Barcombe Sussex Family History Guide

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Barcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex

Alternatice names: Barcomb

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1580
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Barcombe Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Barcombe, Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Barcombe, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Barcombe, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Barcombe, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARCOMBE, a parish and a hundred in Lewes district, Sussex. The parish lies on the Uckfield railway and the Ouse river, 4 miles N by E of Lewes; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Lewes Acres, 4,983. Real property, £7,286. Pop., 1,090. Houses, 203. The property is divided among a few. Sutton-Hurst and Barcombe Place are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £719. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and an endowed school has £68. The hundred is in the rape of Lewes; and includes the parishes of Barcombe, Hamsey, and Newick. Acres, 9,710. Pop., 2,570. Houses, 485.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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: Lewes
  • Poor Law Union: Chailey
  • Hundred: Barcomb
  • Province: Canterbury