Udimore Sussex Family History Guide

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Udimore also known as Odimore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Little Udimore.

Alternative names: Odimore

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include:  Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UDIMORE, a parish in Rye district, Sussex; 3 miles WNW of Winchelsea r. station. It includes a detached part called Little Udimore, and it has a post-office under Rye. Acres, 2,221. Real property, £4,102. Pop., 444. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £100. Patron, F. Langford, Esq. The church is chiefly early English.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

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United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Udimore – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Udimore, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Udimore – Church records ( 2 )
Parish register transcripts, 1560-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Udimore (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Udimore, Sussex, England, 1704, 1707
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Udimore (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Udimore – History ( 1 )
Udimore past and present : the story of a Sussex parish
Author: Hodson, Leonard J. (Leonard John)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Udimore – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manor court books, 1603-1910
Author: Manor of Udimore. Court (Sussex)

United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Udimore – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Udimore, 1702-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Rye
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Dallington
  • Poor Law Union: Rye
  • Hundred: Gostrow
  • Province: Canterbury