Shipley Sussex Family History Guide

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Shipley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1609
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIPLEY, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex. The village stands 3 miles WNW of West Grinstead r. station, and 6 SSW of Horsham; and has a post-office under Horsham. The parish includes part of Southwater chapelry, and comprises 7,698 acres. Real property, £6,588. Pop., 1,212. Houses, 223. The property is subdivided. The manor, with Knepp Castle, belongs to Sir P. Burrell, Bart. An old castle, the seat of the Braose family, was here; but is reduced to a remnant of the keep. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £174. Patron, the Hon. Mrs. V. Harcourt. The church is mainly Norman, and has a central tower. There are a boys’ endowed school with £40 a year, and a girls’ 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: 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: West Grinstead
  • Province: Canterbury