Southwick Sussex Family History Guide
Southwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: Fishergate.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SOUTHWICK, a village and a parish in Steyning district, Sussex. The village stands on the coast, adjacent to the South Coast railway, 2 miles E of Shoreham; carries on some commerce in coals and corn; and has a post-office under Shoreham, a r. station, a reading room, a coastguard station, and a fair on 19 May. The parish contains also Fishergate hamlet, and comprises 1,470 acres. Real property, £4,547. Pop. in 1851, 1,190; in 1861, 1,358. Houses, 246. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £207. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a national school. Doctor Pell, the linguist, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
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Administration
- County: Sussex
- Civil Registration District: Steyning
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Lewes
- Poor Law Union: Steyning
- Hundred: Fishergate
- Province: Canterbury