Jevington, Sussex Family History Guide

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Jevington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Sussex.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1661
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Friston
  • Wilmington
  • Folkington
  • Willingdon
  • West Dean
  • Arlington
  • Lullington
  • Hailsham
  • Litlington

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

JEVINGTON, a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; among the South Down hills, 3 miles NW of Eastbourne, and 3 SW by S of Polegate r. station. Post town, Eastbourne. Acres, 2,099. Real property, £1,852. Pop., 263. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £400. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is ancient but good; has some features which are debatably Saxon or Norman; and includes, in the belfry wall, a fragment of an ancient sculpture representing the Saviour bruising the serpent’s head. Charities £3, and alms-houses for 4 persons.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Sussex, Jevington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Andrews Church, Jevington, Sussex
Author:    Family Roots (Eastbourne, Sussex)

England, Sussex, Jevington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Jevington, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Sussex, Jevington – Church records ( 2 )
Parish register transcripts, 1536-1892
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Jevington (Sussex); Burchall, M. J. (Michael John)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts of Jevington, Sussex, England, 1536-1783
Author:    Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Jevington (Sussex)

England, Sussex, Jevington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Jevington, 1750-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Sussex)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Sussex
  • Civil Registration District: Eastbourne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) of Chichester for the
  • Archdeaconry of Lewes
  • Diocese: Chichester
  • Rural Deanery: Pevensey
  • Poor Law Union: Eastbourne
  • Hundred: Willingdon
  • Province: Canterbury