Brede Sussex Family History Guide

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Brede is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Particular Baptist, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Brede Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

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

Brede, 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.

Brede, 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.

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BREDE, a parish in Rye district, Sussex; on the river Brede, 4 miles W by N of Winchelsea r. station, and 5 ENE of Battle. It has a post office, of the name of Brede Hill, under Staplehurst; and a fair is held in it on Easter Tuesday. Acres, 4,840. Real property, £6,783. Pop., 1,083. Houses, 214. The property is sub-divided.

The manor belonged anciently to the Attefords, and passed, in the time of Henry IV., to the Oxenbridges. The manor-house, called Brede-Place, shows interesting ancient features, commands a fine view, and is now occupied by a farmer. There is an iron foundry.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £1,023. Patron, T. Frewen, Esq. The church was enlarged in the early part of the 16th century, by Sir Goddard Oxenbridge; contains a monumental effigies of him, and flamboyant traceries introduced by him: and is in good condition. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Administration

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