Pyecombe Sussex Family History Guide

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Pyecombe or Piecombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PYECOMBE, or Piecombe, a village and a parish in Cuckfield district, Sussex. The village stands adjacent to the Clayton tunnel of the London and Brighton railway, 2½ miles S by W of Hassocks-Gate r. station, and 5½ N by W of Brighton; is sheltered, on the N and the W, by the Downs; and has a post-office under Hurstpierpoint. The parish comprises 2,249 acres. Real property, £2,046; of which £234 are in quarries. Pop., 283. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to the Crown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £345. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and 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

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Cuckfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Lewes
  • Poor Law Union: Cuckfield
  • Hundred: Poynings
  • Province: Canterbury