| Horsted Keynes |
| Horsted Keynes is a parish and village situated on a hill midway between Haywards Heath and East Grinstead. Horsted Keynes is in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of Horsted, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of Cuckfield, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. Horsted Keynes includes Freshfield and Dane Hill which was formed into a separate civil parish in 1898. Horsted Keynes is 38 miles south of London. The population of Horsted Keynes in 1811 was 627; in 1841 was 812; in 1861 was 790; in 1871 was 811; in 1881 was 1,149 (which included 160 in Danehill); in 1891 was 932; in 1901 was 888; in 1911 was 931; in 1921 was 961; and in 1931 was 960. Horsted Keynes appears in the Domesday Book as Horstede |
| Horsted Keynes historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Horsted Keynes's key events in chronological order |
| Parish & other records | Before 1500 |
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1550 to 1600 |
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1650 to 1700 |
1700 to 1725 |
1725 to 1750 |
1750 to 1775 |
1775 to 1800 |
1800 to 1825 |
1825 to 1850 |
1850 to 1875 |
1875 to 1900 |
1900 to 1925 |
1925 to 1950 |
1950 to 1975 |
1975 to 2000 |
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| 1819 | Births | 5 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 47 | 70 | 196 | 297 | 550 | 365 | 183 | 3 | |||||||
| 682 | Christenings | 26 | 39 | 33 | 53 | 68 | 103 | 116 | 104 | 99 | 41 | |||||||||
| 131 | Marriages | 8 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||
| 119 | Deaths | 1 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| 125 | Burials | 7 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 335 |
| 1848 | Extracts from the Journal and Account Book of the Rev. Giles Moore by Robert Willis Blencowe, Esq. ⇒ p. 65 |
| 1848 | The Small Cross-legged Effigy at Horsted Keynes by Weston Styleman Walford, Esq. ⇒ p. 128 |
| 1849 | Historical and Architectural Notices of the Iron Works of the County of Sussex by Mark Antony Lower ⇒ p. 211 |
| 1851 | The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 247 |
| 1871 | The Parliamentarian Surveys of the County of Sussex by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 200 |
| 1874 | The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1886 | Monumental Inscriptions from the Church of Horsted Keynes, Sussex by Granville Leveson Gower, Esq., F.S.A. ⇒ p. 107 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 233 |
| 1907 | Notes on the Family of Michelbourne by Col. F.W.T. Attree, F.S.A., late R.E. ⇒ p. 69 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 85 |
| 1931 | Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 410 |
| 1939 | Horsted Keynes, Sussex - The Church and Parish of St Giles by F. Stenton Eardley ⇒ Church in 1806 |
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| Places and properties in Horsted Keynes - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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