Donnington, Sussex Family History Guide

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Donnington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1584

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Apuldram
  • Chichester St Bartholomew
  • Chichester St Peter the Great
  • Chichester St Paul
  • Chichester St Pancras
  • Rumboldswyke
  • Hunston
  • Birdham
  • Sidlesham

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DONNINGTON, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 1¼ mile S of Chichester. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 1,029. Real property, £2,383. Pop., 188. Houses, 35. Most of the property is in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £284. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is early English, in very good condition; and has a tower.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people from Surrey have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.

ABSALOM, John, of Doneghton [ sic ., ? Donnington ], co . Sussex, husbandman, w., & Jane Harding, of Portsea, w., at P., 10 Aug., 1784

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Donnington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Donnington monumental inscriptions
Author:    Sussex Family History Group

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

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
Appledram and Donnington, West Sussex, census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – 1861 ( 1 )
Appledram and Donnington, West Sussex, census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – 1871 ( 1 )
Appledram and Donnington, West Sussex, census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – 1881 ( 1 )
Appledram and Donnington, West Sussex, census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – 1891 ( 1 )
Appledram and Donnington, West Sussex, census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
Selsey Manhood, Selsey Peninsular South of Chichester, West Sussex census index covering five census returns, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Donnington, 1584-1911
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

Donnington burial register, 1813-1991
Author:    Evershed, P. B.; Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

Parish registers for Donnington, 1559-1903
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Donnington, Sussex, England, 1584-1674
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Donnington, Suss., Eng

Computer printout of Donnington, Sussex, England (1559-1876) : marriages
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

Computer printout of Donnington, Sussex, England (1559-1878) : births or christenings
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Donnington (Sussex)

Donnington, West Sussex : an index of the marriage ceremonies performed in the parish between the years 1559-1841 inclusive
Author:    Pearce, C. M., Mrs.; Leeson, Francis L.

Parish register printouts of Donnington, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1559-1878
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Sussex, Donnington – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates of Donnington, 1860-1861, 1898-1900
Author:    Donnington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Manors ( 1 )
Finding aids
Author:    West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Donnington, 1653-1803
Author:    Manor of Donnington. Court (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates of Donnington, 1860-1861, 1898-1900
Author:    Donnington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Donnington National school, 1865-1940
Author:    Donnington National School (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Donnington – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Donnington, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Poor rates of Donnington, 1860-1861, 1898-1900
Author:    Donnington (Sussex)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Westhampnett
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the
  • Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Boxgrove
  • Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
  • Hundred: Box and Stockbridge
  • Province: Canterbury