Warnham Sussex Family History Guide

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Warnham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WARNHAM, a parish, with a village, in Horsham district, Sussex; 2¼ miles NNW of Horsham r. station. It has a post-office under Horsham, and a fair on Whit-Tuesday. Acres, 4,920. Real property, £5,253. Pop., 1,006. Houses, 187. W. Court is the seat of Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart. Field Place, Northlands, and West House also are chief residences; and the first was the birthplace of the poet Shelley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £315. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is Norman, and was enlarged and repewed in 1848. There is a national school.

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: Singlecross
  • Province: Canterbury