West Hoathly Sussex Family History Guide
West Hoathly or Westhothly is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.
Other places in the parish include: Selsfield, Gravety, the Rocks, Duckells and Stoneland, Old House and White Hart, and New Combes and Old Combes
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1645
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Countess of Huntingdon Methodist, and Independent/Congregational.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOATHLY (WEST), or WESTHOTHLY, a village and a parish in East Grinstead district, Sussex. The village stands 4 miles SE of Rowfant r. station, and 4½ SW by S of East Grinstead; and has a post office under East Grinstead, and a fair on Whit-Monday. The parish contains also the hamlets of Selsfield, Gravety, the Rocks, Duckells and Stoneland, Old House and White Hart, and New Combes and Old Combes. Acres, 5,333. Real property, £4,850. Pop., 1,120. Houses, 212. The property is subdivided. Sidlesfield Common commands extensive views. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £230. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire; and was recently in disrepair. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £11.
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: East Grinstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deanery of South Malling
- Diocese: Chichester
- Rural Deanery: Lewes
- Poor Law Union: East Grinstead
- Hundred: Buttinghill
- Province: Canterbury