Alciston Sussex Family History Guide
Alciston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1575
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608
Nonconformists include: Calvinist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, and Presbyterian.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Selmeston
- West Firle
- South Heighton
- Denton
- Alfriston
- Berwick
- Ripe
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALCISTON, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish lies in the district of Lewes, 1 mile S of Berwick r. station, and 6½ SE of Lewes. Post Town, Selmeston under Lewes. Acres, 2,079. Real property, £1,596. Pop., 220. Houses, 47.
The manor belonged anciently to the Abbot of Battle. The surface is hilly.
The living is a vicarage, united to Selmeston, in the diocese of Chichester. The church shows features of Norman and of early English, and is in tolerable condition.
The hundred of Alciston is in the rape of Pevensey, and comprises the parishes of Alciston, Alfriston, and Lullington. Acres, 5,666. Pop. in 1851, 859. Houses, 181.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Lewes
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Pevensey
- Poor Law Union: West Firle
- Hundred: Alciston
- Province: Canterbury