Sedlescombe Sussex Family History Guide
Sedlescombe or Sedlescomb is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SEDLESCOMB, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; on the river Brede, 3 miles NE of Battle r. station. It has a post-office under Battle. Acres, 2,049. Real property, £2, 849. Pop., 703. Houses, 143. The property is subdivided. A commandery of Knights Hospitallers was founded here, in the time of King John, by Geoffrey Say. Roman coins were found in an ancient cinder-field. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £392. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English, with later English additions. There is an endowed school with £24 a year.
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: Battle
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Dallington
- Poor Law Union: Battle
- Hundred: Battle; Staple
- Province: Canterbury