Hove Sussex Family History Guide

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Hove, also known as Hove All Saints or Hove St Andrew, is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOVE, a town and a parish in Steyning district, Sussex. The town stands on the coast and on the South Coast railway, contiguous to Brighton; was, not long ago, a small village of scattered houses; is now a suburb or rather part of Brighton; is united to the main body of that town by a series of streets and squares; extends to the W; comprises handsome streets, squares, and terraces, equal or superior to the best in other parts of Brighton; is a coast guard station; and has two stations, of the names of Hove and Cliftonville, on the railway, and a post office under Brighton.

The parish is all within Brighton parliamentary borough; and comprises 712 acres of land and 160 of water. Real property, £88,660. Pop. in 1851, 4,104; in 1861, 9,624. Houses, 1,256. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the extension of Brighton. Hove House is the residence of W. Rigden, Esq., the famous feeder of Southdown sheep; and nearly all the land is occupied by him. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Preston, in the diocese of Chichester; and there are four separate livings, all p. curacies, called St. Andrew, St. John the Baptist, St. Patrick and St. James, and Holy Trinity-with-Preston-Cliftonville. Value of the vicarage, £306; of the p. curacies, not reported. Patron of the vicarage, the Bishop of Chichester; of St. Andrew. Sir H. Fleetwood; of St. John the Baptist and Holy Trinity, the Vicar; of St. Patrick and St. James, the Rev. James O’Brien.

The parochial church stands at Cliftonville; is Norman, with retention of the original arches; was thoroughly restored in 1834; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. St. Andrew’s church stands in Waterloo street; and is a neat edifice, containing several handsome tablets. St. John’s church stands at the W end of the Western-road; and is a cruciform edifice, in the early English style. St. James’ church stands in Cambridge road; was built, in 1858, at the expense of the Rev. James O’Brien; is a large and noble edifice, in the early decorated English style; and comprises entrance cloister, lofty nave, chancel, two aisles, and chapels. Holy Trinity church stands at Cliftonville; was built in 1864; is in the early English style; and contains 650 sittings. There are also non-established places of worship, and public schools. See Brighton.

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

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Administration

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