On the way back from spending the last few days at my dads we decided to stop off in Brightling to look at Mad Jack Fuller’s grave. It is certainly unique and the ideal place for my daughter to get a picture for a book reading competition. Whilst there we had a look inside the […]
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Rectors at St Laurence Church, Catsfi...
1276 Stephen De Chillye 1306 Simon De Wynchelse 1332 Stephen ‘is rector’ 1344 William Chilli 1361 Gilbert Osmund 1382 Thomas De La Port 1388 John Lytlington 1388 John Coupere 1397 Richard Dulyan 1400 Robert Reygate 1407 John Tydelsyde 1407 John Maister 1415 Thomas Dalyngton 1425 John Shryvenham 1478 William Freston 1527 James Haryson 1527 John […]
Victorian Village – 1858
These people appear on Reverend Coker Egertons Diaries of Burwash in 1858. If you would like a look up please ask below. Victorian Village – 1858 Miss Blunden, postmasters daughter Mr Harding Old Hawkins Mr Brook, music tutor Isted child, funeral Sally Weston Carman Mrs Sands Ballard Edmund King Samuel Waterhouse, age 65, funeral Mrs […]
Victorian Village – 1857
The following are people who appear in 1857 in Rev Coker-Egerton diaries of Burwash. If you want a look up please post below. Victorian Village 1857 Mr Taylor, vet Mr Newington, 83 Mr Cox, National Schoolmaster Mr & Mrs Tilley Mrs Isted Mrs Dann Mrs Wood, shop owner Mrs Wood, parish clerks wife Hawkins Mrs […]
Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways – a...
I have made a quick index of Rev Coker-Egertons book, Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways. If you need a lookup please post name and page number below. Rev A Eden 17 Mr Skinner, Miller 21 Archdeacon Courtail 35 Mike Hamilton/Hambledon 51 Mrs Hussey 54 John Fuller 54 Bodle Holmes photo between 78 and 79 Samuel […]
New database and search facility
I have started work on transcribing the Hastings section of the 1774 Sussex Poll, this will probably take a couple of weeks but I will update the database on a regular basis so it will have information in there from this moment onwards. I have also added a search facility allowing you to input a […]