Ardingly is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: Hapsted.
Alternative names: Ardingley
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Presbyterian, and Society of Friends/Quaker.
Adjacent Parishes
- Balcombe
- Lindfield
- Cuckfield
- Worth
- West Hoathly
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ARDINGLY, a parish in Cuckfield district, Sussex; near the Brighton railway, 2 miles SE of Balcombe r. station, and 3 NE of Cuckfield.
It includes the hamlet of Hapsted; and its Post Town is Cuckfield. Acres, 3,817. Real property, £3,564. Pop., 626. Houses, 114.
Wakehurst Place, a short distance NE of the church, was formerly the seat of the Wakehursts and the Culpeppers; and is now the seat of Sir Alex Cockburn. The mansion was built in 1590, by one of the Culpeppers; and is a picturesque structure, stained with lichens.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £498 Patron, J. F. W. Peyton, Esq. The church is ancient.
There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and a great lower middle school, called Ardingly college. The buildings of the college were completed in 1869; are in the first pointed style; and comprise two quadrangles, with accommodation for 1,000 resident boy pupils.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ardingly, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Church records ( 10 )
Baptism transcripts, 1798-1832; birth transcripts, 1785-1827
Author: Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel (Newhaven, Sussex)
Baptism transcripts, 1815-1837; birth transcripts, 1799-1837
Author: Independent Congregational Chapel (Lindfield and Arding ly)
Births and baptisms, 1815-1836
Author: Independent Chapel (Lindfield, Sussex)
Births and baptisms, 1815-1836
Author: Independent Chapel (Lindfield, Sussex)
Bishop’s transcripts for Ardingly, 1606-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex)
Marriage transcripts, 1800-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex)
Marriage transcripts, 1813-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex)
Parish registers for Ardingly, 1550-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex)
The parish registers of Ardingly, Sussex, 1558-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex); Loder, Gerald W. E.
The parish registers of Ardingly, Sussex, 1558-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ardingly (Sussex); Loder, Gerald W. E.
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Ardingley, Suss., Eng
Parish register printouts of Lindfield, Sussex, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1816-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Sussex, Ardingly – History ( 1 )
Wakehurst Place, Sussex : an account of the manor and its owners
Author: Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Rowley, 1583-1688
Author: Manor of Rowley. Court (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor law records of Ardingly, 1741-1827
Author: Ardingly (Sussex)
Rate books for Ardingly, 1840-1879
Author: Ardingly (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Public records ( 1 )
Rate books for Ardingly, 1840-1879
Author: Ardingly (Sussex)
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Schools ( 1 )
Ardingly, 1858-1946 : a history of the school
Author: Perry, Reginald, 1903-
England, Sussex, Ardingly – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Ardingly, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)
Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Cuckfield
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Lewes
- Poor Law Union: Cuckfield
- Hundred: Buttinghill
- Province: Canterbury
