North Marden Sussex Family History Guide

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North Marden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARDEN (NORTH), a parish in Westbourne, district, Sussex; 5½ miles SW by W of Midhurst r. station. Post town, Petersfield. Acres, 682. Real property, £358. Pop., 28. Houses, 6. The property is divided among a few. The manor is one of the four Meredens mentioned in Domesday book; was given, after the Conquest, to Roger, Earl Montgomery; belonged in 1475 to Sir George Browne; went, at his attainder in 1484, to the Crown; was given, by Queen Elizabeth, to William Grenefield; passed to the Jenmans, the Peckhams, and the Phippses; and belongs now to Commodore Hornby. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £70. Patron, Commodore Hornby. The church is early English, with circular E end: and was recently restored.

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