Kingston by Sea, Sussex Family History Guide
Kingston by Sea is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1591
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- New Shoreham
- Old Shoreham
- Lancing
- Southwick
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGSTON-BY-SEA, a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; on the South Coast railway, and at the mouth of Shoreham harbour, 1 mile E of Shoreham. It has a station on the railway, and a wharf on the harbour; and its post town is Shoreham. Acres, 799. Real property, £2,168. Pop., 93. Houses, 16.
The manor, with Kingston House, belongs to W. P. Gorringe, Esq. Two corn warehouses, large malting houses, railway coke ovens, a ship building yard, bonding warehouses, ponds and quays are here; and a large traffic goes on between the railway station and the harbour.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, 280. Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is of the 13th century, but has been completely renovated.
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 Chichester
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Lewes
- Poor Law Union: Steyning
- Hundred: Fishergate
- Province: Canterbury