Bolney, Sussex

Historical Description

Bolney, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands 3½ miles SW by W of Cuckfield, and 5 W of Haywards-Heath station on the L.B. & S.C.R. The parish comprises 3557 acres; population, 829. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Haywards-Heath. The northern portion is covered with wood, and lies within St Leonard's Forest. Bolney Common is famed for cherry trees, and commands noble views. Bolney Place, Colwood House, Wykehurst, and Bolney Lodge are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church lias been restored and enlarged. There is a small mission chapel at Colwood, and a Baptist chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

The Parish Register of Bolney, Sussex 1541-1812 is available to purchase on CD-ROM from the shop.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bolney from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bolney (St. Mary Magdalene))

Maps

Online maps of Bolney are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer