Itchingfield Sussex Family History Guide

Itchingfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1700
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Warnham
• Horsham
• Shipley
• Billingshurst
• Slinfold
• Storrington

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ITCHINGFIELD, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex, The village stands 1 mile W of a junction of railways, and 3 SW by W of Horsham; and it is connected with the hamlet of Barnes-Green. The parish includes both the village and the hamlet, and comprises 2, 470 acres. Post town, Horsham. Real property, £1, 764. Pop., 377. Houses, 62. The land belongs chiefly to Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bart., and Charles Chitty, Esq. A dense forest was around the parsonage in the early part of last century, and gave refuge to some of the persons attainted for the Scotch rebellion of 1715.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £400. Patron, Miss Louisa Scott. The church is Saxon or early Norman; has a rude low timber tower, seemingly of the late decorated period; and contains a handsome modern font. A very ancient font was, not long ago, exhumed from the churchyard. There are a national school, and charities £16.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Graves location [Itchingfield], 1583-1907

Itchingfield [monumental inscriptions]

St. Nicholas, Itchingfield, churchyard memorials, 1583-1994 : derived from memorial inscriptions and burial registers
Author:    Taylor, Bill, fl. 1994; Dendy, Keith

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

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Itchingfield, 1591-1888
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Itchingfield (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1584-1701
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Itchingfield (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Parish registers of Itchingfield, 1700-1901
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Itchingfield (Sussex)

Rate books of Itchingfield, 1836-1900
Author:    Itchingfield (Sussex)

Transcript of the Itchingfield marriage registers, 1583-1837
Author:    Bishop, John H.; Society of Genealogists (London); Church of England. Parish Church of Itchingfield (Sussex)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Itchingfield, Sussex, England, 1583-1703
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Itchingfield (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Copy and surname index of the 1841-1891 census returns for the parish of Itchingfield, Sussex
Author:    Alexander, Jean

Itchingfield, West Sussex : an index of marriages, 1591-1840
Author:    Bishop, John; Leeson, Francis L.

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – History ( 1 )
Itchingfield
Author:    Godman, Percy S.

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Land and property ( 1 )
Rate books of Itchingfield, 1836-1900
Author:    Itchingfield (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Rate books of Itchingfield, 1836-1900
Author:    Itchingfield (Sussex)

Settlement papers and miscellaneous parish records 1831-1850, Itchingfield, Sussex
Author:    Itchingfield (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Itchingfield – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Itchingfield Board school, 1888-1925
Author:    Itchingfield Board School (Sussex)

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

Rate books of Itchingfield, 1836-1900
Author:    Itchingfield (Sussex)

Administration

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