Bignor Sussex Family History Guide

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Bignor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Buddington.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1555
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Midhurst
  • Burton with Coates
  • The Gumber
  • Madehurst
  • Easebourne
  • Sutton
  • Bury

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BIGNOR, a parish in Chichester district, Sussex; 4½ miles SW of Pulborough r. station, and 4½ S by E of Petworth.

It includes the detached hamlet of Buddington, surrounded by the parish of Easebourne; and its Post Town is Bury, under Petworth. Acres, 1,145. Real property, £1,458. Pop., 167. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few.

Bignor Park is the seat of JH. Hawkins, Esq.; contains some interesting antiquities and works of art; and commands striking views of the Weald and the South Downs. It was long annexed to Arundel Castle, and once the property of Nicholas Turner, Esq.; and, in the latter connection, was the residence of Mrs. Charlotte Smith, author of the “Old Manor-House,” and Mrs. Dorset, author of the “Peacock at Home.”

Three very fine tesselated pavements, believed to have belonged to three apartments of a Roman villa, were discovered, in 1811, in Oldbury hill; and the villa is thought to have stood at the “Addecimum,” or station of the tenth milestone on the Roman road from Chichester.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £143. Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is early English; and has long lancet windows and chancel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Bignor – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Church of Holy Cross, Bignor [monumental inscriptions]

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

England, Sussex, Bignor – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bignor, 1591-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1683-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

Parish registers for Bignor, 1555-1908
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Bignor, Sussex, England, 1584-1836
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

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

Computer printout of Bignor, Sussex, England (1556-1676, 1688-1812) : births or christenings
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

Computer printout of Bignor, Sussex, England (1565-1836) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Bignor (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Bignor, Sussex, England; christenings, 1556-1676, 1688-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Sussex, Bignor – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Bignor, 1660-1914
Author: Manor of Bignor. Court (Sussex)

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

Administration

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