Slaugham, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Slaugham St Mary is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.Other places in the parish include: Handcross, Pease Pottage, and Warningfield.

SLAUGHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Cuckfield, hundred of Buttinghill, rape of Lewes,E. division of Sussex, 4½ miles (S. by W.) from Crawley;containing 1286 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3088acres, of which 1136 are common or waste land. It is situated on the road from London, through Crawley, to Brighton; and the river Ouse has its source here, in the grounds of Ashford, forming in its course a lake of about thirty acres at Slaugham mills. The surface is diversified with hill and dale; the soil is sandy, and generally poor. There are considerable remains of the old manor house of Slaugham Place, the ancient seat of the Covert family; the grand staircase was given by the late Colonel Sergison to the proprietor of the Star inn, Lewes, and was erected in that house. The living is a rectory,valued in the king's books at £10.19. 2., and in the patronage of Mrs. A. Sergison; net income, £282. The church was enlarged in 1837, and contains a splendid monument to the Coverts. There is a place of worship for Baptists.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 118-120. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51282 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Cuckfield Poor Law Union, Sussex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Sussex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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Web sites
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