St John the Baptist Lewes Sussex information

**Details about the church**
Field	Value
Denomination of the Church	Church of England
The Church Website	https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/lewes-st-john-the-baptist-southover-high-street/
Number of transcriptions	8947
First year for a transcription	1558
Last year for a transcription	1882
Last date a transcription added	21 Dec 2020
Last date church information changed	10 Aug 2025
Notes about the Church	Built in the C12 as a hospice for the priory, it became a parish church in the C13. The north side is C14 and the south aisle mid-C16. The tower is early C18 and the chancel C19. It now contains the C12 tombstone of Gundrada de Warenne, joint-foundress of the priory.

**Number of records by decade**
Period Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records.	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials	Total
Transcribed by	Anthony Posner,William Hall,Mike Bennett	Jennifer Litton,Anthony Posner,William Hall	Jennifer Litton,William Hall	Jennifer Litton,Anthony Posner,William Hall,Mike Bennett
1530–1549
1550–1559	6	2	24	32
1560–1569	60	9	32	101
1570–1579	75	30	46	151
1580–1589	134	68	101	303
1590–1599	131	42	122	295
1600–1609	105	23	85	213
1610–1619	105	37	90	232
1620–1629	134	40	116	290
1630–1639	139	45	141	325
1640–1649	73	27	78	178
1650–1659	33	2	2	37
1660–1669	87	15	63	165
1670–1679	139	38	162	339
1680–1689	85	39	128	252
1690–1699	73	20	88	181
1700–1709	58	34	91	183
1710–1719	70	29	120	219
1720–1729	68	5	83	156
1730–1739	93	20	111	224
1740–1749	58	16	75	149
1750–1759	54	18	66	138
1760–1769	68	19	70	157
1770–1779	81	21	88	190
1780–1789	95	28	99	222
1790–1799	116	57	98	271
1800–1809	174	45	97	316
1810–1819	132	39	103	274
1820–1829	188	89	160	437
1830–1839	217	84	195	496
1840–1849	207	103	256	566
1850–1859	281	98	262	641
1860–1869	313	91	229	633
1870–1879	269	63	214	546
1880–1889	1	6	26	33
1890–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

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