Upper Beeding is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: King’s Barns, Holmbush, Bewbush, and Baybush.
Alternative names: Sela, Sele
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1544
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, and Society of Friends/Quaker.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BEEDING (Upper), a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; on the River Adur, near Bramber r. station, and 1½ mile E of Steyning. It has a post office, of the name of Beeding, under Hurstperpoint. Acres, 3,847. Real property, £5,356. Pop., 553. Houses, 118. The property is subdivided. A small Benedictine priory was founded here about 1075; belonged to the alien monastery of Salmur; and passed to Magdalene college, Oxford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £112. Patron, Magdalene college, Oxford. The church is good, and there is a national school.
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, Upper Beeding – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Botolphs with the parish of Bramber and Beeding, Sussex [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Jarris, Joan; Hardcastle, Joan; Payne, Christine
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Upper Beeding, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
[Residents of Upper Beeding]
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
An index of the 1841-1891 census schedules of the parish of Upper Beeding in West Sussex
Author: Woolgar, Marion
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Upper Beeding, 1606-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex)
Parish registers of Upper Beeding, 1544-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex)
Rough notices of Beeding parish, church and priory
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John); Bloxam, John Rouse, 1807-1891
Rough notices of Beeding parish, church, and priory, 1544-1891
Author: Bloxham, John Rouse; Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex); West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Upper Beeding, Sussex, England, 1636-1688
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to Upper Beeding parish registers compiled from the Revd. J.R. Bloxham’s transcript covering baptisms, 1544-1886, marriages 1548-1885, burials, 1546/7-1891
Author: Callow, J. H.; Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Beeding (Sussex); West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Land and property ( 1 )
The Chartulary of the Priory of St. Peter at Sele
Author: Salzman, Louis Francis, 1878-
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Manors – Court records ( 3 )
Manorial court records for Beeding, 1438-1921
Author: Manor of Beeding. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Sele, 1856
Author: Manor of Sele. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Tottington, 1606-1932
Author: Manor of Tottington. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Beeding, 1438-1921
Author: Manor of Beeding. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Sele, 1856
Author: Manor of Sele. Court (Sussex)
Manorial court records for Tottington, 1606-1932
Author: Manor of Tottington. Court (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Upper Beeding Council school, 1887-1928
Author: Upper Beeding Council School (Sussex)
Admission registers of Upper Beeding Council school, 1887-1928
Author: Upper Beeding Council School (Sussex)
United Kingdom, England, Sussex, Upper Beeding – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Upper Beeding, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)
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: Burbeach
- Province: Canterbury
