Westfield Sussex Family History Guide

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Westfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1552
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTFIELD, a parish in Battle district, Sussex; 4 miles E of Battle r. station. It has a post-office under Battle, and a fair on 18 May. Acres, 4,272. Real property, £5,065. Pop., 883. Houses, 157. The property is divided among a few. Oaklands is the seat of H. B. Brabazon, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £372. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is early English.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Historical Maps

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Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Battle
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Dallington
  • Poor Law Union: Battle
  • Hundred: Baldstrow
  • Province: Canterbury