Lurgashall Sussex Family History Guide

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Lurgashall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Ramsford, Old Mill, Rundhurst, Hill Grove, Diddesfield, Dial Green, Boxland, and Bittlesham Cottage.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LURGASHALL, a village and a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex. The village stands 5 miles NW of Petworth, and 5 SE of Haslemere r. station; and has a post office under Petworth. The parish includes a detached portion, called Bittlesham Cottage; and contains places called Rundhurst, Dial-Green, Hill-Grove, Old Mill, Boxland, Diddesfield, and Ramsfold. Acres, 4,850. Real property, £3,493. Pop., 727. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £463. Patron, Lord Leconfield. There is a national school.

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

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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