Madehurst Sussex Family History Guide

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Madehurst is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1639
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MADEHURST, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; 3 miles NW by W of Arundel r. station. Post-town, Arundel. Acres, 1,908. Real property, £1,421. Pop., 208. Houses, 33. The property belongs to J. Fletcher, Esq.; and Dale Park House, on it, a spacious mansion in a fine park, is Mr. Fletcher’s seat. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £105. Patron, J. Fletcher, Esq. The church was recently repaired.

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: Westhampnett
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Arundel
  • Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
  • Hundred: Avisford
  • Province: Canterbury