Pett, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Pett St Mary and St Peter is an Ancient Parish.

PETT (St. Mary and St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of Guestling, union and rape of Hastings,E. division of Sussex, 4½ miles (E. N. E.) from Hastings;containing 385 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the south-east by the English Channel, and comprises by measurement 1945 acres, of which 1150 are pasture,531 arable, 33 wood, 199 shingle, and 13 in roads. Its surface is in some parts undulated, and the views are extensive and picturesque; from Chick Hill the French coast may be distinctly seen in clear weather. The Royal Military canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at£4. 15. 10.; net income, £460; patron and incumbent,the Rev. Henry Wynch. There are 11 acres of glebe,and a good glebe-house. The church is a neat edifice;the chancel contains several monuments to the Wynch family. In many parts of Pett Level, trees have been dug up in a sound state, supposed to have lain there since October 1250, when the sea overwhelmed and destroyed a large tract of land.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 558-564. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51211 Date accessed: 02 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Hastings 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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