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:

Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Sussex, Kingston-by-Lewes – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kingston-by-Lewes, 1606-1882
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Kingston-by-Lewes (Sussex)

Parish register transcripts, 1557-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Kingston-by-Lewes (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

England, Sussex, Kingston-by-Lewes – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Kingston (near Lewes), Sussex, England ; christenings, 1557-1765
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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