Slinfold Sussex Family History Guide

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Slinfold is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1556
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SLINFOLD, a village and a parish in Horsham district, Sussex. The village stands near the river Arun, near the Guildford and Horsham railway, 4 miles WNW of Horsham; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office under Horsham, and a good inn. The parish comprises 4,330 acres. Real property, £4,154. Pop., 755. Houses, 148. The property is subdivided. Strood Park and Slinfold Park are chief residences. The living is a vicarage and a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £540. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church was rebuilt in 1861; and is in the early English style, with tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £5.

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: East Easwrith; West Easwrith
  • Province: Canterbury