Woodmancote Sussex Family History Guide

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Woodmancote is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1582
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOODMANCOTE, a parish in Steyning district, Sussex; 2 miles ESE of Henfield r. station, and 4 WSW of Hurstpierpoint. Post town, Hurstpierpoint. Acres, 2,236. Real property, £2,713. Pop., 331. Houses, 70. The manor, with W. Place, belongs to J. L. W. Dennett, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £369. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was about to be restored in April 1869. There are a national school, and charities £10.

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: Steyning
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Lewes
  • Poor Law Union: Steyning
  • Hundred: Tipnook
  • Province: Canterbury