Newtimber, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Newtimber St John the Evangelist is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.

NEW-TIMBER (St. John the Evangelist), a parish, in the union of Cuckfield, hundred of Poynings,rape of Lewes, E. division of Sussex, 7 miles (N. N. W.)from Brighton; containing 165 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from London to Brighton, viâ Hickstead, and comprises 1666 acres, of which 685 are common or waste land. New-Timber Place is an ancient mansion of brick, surrounded with a moat. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 8. 4.,and in the gift of the Trustees of the late Charles Gordon, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £315,and the glebe comprises 19 acres. The church, a handsome structure in the later English style, was thoroughly repaired, and an embattled tower added to it, in 1839,chiefly at the expense of the Gordon family.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 403-404. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51175 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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