Bepton Sussex Family History Guide

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Bepton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1723
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1592

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • West Dean
  • Midhurst
  • Woolbeding
  • Cocking
  • Lynch

Parish History

Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895

Bepton, a parish in Sussex, 1 mile from Cocking station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 5½ miles ESE of Petersfield. Post town, Midhurst, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1910; population of the civil parish, 263; of the ecclesiastical, 235.

The church is an ancient building of flint in the Early English style, and was restored in 1878. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £60 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Egmont.

The parish lies under the north side of the South Downs, which rise to a height of more than 400 feet above the sea level. The view from the Downs is extensive and beautiful. On the hill sides are some of the largest yew trees in England, forming a weird grove. Every variety of English orchid is found in this parish. The rainfall is the greatest of any place of which returns have been made in the South of England.

The parish was probably much more populous in the middle ages; a very fine church once stood on the site of the present modest structure. Fragments of the older building are preserved in the new. Many flint weapons and ancient coins of great interest have been discovered. The account book of Thos. Nepiker, rector of Bepton, makes one of the most valuable papers in the Sussex Archaeological Society’s scries.

Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Bepton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bepton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Sussex, Bepton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bepton, 1592-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

Marriage transcripts, 1803-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

Parish registers for Bepton, 1723-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Bepton, Sussex, England
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bepton – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Bepton, Suss., Eng

Computer printout of Bepton, Sussex, England (1584-1876) : births or christenings
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

Computer printout of Bepton, Sussex, England (1584-1876) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Bepton (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Bepton, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1584-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Sussex, Bepton – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Bepton, 1600-1904
Author: Manor of Bepton. Court (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bepton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Indemnity certificates and miscellaneous parish records 1713-1786, Bepton, Sussex
Author: Bepton (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bepton – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Bepton school, 1882-1940
Author: Bepton School (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Bepton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Bepton, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Midhurst
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Midhurst
  • Poor Law Union: Midhurst
  • Hundred: Easebourne
  • Province: Canterbury