Pyecombe, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex

Parish History
Pyecombe is an Ancient parish in West Sussex.

PIECOMBE, or Pycombe, a parish, in the union of Cuckfield, hundred of Poynings, rape of Lewes,E. division of Sussex, 6 miles (N. N. W.) from Brighton;containing 564 inhabitants. The parish lies wholly on the South Downs, including, at the northern extremity,the fort of Wolstonbury, from which the prospects are very extensive. The road from London to Brighton,by way of Hixted and Cuckfield, and the London and Brighton railway, both pass through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at£15. 8. 9., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £321, and there are nearly 30 acres of glebe. The church is in the later English style. On excavating for the railway, Roman urns, coins, &amp;c. were discovered.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 567-571. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51213 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Web sites
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