| St Bartholomew Parish Church Maresfield |
| Parish records | Before 1500 |
1500 to 1550 |
1550 to 1600 |
1600 to 1650 |
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 |
After 2000 |
N/K | |
| 1330 | Christenings | 9 | 51 | 53 | 60 | 21 | 46 | 81 | 82 | 275 | 332 | 202 | 112 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 362 | Marriages | 1 | 17 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 36 | 30 | 90 | 72 | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 270 | Burials | 4 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 68 | 46 | 23 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1852 | Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey by The Rev. Arthur Hussey, M.A. ⇒ p. 256 |
| 1860 | Uckfield, Past and Present by The Rev. Edward Turner, M.A. ⇒ p. 17 |
| 1862 | Maresfield by The Rev. Edward Turner, M.A. ⇒ p. 140 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 42 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 296 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1404 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Thomas Ludlow | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1426 to 1440 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | William Suthby | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1440 to 1446 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Roger Mersh | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1446 to 1470 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | John Treke | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1470 to 1504 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Richard Richardson | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1504 to 1519 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Thomas Sewell | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1519 to 1539 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Thomas Bankbourne | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1539 to 1541 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Henry Simon | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1541 to 1561 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Robert Taylor | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1561 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Thomas Mawdesley | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| c 1570 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Edward Watmouth | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1570 to 1591 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Nicholas Payne | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1591 to 1601 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Ralphe Springate | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1601 to 1605 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | George Waylett | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1605 to 1638 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Richard Taylor | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1638 to 1644 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Thomas Oldfield | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| c 1644 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Mr Wattes | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| c 1660 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Mr Pike | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| c 1680 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Mr Middleton | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| c 1690 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Richard Bonner | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1728 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Ralph Kettleby | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1728 to 1738 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | John Lloyd | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1739 to 1790 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Henry Michell | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1790 to 1811 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Robert Rivett | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1811 to 1836 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | George Woodward | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1837 | Occupation Rector of Maresfield | Edward Turner | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Turner's Maresfield | |
| 1867 | Directory entry | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Post Office Directory | ||
| The church of St. Bartholomew is a neat Gothie stone building : it has nave, chancel, and well proportioned tower with 6 bells: portions of a much older church are visible in the chancel. The register commences in 1538. The living is a rectory, annual value £645, with residence, in the gift of Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., M.P., and held, since 1837, by the Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford; the Rev. Thomas Richard Turner of Queen's College, Oxford, is curate. | |||||
| 1874 | Directory entry | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Post Office Directory | ||
| The church of St. Bartholomew is a neat Gothic stone building : it has chancel, nave, and well proportioned tower with 6 bells : portions of a much older church are visible in the chancel. The register commences in the year 1538. The living is a rectory, yearly value £700, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. J. B. M. Butler, M.A. of Trinity College Cambridge, the present rector, son of the late Charles Salisbury Butler, esq., M.P., of Cazenoves, Middlesex, and 48 Princes gate, London s.w.; the Rev. John Ricketts, of Jesus College, Oxford, is curate. The present rector was appointed to the living in 1872, and has rebuilt the Rectory house, which is now a handsome and substantial Gothic building of red brick and stone. | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | St Bartholomews Church | ||
| 1882 | Directory entry | St Bartholomew Parish Church | Kelly's Directory | ||
| The ancient church of St. Bartholomew, a building of Early English character, with perpendicular insertions and additions, has been restored and enlarged, and was re-opened and in part re-consecrated by the Bishop of Chichester on the 24th April, 1879 : the church now consists of a new chancel, in which all the windows of old chancel, nave, transepts (also new), south porch, organ chamber, vestry and a massive tower containing 6 bells, were inserted (excepting the east window, now placed in south transept) ; the removal of the west gallery exposed to view the noble proportions of the tower arch: in the chancel are two richly-stained windows, one of which was erected as a memorial to the Rev. Edward Turner, late rector, by his son, the Rev. T. R. Turner: in the south transept is a memorial window to the late Sir J. V. Shelley bart. painted by his daughter, Mrs. Hervey Pechell an early Norman window, date about 1080, discovered in the south wall of the nave, and in a good state of preservation, has been filled with a stained-glass scroll, copied from an ancient window in the cathedral at Rheims : there are carved stone sedilia in the sacrarium and an eagle lectern of oak, presented by Miss Butler, the rector's sister : the stalls and reading. desks are of English oak, elaborately carved : the ancient oak porch, an object of great interest, has been carefully restored from an old drawing in the possession of C. Powell esq. of Speldhurst. Kent, and has been brought back to its original position at the junction of tower and nave, now forming the principal entrance to the church ; in it may be seen the remains of the stoup for holy water, used before the Reformation, and there is another just inside the entrance, in the stone-work of the jamb. The register of baptisms commences in the year 1538; marriages and burials, 1542. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent charge, £690, with residence and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1872 by the Rev. John Banks Meek Butler M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. | |||||
| 1907 |  | Church of St Bartholomew, Maresfield | Private collection | ||
| 1910 |  | Maresfield Church, Maresfield | Private collection | ||
| 1917 |  | Maresfield Church, Maresfield photographed by G.A. Wickhams | Private collection | ||
| 1933 |  | North View, Maresfield church photographed by H.H. Camburn, Tunbridge Wells | Private collection | ||
The Weald is at Database version 14.04 which has ongoing updates to the 395,000 people; 9,000 places; 613 maps; 3,308 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 248 books loaded in the previous version
