PARISH OF BRIGHTON ST LUKE

St Luke was built in 1875 to a design by John Hill and became a separate parish in 1885.

Until 1873 the parish church of Brighton had been 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 Revd 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.

Summary of contents:

INCUMBENT

PAR268/1/2 Baptism registers; 1876-1967

PAR268/1/3 Marriage registers; 1885-1974

PAR268/1/4 Banns registers; 1907-1979

PAR268/1/5 Funeral registers; 1960-1977

PAR268/1/6 Confirmation records; 1882-1977

PAR268/3 Service registers; 1881-1981

PAR268/5 Institutions, inductions, licences and papers concerning appointments; 1886-1942

PAR268/6 Income of the benefice; 1891-1909

PAR268/7 Other records; 1822-1975

VESTRY

PAR268/12 Minutes; 1909-1965

PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

PAR268/15 Accounts; 1955-1974 SPECIAL COMMITTEES

PAR260/43 St Luke's Penny Bank; St Luke's Youth Fellowship; St Luke's Queen's Park YoungWives Group; 1883-1965

Deposited by the incumbent and PCC, 7 Dec 1985 (ACC 4553)