Woolavington Sussex Family History Guide

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Woolavington or East Lavington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1668
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1571

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOLAVINGTON, a parish in Midhurst district, Sussex; nominally 2½ miles SSW of Petworth r. station, but partly adjoining Midhurst, and comprising several portions at considerable distances from one another. It has a post-office, of the name of Lavington, under Petworth. Acres, 2,530. Real property, £2,177. Pop., 488. Houses, 87. Lavington House belongs to Bishop Wilberforce; and Beechwood house is the seat of Miss Noel. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £277. Patron, Bishop Wilberforce. The church is good. Charities, £8.

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