West Chiltington Sussex Family History Guide

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West Chiltington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Chiltington Manor.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1711
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHILTINGTON (West), a parish in Thakeham district, Sussex; 2 miles E by S of Pulborough r. station, and 7½ NW of Steyning. It includes the manor of Chiltington; and has a post office under Hurstpierpoint. Acres, 3,917. Real property, £2,604. Pop., 668. Houses, 133. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £491. Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. An endowed school has £47.

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: Thakeham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Chichester
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Storrington
  • Poor Law Union: Thakeham
  • Hundred: East Easwrith; West Easwrith
  • Province: Canterbury