Poynings Sussex Family History Guide

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Poynings is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Calvinist and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

POYNINGS, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Sussex. The village stands at the foot of the Devil’s Dyke, 5 miles SW of Hassocks-Gate r. station, and 6 NW of Brighton; and has a post-office under Hurstperpoint. The parish comprises 1, 643 acres, and is in Steyning district. Real property, £1, 633. Pop., 261. Houses, 55. The manor and nearly all the land belong to the Crown. The Devil’s Dyke is a great chasm in the Downs, flanked by ground 685 feet high, and commanding magnificent views; has a tavern, called the Dyke House; and is a favourite resort of pleasure parties. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £347. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of the 14th century, and cruciform; and has a massive tower. There are a Baptist chapel, and a village school. The hundred contains also two other parishes, and part of another; and is in the rape of Lewes. Acres, 8, 236. Pop. in 1851, 927. Houses, 179.

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