Maresfield, (East Sussex)

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Maresfield is situated just north of Uckfield; the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Meresfield, meaning a field with a marsh or pool in it.

The parishes of Nutley and Fairwarp were were formerly part of the ancient Maresfield parish.

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In 1743 the Chequers Hotel was built as a coaching inn on the Brighton to London stagecoach route.

Other Maresfield parishes:

Fairwarp, Nutley.

Places of worship:

Church details, together with baptism, marriage, monumental inscription & burial records can be accessed by clicking on the church name.

Dudeney Chapel

St Bartholomew

Census returns:

The OPC Database has no census returns for people residing in this parish yet.

People born in this parish but residing elsewhere:

4 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1851 census.

15 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1861 census.

7 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1871 census.

3 individuals in the OPC Database for the 1891 census.

1 individual in the OPC Database for the 1901 census.

The Weald has transcriptions of the 1841, 1851 and 1881 census returns

Maps:

Grid reference: 546600, 124000 ~ View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map or Oldmaps.

Poll Registers:

The OPC database contains 121 poll register entries for people entitled to vote in this parish.

1641 Protestation Returns:

There are no protestation returns for this parish in the OPC database.

Gazettes:

The OPC database contains 32 entries for people associated with this parish mentioned in Gazettes.

Photographs:

There are 51 images depicting this parish in the OPC database.

Postal directories:

The OPC database contains no postal directory entries for this parish.

1867 Kelly's Directory for Maresfield is available on the GENUKI site

1840 Pigot Directory for Maresfield

Publications:

There are no books about this parish in the Sussex OPC Bibliography.

There are 6 articles about this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Collections Index.

There are 15 people from this parish in the OPC Sussex Archeaological Society Members Index.

Wills:

The OPC database contains 1 will of someone who lived in this parish.

The OPC database contains 2 wills which mention this parish.

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