Cocking is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1558
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Adjacent Parishes
- Stedham
- West Dean
- Midhurst
- West Lavington
- Bepton
- Singleton
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
COCKING, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; 2½ miles S. of Midhurst r. station, and 5½ ESE of Peterfield. Post town, Midhurst. Acres, 2, 602. Real property, £2, 135. Pop., 430. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £320. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is early English, and good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Cocking, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cocking, 1590-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex)
The parish register of Cocking, Sussex, 1558-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex); Challen, W. H. (William Harold)
Parish register transcripts, 1584-1707
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex)
Parish registers for Cocking, 1558-1902
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex)
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Cocking, Sussex, England
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Cocking, Suss., Eng
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – History ( 1 )
Parish registers for Cocking, 1558-1902
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cocking (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Cocking, 1584-1897
Author: Manor of Cocking. Court (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records of Cocking, 1711-1829
Author: Cocking (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records of Cocking, 1711-1829
Author: Cocking (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Schools ( 1 )
Register of admission, progress and withdrawal for Cocking Church of England School, 1905-1926
Author: Cocking Church of England School (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Cocking – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Cocking, 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: Easebourne
- Province: Canterbury
