Fittleworth, Sussex
Historical Description
Fittleworth, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands near a bridge on the river Rother, and has a station on the L.B. & S.C.R., 50 miles from London, and 2½ SE by E of Petworth. It has a post and money order office, under Pulborough (R.S.O-); telegraph office, Fittleworth railway station. The parish comprises 2362 acres; population, 761. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £271 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is very good, and there are some charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Sussex | |
| Hundred | Bury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Fittleworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Fittleworth)
Maps
Online maps of Fittleworth 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: