Kingston near Lewes Sussex Family History Guide
Kingston near Lewes is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Alternative names: Kingston, Kingston by Lewes
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1557
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Falmer
- Lewes St John the Baptist, Southover
- Rottingdean
- Lewes St Anne
- Iford
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGSTON-BY-LEWES, a parish in Lewes district, Sussex; near the Lewes and Brighton railway, 2 miles SW of Lewes. Post town, Lewes. Acres, 1, 653. Real property, £1, 805. Pop., 137. Houses, 27.
Nearly all the property belongs to the Rev. John Goring.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Iford, in the diocese of Chichester. The church has a tower, with shingled spire; and contains a carved oak pulpit, and a brass of 1667.
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: Lewes
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Lewes
- Poor Law Union: Newhaven
- Hundred: Swanborough (Sussex)
- Province: Canterbury