/1/4/3 1915-1940
Parish clerk’s record book Par/218/2/1 February 1853 – March 1864
Register of services Par/218/3/1 1914-1922
Register of services Par/218/3/2 1925-1937
Register of services Par/218/3/3 1938-1958
Register of services Par/218/3/4 1959-1977
Fabric Committee minute book Par/218/4/1 February 1925 – 1933
Faculty for various works, including removing the west gallery, and relocating the organ Par/218/4/2 1893, 1894
Documents removed from registers, including newsletters from “Helpers together for Spain”, and form of prayer for war-time Par/218/7/1 1935-1939
Banns certificate counterfoils Par/218/7/2 May 1939 – February 1970
Marriage licence Par/218/7/3 November 1947
Parish magazine Par/218/7/4 1877-1986
Vestry: Minutes Par/218/12/1 April 1917 – March 1921
Vestry: Miscellaneous Par/218/13 [n.d.]
P.C.C. minute book Par/218/14/1 May 1925 – February 1932
Charity Par/218/24 [n.d.]
File of programmes for concerts at St. Paul’s Church and Christ Church, Worthing, in aid of Christian Aid Week Add Mss 51,982 May 1964 – June 1979
Presentations: Doherty, William Augustus; V Worthing Christ Church; c Edmonds, Howard Geoffrey; Broadwater, Incumbent of Ep/I/6/1398 20 Feb. 1934
Parish Register Transcripts: WORTHING CHRIST CHURCH Ep/I/24/140 1855-1904
Perpetual Curacies Ep/I/6C/2 1687 – 1933: Power, Philip Bennett; Worthing, Christ Church; 1st nom.; Rector of Broadwater Ep/I/6C/2/22 13 Aug 1855

The following documents are held at The Lambeth Palace Library

Letter: POWER (P.B.), incumbent of Christ Church, Worthing, Sussex Tait 126 ff 327-8, 331-2 1861
Letter: POWER (P.B.), incumbent of Christ Church, Worthing, Sussex Tait 117 f 238 1860

The following records are held at Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

Postcard of Christ Church, Worthing, Sussex with Edward M. Wrench’s notes on reverse. (23-25 May, p.78-79.) Wr D 54/15 no date