Lancing, Sussex Genealogy

England   Sussex



Parish History
Lancing St James the Less is an Ancient Parish in West Sussex.

LANCING, a parish, in the hundred of Brightford,rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 2 miles (W.)from Shoreham; containing 781 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the east by the river Adur and Shoreham harbour, and on the south by the English Channel, comprises by measurement 2524 acres, whereof1476 are arable, 566 meadow and pasture, 424 sea and fresh-water beach, and 14 acres plantations. Its soil is chiefly a rich loam intermixed with sand, but in that portion on the downs generally chalk; the scenery is enriched with wood, and Lancing House, the seat of SirJames Martin Lloyd, Bart., is a handsome residence seated in a demesne tastefully laid out. In the parish is a station of the Brighton and Chichester railway, eight miles distant from the Brighton station, and three from that of Worthing. The living is a discharged vicarage,valued in the king's books at £6. 9. 4.; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln; impropriator, Sir J. M. Lloyd. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £767. 14.,and the vicarial for £176; the glebe comprises 6 acres.There is also a rent-charge of £61. 8. 6. payable to the rector of West Grinstead. The church is an ancient structure, partly Norman, and partly in the early and decorated English styles; the interior is neatly arranged,and has been repewed. Vestiges of a Roman pavement,with some small altars, lavatories, and a great number of coins, have been discovered on Lancing Down.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 17-20. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51090 Date accessed: 08 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Lancing St James

West Sussex Record Office has deposited parish Registers Bap 1574-1970 Marr 1560-1989 Bur 1560-1953

Bishop's Transcripts 1591-1918

Contact West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1DD Phone: 01243 753602 Fax: 01243 533959 Email: records.office@westsussex.gov.uk

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
East Preston Poor Law Union, Sussex

Sutton (East Preston) 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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