West Blatchington, (East Sussex)

Parish picture

The windmill in West Blatchington is a close neighbour of St Peter's Church. Built circa 1820, the earliest pictorial record of the mill is a pen and ink sketch by John Constable dated 5th November 1825. The mill is now a grade II listed building and is open to the public. Such mills are normally eight sided, however West Blatchington is only six sided and in this respect is unique.

Parish picture

St Peter's church was rebuilt from medieval ruins in 1890 using flint with stone dressings, the architect being Somers Clarke. Major enlargements were added in 1960-62 on the north side, this time designed by J. L. Denman in flint with red brick dressings.

Places of worship:

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

Goldstone Valley Gospel Hall

St George

St Peter

Census returns:

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

People born in this parish but residing elsewhere:

1 individual in the OPC Database for the 1861 census.

1 individual in the OPC Database for the 1901 census.

Maps:

Grid reference: 528045, 106610 ~ View on: Google Maps, Open Street Map, Streetmap, National Library of Scotland Map or Oldmaps.

Poll Registers:

The OPC database contains 4 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 no entries for people mentioned in Gazzetes associated with this parish.

Photographs:

There are 11 images depicting this parish in the OPC database.

POWPics (The new Roughwood churches album) contains 1 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.

Postal directories:

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

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 no 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 no wills that mention this parish.

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