Horsted Keynes, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Horsted Keynes St Giles is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.

HORSTED-KEYNES (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Cuckfield, hundred of Danehill-Horsted,rape of Pevensey. E. division of Sussex, 6 miles(E. N. E.) from Cuckfield; containing 812 inhabitants.It comprises 4291a. 2r. 5p., of which 1600 acres are arable, 800 pasture, and 1878 woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 6. 8., and in the gift of T. Austen, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £500, and the glebe contains 66 acres. The church has portions in the early and decorated English styles. Dr. Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow,was buried in the south chancel. There is a place of worship for Baptists at Danehill. A free school was founded, and endowed with an estate and £400, by E.Lightmaker, in 1708. About a mile from the village is a chalybeate spring, called Holy Well.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 553-557. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51046 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1638-1943 Marr 1638-1946 Bur 1638-1948 Bishop's Transcripts 1605-1893

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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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