East Chiltington Sussex Family History Guide

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East Chiltington is a chapelry of Westmeston Ancient Parish in Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Wootton Manor.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1587
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:  Calvinist, Independent/Congregational, and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

East Chiltington Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

East Chiltington, Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

East Chiltington, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

East Chiltington, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHILTINGTON (East), a chapelry in Westmeston parish, Sussex; on a branch of the river Ouse, adjacent to the Lewes and Cuckfield railway, 2¼ miles W of Barcombe r. station, and 4 NNW of Lewes. Post town, Barcombe, under Lewes. Real property, £1, 984. Pop., 281. Houses, 57. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Westmeston, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is plain.

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

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Lewes
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deanery of South Malling, Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Lewes
  • Poor Law Union: Chailey
  • Hundred: Street
  • Province: Canterbury