The OPC is Val Everson

West Dean Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Broughton (HAM) – East Dean (HAM) – East Tytherley (HAM) – Pitton & Farley – West Grimstead – West Tytherley (HAM) – Whiteparish – Winterslow

Websites of Interest

West Dean Parish Council – Community Information.

The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

St. Marys Gallery          

Church Building

Churches Conservation Trust  

Church Census

West Deane and Grimsteed Protestation Return 1641-1642          Grimsteed Protestation Return 1641-1642

Church History

Church Interior

St. Marys Interior Gallery         

Church Officials          

Rectors List   

Church Supported Charities

Salisbury Infirmary Diocese of Salisbury Parish Donations 1858

Churchyard

St. Marys Churchyard Gallery           Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions

Parish Register Transcripts

Baptisms

1779-1790

Parish Registers Held at WSHC (West Dean with East Grimstead)

Baptisms 1717-1982
Marriages 1538-1990
Burials 1538-1947

Parish History

Population and other information

Civil Registration

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

Parish Grain Acreage 1801          1936

Railways

Railways Gallery

Crime and Legal Matters

Assault

Assault by a Shepherd 1866

Bastardy

Bastardy Examinations

Crime Reports

1800-1899

Poaching

Poaching Charge Dismissed 1903

 Theft

Caught in Possession of Stolen Leather 1813

Directories

Post Office 1855         Post Office 1875

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Agriculture and Land

Gamekeepers Certificates 1807

Apprentices

Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.

John Cooper 1711         John Cooper 1756

Aviation

Aviators Certificates

Denis Phillip Parsons 1939

Communications

British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969           

Dairies

Salisbury, Semley & Gillingham Dairies 1890

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Borbach Chantry

Churches Conservation Trust

People and Parish Notables

John Hinxman Family Tree

Census Returns Transcripts

1851          1881

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772          Poll Book 1818          Voters List 1832          Poll Book 1865         MP Nominations 2015          MP Nominations 2017

Family Notices

1700-1799

Parish Surveys

1783

Personal Research Items

Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such.  Many references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.

Taxes

Falstone Day Book 1645-1653

Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse

Overseers

Elected Overseers

Probate

Parishioners Wills

Edward Hinxman Proved 1785

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorials & Military Gallery

WWI

Mercantile Marine
Medal Awards

Arthur White 1919

War Memorials & Books of Remembrance

Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918          War Memorial          Roll of Honour 1914-1918          

WWII

War Memorials and Books of Remembrance

Roll of Honour 1939-1945