Slindon Sussex Family History Guide
Slindon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1610
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SLINDON, a village and a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex. The village stands 3 miles NNE of Barnham-Junction r. station, and 3¼ W by N of Arundel; and has a post-office under Arundel. The parish includes the quondam extra-parochial tract of the Gumber, and comprises 2,504 acres. Real property, £3,135. Pop., 543. Houses, 124.
The manor was given, by the Saxon king Ceadwalla, to the Archbishops of Canterbury; and passed to the Kempes. S. House was built, in the 13th century, by one of the Archbishops; was the death-place of Cardinal Langton; was rebuilt, in the time of Elizabeth, by Sir G. Kempe; passed through various hands, and underwent numerous alterations; and is now the seat of Col. Leslie. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £219. Patron, Col. Leslie. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt and extended, and got a new spire, in 1867. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Chichester
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deaneries of Pagham and Tarring
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Pagham
- Poor Law Union: Sutton
- Hundred: Aldwick
- Province: Canterbury