Chithurst Sussex Family History Guide

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Chithurst is a chapelry of Iping Ancient Parish in Sussex.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1628
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1618

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Elsted with Treyford and Didling
  • Stedham
  • Terwick
  • Trotton
  • Iping

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHITHURST, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; on the river Rother, 3¼ miles WNW of Midhurst r. station, and 6½ E of Petersfield. Post town, Midhurst. Acres, 1, 047. Real property, £853. Pop., 215. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few.

A part lies detached beyond Trotton.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Iping, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Sussex, Chithurst – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chithurst, 1618-1817
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Church rates, 1844-1893
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1615-1741
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Parish registers for Chithurst, 1628-1903
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Chithurst, Sussex, England, 1613-1812
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Transcripts of parish registers of Iping-cum-Chithurst, Sussex, England, 1813-1853
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Iping (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

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

Computer printout of Chithurst, Sussex, England (1615-1819) : births or christenings
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Computer printout of Chithurst, Sussex, England (1615-1819) : marriages
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Chithurst, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1615-1819
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Sussex, Chithurst – Land and property ( 1 )
Church rates, 1844-1893
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Chithurst – Taxation ( 2 )
Church rates, 1844-1893
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chithurst (Sussex)

Land tax assessments for the parish of Chithurst, 1780-1831
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: Dumpford
  • Province: Canterbury