Merston Sussex Family History Guide

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Merston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MERSTON, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; on the Arundel and Portsmouth canal, 1 mile S of Brayton r. station, and 2½, SE of Chichester. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 710. Real property, £1,446. Pop., 79. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to J. Godman, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £263. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly early English, and consists of nave and chancel.

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