Litlington Sussex Family History Guide

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Litlington or Littlington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1695
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1593

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Litlington Parish Records

Marriage Licences & Allegations

Calendar of Sussex Marriage Licences Archdeaconry of Lewes 1670 to 1728-9

The following marriage licences have been extracted from the book Calendar of Sussex Marriage Licences recorded in he Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes August 1670 to March 1728-9.

1674 Apr. 7 Richard HUNT of Litlington & Elizabeth TUTSHAM of same : sureties, said R. H. and Edward Baldy of the Cliffe (All Saints, Lewes).

1678 May 3 John HARRISON & Anne GLID of Litlington, widow: sureties, said J. H. and Nathaniel Glid of same (S. Mary Westout, Lewes).

1681 July 12 Richard COOKE of Eastdean & Anne SAWYER of Westfierle, spinster: sureties, said R. C. and William Reeds of Litlington, husbandman (S. Mary Westout, Lewes).

1685 Apr. 10 John LENHAM of 8. Michael, Lewes, & Mary WAKELEN of Litlington, maiden : sureties, said J. L. and John Craspy of Dallington (Dallington).

1694 Dec. 17 Thomas PAGE of Tarringnevill & Elizabeth BLACKMAN of Litlington, maiden : sureties, John Page of Tarring and Edward Burtenshaw of Lewes (Litlington).

1700 Mar. 28 John GREYLING of Chittingly, blacksmith, & Mary BLACKMAN of Litlington, maiden : sureties, said J. G. and Thomas Humfrey of Southover near Lewes, yeoman (Southover near Lewes)

1703 Apr. 5 Thomas SERGEANT of Rye, butcher, & Elizabeth BEANE of Litlington, spinster.

1728 June 15 Samuel PRATT of Westfirle, wheelwright, & Betty FARNCOMB of Litlington, spinster.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LITTLINGTON, a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; on the river Cuckmere, 3 miles S of Berwick r. station, and 5 WNW of Eastbourne. It has a post office under Lewes. Acres, 893. Real property, £856. Pop. in 1851, 105; in 1861, 134. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £105. Patrons, the Trustees of the late Rev. T. Scutt. The church is good.

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

Historical Maps

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Administration

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