Earnley and Almodington Sussex Family History Guide

Earnley and Almodington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Almodington.

Alternative names: Earnley, Ernley, Earnley with Almodington

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Earnley

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EARNLEY, or Ernley, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on the coast, 4 miles NW of Selsey-Bill, and 5½ SSW of Chichester city and r. station. Post town, Sidlesham, under Chichester.

Acres, 1, 182; of which 25 are water. Real property, £2, 061. Pop., 116. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Almodington, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £440. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester two turns, and the Duke of Norfolk one turn. The church is ancient, with a tower; and was reported in 1859 to need repair.

There is an Independent chapel.

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

Almodington

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALMODINGTON, a tything in the parishes of Earnley and Siddleham, Sussex; near Pagham harbour, 4¼ miles SSW of Chichester.

It was formerly a parish; and it contains the ruins of a church.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Earnley

England, Sussex, Earnley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sussex monumental inscriptions : six churches around Chichester : Apuldram, Birdham, Earnley, West Itchenor, West Stoke, Westhampnett
Author:    Sussex Family History Group

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

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

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

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

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

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

England, Sussex, Earnley – Census – Indexes ( 4 )
Earnley and East Wittering, West Sussex census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 & index
Author:    Pledger, Peter; West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)

An index of the 1851-1891 census of Earnley and East Wittering
Author:    Pledger, Peter

An index of the 1851-1891 census of Earnley and East Wittering
Author:    Pledger, Peter

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, Earnley – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Earnley, 1590-1898
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Earnley (Sussex)

Earnley parish registers, 1562-1812
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Callow, J. H.; Church of England. Parish Church of Earnley (Sussex)

Parish registers of Earnley, 1562-1902
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Earnley (Sussex)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Earnley-cum-Almondington, Sussex, England, 1562-1813
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Earnley (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Earnley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Earnley, West Sussex : an index of the marriages in the parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1562-1839
Author:    Pearce, C. M., Mrs.; Leeson, Francis L.

England, Sussex, Earnley – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates of Earnley, 1850-1900
Author:    Earnley (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Earnley – Manors – Court records ( 3 )
Court and manorial records for the manor of Bracklesham, 1567-1929
Author:    Bracklesham Manor (Sussex). Court

Court records for the manor of Manhood hundred, 1420-1697
Author:    Manhood Manor (Sussex). Court

Court records for the manors of Cakeham and Manhood, 1670-1883
Author:    Cakeham Manor (Sussex). Court; Manhood Manor (Sussex). Court

England, Sussex, Earnley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates of Earnley, 1850-1900
Author:    Earnley (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Earnley – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Manhood school, 1817-1940
Author:    Manhood School (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Earnley – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Earnley, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Poor rates of Earnley, 1850-1900
Author:    Earnley (Sussex)

Almodington

England, Sussex, Almodington – Church records ( 1 )
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Earnley-cum-Almondington, Sussex, England, 1562-1813
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Earnley (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Almodington – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court records for Almodington, 1581-1909
Author:    Manor of Almodington. Court (Sussex)

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:    Manhood
  • Province:    Canterbury