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Penhurst comes from the Saxon 'pen' meaning top, and 'hurst' meaning wood, therefore meaning "The Head of the Woods".
The lovely parish church, dedicated to St Michael the Archangel, is built of Wealden Sandstone and dates from the 14th century.
The comedy actor, Harry H Corbett (well known for his performance in the BBC comedy Steptoe & Son) is buried in the church yard.
Church details, together with baptism, marriage, monumental inscription & burial records can be accessed by clicking on the church name.
The OPC Database has no census returns for people residing in this parish yet.
1 individual in the OPC Database for the 1851 census.
16 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1861 census.
Grid reference: 569500, 116500 ~ View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map or Oldmaps.
Roll of Honour have a transcription of the war memorials and Ashburnham and Penhurst together with biographical information concerning the individuals listed.
The OPC database contains 28 poll register entries for people entitled to vote in this parish.
There are no protestation returns for this parish in the OPC database.
The OPC database contains no entries for people mentioned in Gazzetes associated with this parish.
There are 4 images depicting this parish in the OPC database.
POWPics (The new Roughwood churches album) contains 11 photographs of churches in this parish. This album will also display any postcards or other images of churches which are in the Sussex OPC database.
The OPC database contains no postal directory entries for this parish.
1867 Kelly's directory for Penhurst is available on the GENUKI site
There are no books about this parish in the Sussex OPC Bibliography.
There are 3 articles about this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Collections Index.
There is 1 person from this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Society Members Index.
The OPC database contains no wills of people who lived in this parish.
The OPC database contains no wills that mention this parish.
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