Lynchmere Sussex Family History Guide
Lynchmere or Linchmere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1566
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LINCHMERE, or LYNCHMERE, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; on the Midhurst and Haslemere railway, 3 miles SW of Haslemere. Post town, Haslemere, under Liphook. Acres, 2,101. Real property, £1,131. Pop., 283. Houses, 56. The property is chiefly divided among four. The manor belonged anciently to the De Percys; passed to the Fitzalans, afterwards to Sir William Fitzwilliam; and belongs now to the Earl of Egmont.
Shulbrede priory, in this parish, was founded in the time of Henry III., by Sir Ralph de Arderne, for Augustinian canons; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir William Fitzwilliam; and has left some remains, on part of which are still discernible some curious fresco paintings. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £60. Patron, the Rev. W. H. Parson. The church is of the 14th century; was restored in 1856; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel. There is a parochial school.
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: 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: Easebourne
- Province: Canterbury