Place:Botolphs, Sussex, England

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NameBotolphs
Alt namesButtolphssource: Family History Library Catalog
Anningtonsource: former name for parish
Botolphsource: alternate spelling
TypeParish
Coordinates50.871°N 0.306°W
Located inSussex, England
Also located inWest Sussex, England     (1865 - )
See alsoBramber Rape, Sussex, Englandrape in which it was located
Steyning Hundred, Sussex, Englandhundred in which it was located
Steyning West Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1933
Bramber, Sussex, Englandparish into which it was merged in 1933
Horsham District, West Sussex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Botolphs, formerly called Annington, is a tiny village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is in the Adur Valley 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Steyning on the road between Steyning and Coombes. Botolphs lies on the South Downs Way long distance footpath. At the 2011 UK Census the population of the village was included in the civil parish of Bramber.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"BOTOLPH, or Buttolphs, a parish in Steyning [registration] district, Sussex; on the river Adur, 1½ mile SSE of Steyning, and 1 S by E of Bramber [railway] station. Post Town: Steyning, under Hurstperpoint. Acres: 910. Real property: £932. Population: 54. Houses: 10. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Bramber, in the diocese of Chichester. The church is very good."

In 1933 Botolphs was abolished to enlarge the neighbouring parish of Bramber. At that time its area was recorded as 920 acres. The population at the time of the 1931 UK census was 64.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Botolphs.

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  • The West Sussex Record Office is located in Chichester. Because it holds the records of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, which covers the whole of Sussex, it has church records relating to both parts of Sussex.
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  • West Sussex Past - database of 2 million records from West Sussex heritage organizations.
  • The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies' Sussex Collection (PDF). This is a 9-page PDF naming the files relating to Sussex in their collection-a possible first step in a course of research.
  • The National Library of Scotland has a website which provides maps taken from the Ordnance Survey England & Wales One-Inch to the Mile series of 1892-1908 as well as equivalent maps for Scotland itself. The immediate presentation is a "help" screen and a place selection screen prompting the entry of a location down to town, village or parish level. These screens can be removed by a click of the "X". The map is very clear and shows parish and county boundaries and many large buildings and estates that existed at the turn of the 20th century. Magnification can be adjusted and an "overlay feature" allows inspection of the area today along with that of 1900. The specific map from the series can be viewed as a whole ("View this map") and this allows the inspection of the map legend (found in the left hand bottom corner. Becoming familiar with the various facilities of these maps is well worth the trouble.
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