Church document details

Source:

The London Gazette.

Title:

Netherfield - Creation of the District Chapelry.

Date:

4 Nov 1862.

Body:

AT the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 1st day of November, 1862,

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

W HEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of the Act of the fifty-ninth year of His Majesty King George the Third, chapter one hundred and thirty-four ; of the Act of the second and third years of Her Majesty, chapter forty-nine ; and of the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her Majesty, chapter fifty-five; duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a representation, bearing date the fourteenth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the words and figures following; that is to say:

"We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in pursuance of the Act of the fifty-ninth year of His Majesty King George the Third, chapter one hundred and thirty-four ; of the Act of the second and third years of your Majesty, chapter forty-nine; and of the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of your Majesty, chapter fifty-five; have prepared, and now humbly lay before your Majesty in Council, the following representation as to the assignment of a district chapelry to the consecrated church of "Saint John the Baptist, situate at Netherfield, in the parish of Battle, in the county of Sussex, and in the diocese of Chichester.

"Whereas it appears to us to be expedient that a district chapelry should be assigned to the said church of Saint John the Baptist, situate at Netherfield aforesaid.

"Now, therefore, with the consent of the Right Reverend Ashhurst Turner, Bishop of Chichester, testified by his having signed and sealed this representation, we humbly represent, that it would, in our opinion; be expedient that all that part of the said parish of Battle, described in the schedule hereunto annexed, all which part, together with the Boundaries thereof, is delineated and set forth on the map or plan hereunto also annexed, should be assigned to the said church, and that the same should be named 'The District Chapelry of Saint John the Baptist, Netherfield.'

"And, with the like consent of the said Ashhurst Turner, Bishop of Chichester, testified as aforesaid, we further represent, that it appears to us to be expedient that banns of matrimony should be published, and that marriages, baptisms, churchings, and burials, should be solemnized or performed at such church, and that the fees to be received in respect thereof should be paid and belong to the minister of the same church, for the time being.

"We, therefore, humbly pray, that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to take the premises into your Royal consideration, and to make such order with respect thereto as to your Majesty in your Royal wisdom shall seem meet."

The SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Representation has reference.

"The District Chapelry of Saint John the Baptist, Netherfield ; being: —

"All that part of the parish of Battle, in the county of Sussex, and in the diocese of Chichester, which is situate to the north-west of an imaginary line commencing at the boundary post placed on the southern side of the road leading from Ashburnham to Battle, at the point where the boundary dividing the parish of Penhurst, in the county and diocese aforesaid from the parish of Catsfield, in the same county and diocese, meets the boundary of the said parish of Battle ; and extending thence, first northward, to the middle of such road, and then north-eastward, along the middle of the same road, as far as a point opposite to the middle of the south-eastern end of the turnpike-road leading from Beech Down to Heathfield; and extending thence, north-westward, to and along the middle of the last described road, as far as a point opposite to a boundary stone, inscribed 'N. St. J.D.C., 1862., No. 1,' and placed on the northern side of the said road, at the middle of the south-western end of the fence dividing the inclosure called Mile Oak Wood, and numbered 657, upon the Tithe Commutation Map of the said parish of Battle, and upon the map hereunto annexed, from the inclosure numbered 517, upon the same maps; and extending thence, north-eastward, to such boundary stone, and continuing thence in the same direction along the middle of the said fence, and of the fences dividing the inclosures numbered respectively, 657, as aforesaid, 656, 674, and 654, upon the said maps, from the inclosures numbered respectively, 518, 658, and 655, upon the same maps, to a point in the middle of the stream flowing from Beech Mill Pond, opposite to a boundary stone, inscribed 'N. St. J.D.C., 1862, No. 2,' and placed on the eastern bank of such stream, at a point opposite to the eastern extremity of the fence dividing the inclosure numbered 654 from the inclosure numbered 655 as aforesaid; and extending thence, first eastward, along the middle of such stream, and then north-eastward, along the middle of the same stream passing under the road leading from Battle to Netherfield Church, and passing also under the Flimwell and Hastings turnpike-road to the boundary which divides the said parish of Battle from the parish of Mountfield, in the county and diocese aforesaid, near Pond Wood."

Her Majesty, having taken the said representation, together, with the map or plan thereunto annexed, into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to approve thereof; and to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the proposed assignment of a district chapelry to the consecrated church of Saint John the Baptist, situate at Netherfield, in the parish of Battle, in the county of Sussex, to be called "The District Chapelry of Saint John the Baptist, Netherfield," be accordingly made ; and that the recommendations of the said Commissioners with reference to the publication of banns, and the solemnization of marriages, baptisms, churchings, and burials in the said church, and with reference to the fees to be paid in respect of those offices, be carried into effect agreeably to the provisions of the said Acts; and Her Majesty is further pleased to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the diocese of Chichester.

Arthur Helps.

Transcription details

Transcribed by: Michael Metcalfe.

Church(es) covered:

St John the Baptist, St Mary the Virgin.

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