Lullington The Good Shepherd

England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Lullington The Good Shepherd

The Parish

The parish of Lullington lies in southern Sussex roughly 8 miles southeast of the market town of Lewes. Lullington sits about 2 miles south of the A27 road which links Lewes with Polegate and onwards by the A2270 to Eastbourne. Lullington is a tiny place, little more than a couple of farms and the church standing on a lane which parallels the Cuckmere River on its eastern banks and opposite the more substantial village of Alfriston. Sitting on the edges of the chalk down that holds the famous chalk figure of the Wilmington Long Man the parish is traversed by one part of the South Downs Way National Trail and is a popular local hike. The area is devoted to sheep grazing the short and sweet turf of the Downs. Lullington is drained southwards by the Cuckmere River which soon meets the English Channel at Cuckmere Haven where there are views of the Seven Sisters towards Eastbourne. Lullington is sited at between 10 and 40 metres above the sea but the chalk down to its east rises abruptly to summit above the Long Man at 214 metres with extensive views to the north over The Weald. Lullington parish was quire small covering just under 1,200 acres and supported fewer than 50 parishioners. Lullington is not mentioned in Domesday Book.

The Church

The church of the Good Shepherd sits on the western side of the lane which heads from Litlington to Wilmington and is tucked away behind a farm. Believed to be the smallest church in Sussex it is barely 18 feet square and is no more than the chancel of a former much larger church. Whilst a very picturesque building dating it is more of a challenge and Pevsner ventures it to be 14th century although its weatherboarded top seems more modern. The church is signed from the lane (Chapel Hill) by a red sign and a footpath marker, the path winds around the farmstead to the church which stands in the southeastern corner of the churchyard meaning only a few aspects are available for the photographer.

The Records

Register No	Covering Dates	Deposited With	Register Style	Quality Standard	Comments
1	31st October 1756 - 14th June 1811	East Sussex Record Office - The Keep - Reference - PAR418/1/1/3	Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None
2	14th October 1813 - 15th January 1836	East Sussex Record Office - The Keep - Reference - PAR418/1/3/1	Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register	Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads	None

Alfriston St Andrew	Arlington St Pancras	Arlington St Pancras
Alfriston St Andrew		Jevington St Andrew
Alfriston St Andrew	Litlington St Michael the Archangel	Jevington St Andrew

Register Reference	Date	Groom Forename	Groom Surname	Groom Status	Groom Abode	Bride Forename	Bride Surname	Bride Status	Bride Abode
1	31/10/1756	John	LEVET			Elizabeth	COPPAR	Single
2	22/11/1756	William	HILLS			Anne	BROOK
3	12/10/1787	Samuel	CALDICOTT	Single	Selmeston	Sarah	WOODHAMS	Single
4	05/04/1789	David	PETITT	Single		Sarah	HEERING	Single
5	10/11/1789	Robert	NEWMAN	Single	Alfriston	Mary	WOODHAMS	Single
6	03/09/1791	Robert	GEALL	Single	Ripe	Elizabeth	MARQUICK	Single
7	15/08/1792	William	REEDS	Single		Ann	ELPHICK	Single
8	04/08/1794	John	BODLE	Single	Alfriston	Molly	ADAMS	Single
9	24/09/1804	Thomas	ADAMS	Widower		Elizabeth	GOWER	Single
10	14/06/1811	William	BOWRING		Bletchingley, Surrey	Ann	TAYLOR
1	14/10/1813	Samuel	LEWES	Widower	Tarring Neville	Mary	TURNER	Single
2	15/10/1815	James	HARRIS	Widower		Susannah	LOVETT	Single	Alfriston
3	01/07/1817	Robert	FULLER	Single		Catharine	WOODHAMS
4	16/01/1819	Elam	PAGE			Susan	HUGGETT		Alfriston
5	11/10/1823	John Reynolds	LORD	Single	St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey	Ann	WOODHAMS	Single
6	26/08/1825	Charles	REED	Single	Alfriston	Ann	FOORD	Single
7	15/01/1836	Richard	BODLE	Single	Berwick	Mary	BAKER	Single

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