Withyham Sussex Family History Guide

Withyham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1661
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Cowden Kent
• Speldhurst Kent
• Buxted
• Penshurst Kent
• Chiddingstone
• Hartfield
• Rotherfield
• Ashurst Kent

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WITHYHAM, a parish and a sub-district in East Grinstead district, Sussex. The parish lies adjacent to the Three-Bridges and Tunbridge-Wells railway, 6½ miles SW by W of Tunbridge-Wells; contains a village and two hamlets; and has a post-office under Tunbridge Wells, a r. station, and a fair on Michaelmas day. Acres, 8,086. Real property, £7,281. Pop. in 1851, 1,692; in 1861, 1,597. Houses, 306.

The manor, with Buckhurst Park, belongs to Earl Delawarr. Ruins of an ancient mansion of Buckhurst, including a tower and other parts, are near the church. Summerford, Florence, Penns-Rocks, Crowborough-Warren, and Beech-Green Park are chief residences.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £717. Patron, Earl Delawarr. The church was enlarged and interiorly renovated in 1844; and it includes a private chapel of the Sackvilles, containing three fine monuments. A chapel of ease is at Crowborough. There are a Wesleyan chapel, six alms houses, and other charities £22.

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: East Grinstead
• Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Exempt Deanery of South Malling
• Diocese: Chichester
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – South Malling, 1846-1858 – Pevensey
• Poor Law Union: East Grinstead
• Hundred: Hartfield
• Province: Canterbury