Pett, Sussex

Historical Description

Pett, a parish in Sussex, on the Military Canal and on the coast, 3 miles from Ore station on the S.E.R. It has a post and money order office under Hastings; telegraph office, Ore. Acreage, 1941; population, 282. There is a parish council consisting of five members. A large tract was overwhelmed and destroyed by the sea in 1250. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £295 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1864, and is in the Decorated English style, with a lofty shingle spire.

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.

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 Pett from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Pett 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