Walberton Sussex Family History Guide

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Walberton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1556
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1572

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALBERTON, a parish, with a village, in Westhampnett district, Sussex; 1½ mile NE of Barnham-Junction r. station, and 3 WSW of Arundel. It has a post-office under Arundel. Acres, 1,722. Real property, £4,090. Pop., 588. Houses, 121. W. House is the seat of A. Prime, Esq.; and Avisford House, of Mrs. Pack. The living is a vicarage, united with Yapton, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £557. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is Norman; and it has six memorial windows. put up in 1865. There are national schools, and charities £53.

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: Westhampnett
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Arundel
  • Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
  • Hundred: Avisford
  • Province: Canterbury