North Chapel Sussex Family History Guide

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North Chapel or Northchapel is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Sussex, created in 1692 from Petworth Ancient Parish.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1716
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1592

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NORTHCHAPEL, a village and a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex. The village stands on a gentle declivity, adjacent to an affluent of the river Arun, 2 miles S of the boundary with Surrey, 4 SE of Haslemere r. station, and 5 NNW of Petworth; commands a good view of the downs of Sussex and Surrey; and has a post-office under Petworth.

The parish comprises 3, 854 acres. Real property, £2, 562. Pop. in 1851, 864; in 1861, 785. Houses, 164. The decrease of pop. was caused by migration to large towns. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Leconfield. Broadlands is the seat of G. Baker, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £284. Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is plain but good, and has a W tower. There are a Sunday school with £10 a year from endowment, and alms-houses with £45.

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