Guestling Sussex Family History Guide

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Guestling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1686
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Arminian, Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GUESTLING, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Sussex. The village stands 1¼ mile E of the Ashford and Hastings railway, 2 from the coast, and 3½ NE of Hastings; is partly situated on an acclivity, commanding fine views; consists of numerous detached houses and villas; and has a post office, of the name of Guestling Green, under Hastings.

The parish is in Hastings district, and comprises 3, 564 acres. Real property, £4, 212. Pop., 731. Houses, 154. The property is much subdivided. Broomham is an ancient seat of the Ashburnhams, and stands amid a richly wooded park. Maxfield is an old timbered house, and was the birthplace of G. Martin, translator of the Rheims version of the Bible.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £450. Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is early English, with some Norman features; has a low tower, with short spire; and contains monuments of the Ashburnhams; and it stands on an eminence.

An endowed school has £82; and other charities £83.

The hundred is in the rape of Hastings, and contains four parishes. Acres, 14, 923. Pop., 2, 577. Houses, 482.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Guestling – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of Guestling parish church, St. Laurence
Author: Wicking, Benita

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

England, Sussex, Guestling – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Guestling, 1606-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guestling (Sussex)

Church records, 1798-1922
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guestling (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1606-1837
Author: Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Church of England. Parish Church of Guestling (Sussex)

Parish registers for Guestling, 1686-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Guestling (Sussex); East Sussex Record Office

St. Laurence, Guestling, baptisms, [1686-1900]

St. Laurences Church, Guestling, burials, [1686-1883]

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Guestling, Sussex, England., 1606-1812
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Guestling (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Guestling – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Guestling, 1693-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Administration

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