SUSSEX. Eanting, and Is Intended for Ladiel! of Good Social Position, of .The ~E3.N and Chapter of Chiche~Ter
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DIRECTORY.] WORTHING • • SUSSEX. Eanting, and is intended for ladiel! of good social position, of .the ~e3.n and Chapter of Chiche~ter,. !ind held 11ince but of reduced means, recovering from recent illness; 1895 by the Rev. John Prince Fallowes M.A. of Pembroke the present maximum number of inmates is II ; twenty· College, Cambridge. The " Burlington" is a well one days is the ordinary limit of residence, but this is appointed hotel. There are baths and a gymnasium in occasiomdly extended. Heene road, and a park and recreation ground. St. Mary"s Convalescent Home, Westbrooke, was founded in 1893 by the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle. I BROA.DW!.TER, the original mother parish of The Friends' Convalescent Home· in Park road, opened Worthing, has, by virtue of the Worthing Extension in I 892, is for poor children of all denominations. Act, been to a great extent incorporated with Worthing. Six almshouses for six aged poor men and their wives, and parts respectively amalgamated with Durrington membeu of the Church of England, were erected and and with Sompting parishes. The church of St. M.ary endowed in 1858 by the parents of Harry Humphreys is of stone, partly Norman and partly Transition, but esq. to perpetuate his memory, and two others for chiefly Early English, with some Decorated work, and widows have since been added. St. Elizabeth's alms has a tower containing a clock, presented by the houses, for four single women, were founded by the pJrishioners in l903 to commemorate the jubilee of the late Alfred Burges C.E. in 1858. &ev. E. K. Elliott, then rector, and 6 bells: there are There are also many other benevolent institutions and memDTial window,s and two altar tombs to the West convalescent homes, and various Friendly SDcieties, in family, Lords de la Warr: the church was restored cluding the AncienJ. Order of .Foresters, Hearts of Oak, in r827 and "1864, at a cost of £3,ooo: there are 78o Oddfellows, Good Templars, Rechabites, the British sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The Women's Temperance Association and the Mason Lodge living is a rectory, net yearly value £420, with residence ()f Friendship (No. 851), the meetings of which are held and 30 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Rev. E. K. at the Bteyne Assembly Rooms. Elliott M.A. and held since 1905 by the Rev. Edward There are parks and recreation grounds at the Jarnes Elliott M.A. of St. John's College, Oxford. The northern part of the town, comprising 17 acres, laid Worthing Corporation cemetery, situated here, occupies ()Ut in 188r. 27 acres of ground, and has two mortuary chapels. The Steyne Gardens consist of an inclosure of about There is a Reading Room, and a Volunteer Fire Brigade 2 acres. Near these g-ardens is a granite column, here. Charman Dean is the seat of Alfred King esq. erected by public subscription in 1903, to the men of The principal landowners are Mrs. Livesay, i·ho is lady Worthing and district who fell in the South African o.f the manor, Julian Charles Gaisford esq. of Oflington, War, 1899-1902. and Mrs. Wisden. The soU is loam; subsoil, various. The links of the Worthing Golf Club are situated off The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats; large the Findon road, about 1! miles from the Town hall, quantities of· gt'apes, tomatJes, cucumbers &c. are grown and there are bowling greens, cricket and hockey under glass here chiefly for the London markets. g-rounds and rowing, tennis, rifle, sailing and motor boat dubs. SEDGWIOK, a detached portion of Broadwater, con On Lancing Down, Roman remains have been found : taining about 150 acres, was inclosed at an early date ; and at Cissbury is an earthwork of 6o acres, which the park was attached to a, castle, occupied by the appears to have been used by the Britons and Romans. Savage fatnily under the lords of Bramber. Mrs. Livesay is lady of the manor of Broadwater, and By Local Government Boai"d Order, 7,427, dated Dec. George Richard Edmunds esq. is lord of Worthing 20, 1877, Little Broadwater was transferred to Nuthurst. manor. Parish Clerk, William Dabbs. The area of the borough is 3,012 acres; rateable • value, [196,794; the population of the extended borough WEST TARRING, in Domesday called "Terringes,l' is now ("r9n) about 28,ooo. constitutes Tarring hundred, and is mostly within the The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 borough of Worthing, Salvington being transfeued to was :-Christ Church, 3,018; Holy Trinity, 3,653; St. Durrington and another part to Goring, under the Andrew, 1,269; St. George, 4,432; St. Paul, 2,974; Worthing Extension Order, 1902. The church of St. St. Botolph's, 3,019 ; Broad water (part), 2,637; West A.ndrew is of stone in the Early English style, and has Tarring (part), 1,8o9. a tower, with spire, containing 6 bells: the church was repaired and reseated in 1854, at an expense of nearly HEENE, commonly called "West Worthing," and [3,ooo: there are 65o sittings, The register dates from formerly extra-parochial, adjoins Worthing on the west 1540 and includes churchwardens' accounts from the and sinca Nov. 1890, has been incorporated with the year 1516, besides entries from thA :Parishes of Tarring, municipal borDugh of Worthing, and by the Worthing Heene and Durrington. The living is a rectory, with extension order amalga::nated with the parish of Worth Durrington annexed, joint net income £259, with Tesi ing. The London, Brighton and South Coast railway dence and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Archbishop company has a station here, opened in Nov. 1889. The of Canterbury, and held since 18gB by the Rev. Charles water works and baths are the property of the Worthing Lee. of St. Bees. The Christian Brethren have a meeting Corporation; the reservoir at Coate, near Durrington, house here, and there is a Baptist Mission room. An 125 feet above the sea level, was completed in May, 1894, ancient Charter granting a. market to Tarring, in 1414, at a cost of upwards of £s,ooo, for the storage of water is in the keeping of the Borough Council. The Parish pumped froxn the borings at West Worthing; the reser Reading room was presented, in 1891, by Mrs. E. B. voir is 40 feet square and 15 feet deep, and has a capacity Clarke, and is vested in the hands of trustees. Here is of 15o,~oo gallons;. the villages en Toute are also supplied a fig orchard, the largest in England, which is much from this main. The parish church of St. Botolph, built frequent.ed by visitors from Worthing. What l'emains of in 1873, is of stone and brick in the Early English style, the palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury is now used and has a. tower with spire containing 8 bells : the east as a National school. George Rastrick esq. is lord of and west windows, with others, are stained: the church the riu~nor. The principal landowners are. Lieut.-Col. was enlarged in 1878 at a cost of about £6,8so, and William George Margesson, of Findon Place, Mrs. Wis again in 1904-5. at a cost of about [2,ooo: there are den and H. H. Gardner esq. The soil is various; sittings for 850 . persons and a detached burial ground. subsoil, principally gravel. The chief crops are wheat, 'l'he register dates from the year 1594· The living is a oats, turnips, mangel-wurzel and peas. The area now rectory, net yearly value [120, with residence, in the gift is 66o acres. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, For telegraph business., week days, I~t May to 3rst Head office, Chapel road.-George Stacey, postmaster Oct. 7 a.m. to m p.m.; rst Nov. to 3oth April, 8 a.m. Hours of Bnsiness.-l<'or the sale of stamps, post cards, to 9 p.m.; sundays, 8.30 to 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 p.l'I\. newspaper wrappers, stamped & registered envelopes The telegraph office at Worthing Railway l!tation is open & for registration of letters & delivery of letters to for the general delivery of telegrams from 6 to 7 callers & for the receipt of inland A; foreign parcels, p.m. on sundays week days, 7 a..m. to 10 p.m.; 1st Nov. to 3oth April, 8 a m. to 9 p.m. ; sundays, 8.30 to 10 a. m. The telegraph office at West Worthing Railway station &; 5 to 6 p.m. For money or,der, savings bank, in is open for aelivery on the station premises only on surance & annuity business & ssue of inland revenue sundays at train times only licences (except on sun day, ood Friday, Christmas Out ward Mails. day &i other occasional days, especting which special The box at bead office, Chapel road, is cleared at 6. 15, notice is given), week d·;.fs, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For the sale & payment postal orders, 7 a.m. to 9-Io, 9·45• rd.15, :n:.1o & II-35 a..m. & 1;2.30, 1.20, 1.40, 10 p. m. week dayS' only ; . st Nov. to 3oth April, 8 2.20, 3.4o, 5·5• 6.\o• 7·I5, 8.50 & 9.30 p:m a.m. to 9 p.m. ; Bank H 1days, 7 a.m. to 12 noon. Sundays.-Mails cleared at 8. ro p.m • • .