Fernhurst is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Sussex, created in 1773 from a chapelry in Lynch Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Farnhurst
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1547
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590
Nonconformists include: Calvinist, Independent/Congregational, and Particular Baptist.
Adjacent Parishes
- Selham
- Lynchmere
- Woolbeding
- Haslemere
- Easebourne
- Lynch
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FARNHURST, or Fernhurst, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; 3½ miles S by W of Haslemere r. station, and 4½ N by E of Midhurst. It has a post office under Liphook. Acres, 4, 757. Real property, £2, 230. Pop., 769. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The scenery, in the S, is wild and various; and a very fine view is obtained at Henley hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £111. Patron, the Earl of Egmont. The church is early English and good; and has a shingle spire.
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, Fernhurst – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Register of burials in the burial ground of the Fernhurst burials board in the parish of Fernhurst in the County of Sussex
Register of public graves in the consecrated portion of the burial ground of the Farnhurst, burial board ..
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Farnhurst, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
List of the inhabitants of Farnhurst, 1815
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Farnhurst, 1590-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Marriage transcripts, 1800-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Parish register transcripts, 1584-1641
Author: Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Parish registers of Farnhurst, 1547-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Surnames indexed transcript for the parish register of St. Margaret Fernhurst, 1546-1901
Author: Parish Register Transcription Society
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Fernhurst, St. Margaret’s, Sussex, England, 1547-1789
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex); Church of England. Parish Church of Linch (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Farnhurst, Sussex, England
Computer printout of Farnhurst, Sussex, England (1547-1876) : births or christenings
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Computer printout of Farnhurst, Sussex, England (1547-1876) : marriages
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department; Church of England. Parish Church of Farnhurst (Sussex)
Parish register printouts of Farnhurst, Sussex, England ; christenings, 1547-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor rates of Farnhurst, 1897
Author: Farnhurst (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates of Farnhurst, 1897
Author: Farnhurst (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Fernhurst – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Farnhurst, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)
Poor rates of Farnhurst, 1897
Author: Farnhurst (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
