Cold Waltham Sussex Family History Guide

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Cold Waltham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Watersfield.

Alternative names: Cold Waltham, Coldwaltham

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1587

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

  • Stopham
  • Greatham with Wiggonholt
  • Fittleworth
  • Amberley
  • Bury
  • Hardham

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COLD-WALTHAM, a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; on the river Arun, and on the Horsham and Arundel railway, 2 miles SW of Pulborough r. station, and 4 ½ SE of Petworth.

It includes the tything of Watersfield; and its post town is Pulborough, under Petworth. Acres, 1,193. Real property, £2,078. Pop., 447. Houses, 93. The property is much subdivided.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £56. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is tolerable.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Cold-Waltham, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census transcriptions and surname index for Coldwaltham, West Sussex, for the years 1841-1891
Author:    White, Ted; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England); Sussex Family History Group

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cold-Waltham, 1586-1858
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

Parish registers of Cold-Waltham, 1561-1902
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

Settlement papers, 1699-1815
Author:    Cold-Waltham (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Cold Waltham, Sussex, England, 1584-1675
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Cold-Waltham, Sussex, England (1584-1877) : marriages
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

Computer printout of Coldwaltham, Suss., Eng

Computer printout of Coldwaltham, Sussex, England (1584-1877) : births or christenings
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

Parish register printouts of Coldwaltham, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1584-1877
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Occupations ( 1 )
Settlement certificates and miscellaneous parish records 1699-1835, Cold-Waltham, Sussex
Author:    Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Settlement certificates and miscellaneous parish records 1699-1835, Cold-Waltham, Sussex
Author:    Cold-Waltham (Sussex)

Settlement papers, 1699-1815
Author:    Cold-Waltham (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

England, Sussex, Cold-Waltham – Public records ( 1 )
Settlement papers, 1699-1815
Author:    Cold-Waltham (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

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

Administration

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