Nuthurst Sussex Family History Guide
Nuthurst is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: Copsale.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
NUTHURST, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex. The village stands near St. Leonard’s forest, 2½ miles E by S of Southwater r. station, and 3½ S E of Horsham; and has a post-office under Horsham. The parish comprises 3,260 acres. Real property, £3,083. Pop., 767. Houses, 138. The property is subdivided. Nuthurst Lodge is the seat of R. Henderson, Esq.; and Swallowfield, of H. S. Bigg, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £480. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is early decorated English; was considerably enlarged in 1856, at a cost of £2,400; comprises nave and chancel, with porch and shingle spire; has a beautiful carved oak roof, and some handsome stained glass windows; and contains a very ancient, octagonal, Purbeck marble font. A chapel of ease is at Copsale; and there is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Horsham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Storrington
- Poor Law Union: Horsham
- Hundred: Singlecross
- Province: Canterbury