Poling Sussex Family History Guide

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Poling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

POLING, a parish and a hundred in Sussex. The parish lies 1½ mile NW of Angmering r. station, and 2¼ SE of Arundel; is in Worthing district; and has a postal pillar-box, of the name of Poling-Corner, under Arundel. Acres, 923. Real property, £1,577. Pop., 203. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. A commandery of the Knights of St. John was near the Corner; and has been converted into a dwelling-house. Extensive Roman remains were discovered in the neighbourhood in 1819. There is a wild-fowl decoy. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £220. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There is a national 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: Worthing
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Arundel
  • Poor Law Union: East Preston
  • Hundred: Poling
  • Province: Canterbury