Newtimber Sussex Family History Guide

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Newtimber is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWTIMBER, a parish in Cuckfield district, Sussex; 2½ miles SSW of Hurstperpoint, and 3 SW of Hassocks-Gate r. station. Post-town, Hurstperpoint. Acres, 1,693. Real property, £1,836; of which £40 are in quarries. Pop., 162. Houses, 34. The property is divided between two. The manor, with Newtimber Place, belonged formerly to the Osbornes and the Wigneys, and belongs now to H. W. Gordon, Esq. N. Place is an ancient brick mansion, surrounded by a moat. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, not reported. Patron, A. P. Gordon, Esq. The church has a neat tower, some fragments of stained glass, and is tolerable. There is a mixed school.

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: Cuckfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Lewes
  • Poor Law Union: Cuckfield
  • Hundred: Poynings
  • Province: Canterbury