England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Rodmell lies in southern Sussex quite close to its English Channel coastline. Rodmell is a small and compact village which lies about 3 miles south of the market town of Lewes on the edge of the floodplain of the River Sussex Ouse. Rodmell sits on the narrow lane which connects Lewes with Newhaven and which runs on the opposite side of the valley from the A26. The gap within the South Downs cut by the Ouse is also a route for modern developments as the London to Newhaven rail line also cuts down this valley. Rodmell would have been a farming village at the time of this transcript with a varied set of land types available, grazing marshes by the Ouse, sheep runs on the nearby Downs and some arable leading to a varied economy. Today Rodmell receives some visitors from the South Downs Way National Trail which passes just east of the village on its way to Eastbourne. The Sussex Ouse drains the parish southwards the short distance to the English Channel at Newhaven. Rodmell is sited at between 10 & 50 metres above the sea (its modern additions spreading upwards on to the Downs), the chalk downland rises dramatically westwards to reach local heights of close to 200 metres within a mile or two. Rodmell parish was fairly typically sized for its area, it covered just under 1,900 acres and would have supported a population of close to 350 parishioners. In Domesday times Rodmell was shared between Count Robert of Mortain and William de Warennes and was a whole lot bigger than today's small village; boasting an incredible 46 ploughs, extensive woodland and meadows together with 11 salthouses it was in the largest 20% of places recorded in the book, a complete change in fortunes over the centuries. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 26th April 1756 -14th December 1812 | East Sussex Record Office - Reference PAR464/1/1/2 | 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 | 22nd February 1813 - 9th August 1835 | East Sussex Record Office - Reference PAR464/1/3/1 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Iford
St Nicholas
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Iford
St Nicholas
Lewes St John the Baptist |
South
Malling St Michael the Archangel
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Iford
St Nicholas
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Beddingham
St Andrew
Southease St Peter |
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Southease
St Peter
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