Cowfold, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Cowfold is an Ancient parish in West Sussex.

COWFOLD, a parish, in the union of Cuckfield,hundred of Windham and Ewhurst, rape of Bramber,W. division of Sussex, 7 miles (S. S. E.) from Horsham;containing 943 inhabitants. It is on the road from London, by way of Horsham, to Brighton, and comprises by measurement nearly 3000 acres, the soil of which is chiefly a stiff clay, though in some parts of a lighter quality. The village is pleasantly situated, and a market for corn is held in it every alternate Wednesday.The living is a vicarage, endowed with the rectorial tithes, valued in the king's books at £10. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester: the tithes have been commuted for £580, and the glebe comprises33 acres. The church is a handsome structure, in the early and later English styles, with a low embattled tower; in the nave is a magnificent monument of brass to the memory of Thomas Nelond, prior of Lewes, who died in 1433.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 702-710. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50900 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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