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Isfield
Isfield is a parish and a village on the River Ouse in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of Loxfield Dorset, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of Uckfield, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. It is 44 miles south of London.
The population of Isfield in 1811 was 464; in 1841 was 477; in 1861 was 458; in 1871 was 507; in 1881 was 451; in 1891 was 423; in 1901 was 431; in 1911 was 470; in 1921 was 478; and in 1931 was 474
Isfield is recorded in the Domesday book as Sifelle
Isfield 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
Isfield historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Isfield's key events in chronological order

Parish & other records Before
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1700
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After
2000

809Births378612451645142291188784
109Christenings461245911143311
150Marriages420121082020282422
18Deaths12141441
21Burials132131631
 

Books and other documents
The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. in 1835 - Page 371
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1851
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1867
A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. in 1870 - Page 266
The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1874
Kelly's Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1882
Brooker's Guide and Directory for Uckfield and District in 1888 - Page 89
The Sussex Highlands in 1927 - Page 60
Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein in 1928 - Page 13

Isfield pictures
Isfield Place
1784

Isfield Place
1866

The Church
1900

The Isfield Cricket Team
1905

The Isfield Cricket Team Scores
16th June 1909

Isfield Church
1910

At the station
c 1910
 
Fete
c 1910

Charles Brunsdon
c 1910

Grafton Villa
c 1910

Oaklands
1920

The Stores
1920

Hospital Sunday
22nd July 1922

Isfield Maps
c 1724

c 1795

c 1825

c 1899

Sussex Maps
1610

1645

1695

1763

1st Sept 1787

1808

1837

1840

1864

Currently The Weald is at  Database version 8.3 - 4th August 2010 and contains information on 294,820 people; 8,500 places; 613 maps; 2,773 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 187 books © The Weald and its contributors

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