Westhampnett Sussex Family History Guide

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Westhampnett or West Hampnett is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Other places in the parish include: Woodcote, Westerton, Maundling, and Maudling.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1734
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1584

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAMPNETT (WEST), or WESTHAMPNETT, a parish and a district in Sussex. The parish lies 1½ mile NNW of Drayton r. station, and 1½ NE of Chichester; and it contains the hamlets of Westerton, Mandling, and Woodcote. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 1,899. Real property, £1,898. Pop. in 1851, 637; in 1861, 502. Houses, 73. The manor belongs to the Duke of Richmond. West Hampnett Place is a Tudor edifice, with a modern front; was built by Richard Sackville, uncle of the first Lord Buckhurst; passed to the Duke of Richmond; and was converted by him into the West Hampnett Workhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £44. Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church is early English; and has a monument of Richard Sackville.

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: Boxgrove
  • Poor Law Union: Westhampnett
  • Hundred: Box and Stockbridge
  • Province: Canterbury