1904 . (KELLY'S

Time of high water on the Full and Change of the Moon at others, and is in the diocese of and in the arch- the following places on the Coast of Sussex:- deaconies of Chichester and . Chichester archdea- High Water Rise* conry is subdi,•ided into the rural deaneries of Arundel, whil'h Place. Full & Change. Springs. N eaps. has two divisions, lloxgrove three divisions, Chichester, Mid- h. m. ft. ft. burst three divisions, and Storrington four divisions; Lewes Chichester I 1.30 14 II archdeaconry is subdivided into the rural deaneries of Dal- Selsea Bill 11.45 16~ 12~ lington, two divisions, Lewes five divisions, and 11.36 16 11~ Pevensey four divisions. It is in the South-Eastern circuit, Arundel (Bar) 11.35 16 11:\- Lewes being the assize town. The shire is for certain pur- " ('!'own) 0.25 poses divided into and ; these being Shoreham · 11.34 18 13} again subdivided into six rapes, running across the sitire Brighton II.I5 19! · 16 from north to south. East Sussex and West Sussex have Newhaven II.5I 20 15 each a separate police force. The county is divided into Beachy Head 11.20 20 15 18 petty sessional divisions, viz., 11 in the eastern and Hastings 10.53 24 17~ 7 in the western division. East Sussex includes the rapes Rye Bay 11.20 22 17t of Hastings, Lewes and Pevensey. The quarter sessions *By the rise-of the tide is meant its vertical rise above are held at Lewes. Petty sessions are lield at Battle, the mean low water level of spring tides. Brighton, East Grinstead, Frant, Hailsham, Hastings, Hay- A main dependence of the county is on its bathing towns, ward's Heath, Hurst Green, Lewes, Rye and Uckfield. West which include Brighton with. Hove ; Haitings with St. Sussex includes the rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chi­ Leonard's; Eastbourne, Worthmg, Bognor and Littlehamp- chester. The quarter sessions are held at Pet worth at ton ; besides which many of the villages of the coast are Easter, at Trinity, and Chichester at Michaelmas. frequented for bathing. The climate is mild, and beneficial Petty sessions are held at Amndel, Chichester, Horsham, to invalids. , , Steyning and . The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway enters The city of Chichester has a separate jurisdiction, and is th\l shire· at Crawley, and passes due south to Brighton, regarded as the capital of the shire. The cinque port!! of having two branches from Three Bridges, one extending Hastings, Rye, Seaford and Winchelsea have also separate through East Grinstead and Groombridge to Tunbridge jurisdictions. . Wells, and the other througti Horsham and Pulborough to The general law relating to th~ militia does not apply to Ford junction, which' gives a direct line to the west of the I the cinque ports, which are regulated in this respect by t)l.e county and Portsmouth : from Horsham is a branch south statute of 55 or 57 George Ill. c. 72. by , f!"enfield and Steyning to Sho_reham, and The municipal boroughs are Arundel, population in 1881, another north t? Gmldford; f!om Pulboroug~ IS a branch 2 , 748; Brighton, 107,546; Chichester, 8,114 ; Eastbourne, t~ Petw?rth, Midhurst and 9h1ch~ster; there IS also a mora 22,014_; Hastings, 42, 258; Lewes, 11 , 119 ; Rye, 4,224; and direct line to Horsham vu'i M1tcham, Sutton, Epsom, Wortlllng 10 976. Leatherhead and Dorking, called the Mid Sussex line : from ' ' . . Hayward's Heath and also from Keymer Junction, on the The o~her p~mcipal towns are_ Battle, 3,319; Bognd~, main Brighton Railway lines pass to Lewes, and thence 3, 290 ; East G_rmst~d, 6,968: H~Ilsh~m, 2,964; Haywar : 1 1 8 26 along the coast to Hastings, having branches from Polegate H~th, • 14' ~orsha~, 6,874 • Littl~ha~pton, 3:9 d to Eastbourne, ,which is placed in direct connection with Midhurst, 1•61 5 • New Shoreham, 3o5°5 • R) e, 4, 2 24 • an 1 6 Tunbridge Wells and the Metropolis via Groom bridge and Uckfield, 2• 4 · Oxted (Surrey): from Lewes are lines to Newhaven town The Registration Districts are:- and harbout and Seaford, and to East Grinstead; to Uck- No. • Name. Area. Pop. field and Tunbridge Wells, and to Brighton; from Brighton ' 67 Rye 38,131 12,040 are short lines to Kemp Town and the Devil's Dyke, whilst a 68 Hastings 13,94 r 5~· 129 western branch leads to Shoreham, Worthing, Littlehampton 69 Battle 53,962 14·519 (from Ford Junction), Arundel, Bognor (from Barnham 7b Eastbourne ~ 36,539 27,756 · Junction) and Chichester, whence a communication is made 71 Hailsham 55,130 13,405 to Portsmouth and the South-Western lines, and· thus the 72 Ticehurst 52,35~ 17,219 Kentish ports are connected through the London, Brighton 73 Uckfield 75.386 20,098 and South Coast line with those of the West of England. 74 · East Grinstead 6r,553 r8,58r The South Eastern Railway has a line to Hastings from 75 · Cuckfield 62,284 23,252 'funbridge Wells and also <_:ommunicates with Rye, Winchel- 76 Lewes* 85,467 32,8~ sea. and Hastings from Ashford .. The London and South 77 Brighton r,625 99·091 Western Railway have only one short branch within this 78 Steyning 47,76o 49·08g county, viz .. from , Rants, to Midhurst, giving 79 Horsham 70,539 22,300 communication with the London, Brighton and South Coast 8o Petworth 45,710 9.595 Hailway system. . 81 40,636 • 8,285 The culture of Sussex is applied to its rich mar;;h lands in 82 East Preston 34,869 26,364 fattening cattle, and to its downs for feeding sheep. The 83 Westhampnett 70,758 19,653 shire is famous for its breed of Sussex oxen and of South- 84 Chichester x,888 8, 569 down sheep. The productions of Sussex are chalk, lime, 85 Midhurst 65,571 13,933 building stone, firestone, flint, Sussex marble, salt and 86 '"Westbourne 32,040 7·420 sulphuret of iron. Near Battle gypsum has been discovered, *Four unions: Lewes, population n,547; Chailef' from which plaster of paris and cement are made. At 10,373; West , 2,369; Newhaven, 8,6o7. pebbles of agate and chalcedony are found, The followin"" is a list of the unions with the pa~ish# which are cut and polished and called Rottingdean pebbles. contained in th~m ._ - ' Much of the soil, particularly in the , is cold and · - poor, but a good deal of wheat is raised. Hops are grown BATTLE UNION. in the eastern districts, and in the uplands coppice wood. Ashburnham Ewh_urst At West Tarring, near ·worthing, is an orchard for figs, Battle · Holhngton . a fruit which is much grown in the county. At Worthing Bexhill Mountfield there are several nurseries and market gardens, where Brightling Penhurst • early fruits &c. are extensively grown in glass houses Catsfield Sedlescombe and sent direct to the London markets. Much fine Crowhurst Westfi~ld timber is planted and produced. The woods amount to over Dallington Whatlmgton Ioo,ooo acres: formerly they were of great importance for • • BRIGHTON PARISH. the iron manufacture, the chief seat of which was in Sussex Brighthelmstone until 1720; the last furnace was extinguished at Ashburn­ CHAILEY UNION, ham in 1828. Barcombe Plumpton The manufactures are few: chiefly consisting of paper, Chailey Ringmer brushes and brooms, beer, charcoal and coke, gunpowder, Street potash, bricks and tiles, pottery and pipes, salt, cement and East Chiltington plaster of paris; coach making, currying and tanning, oil Hamsey Wivelsfield grinding, millwrigbts' work, shipbuilding, block making, Ne-wick soap-boiling, distijling, candle making and glove making CHICHESTER INCORPORATION. are also carried on .• All Saints or The Pallant St. Martin- Many roads communicate with the Metropolis ; the old Cathedral' Close, precinct . St. Olave mail roads were those to Hastings, Brighton and Portsmouth, Newton, or St. John St. Pancras with one from Dover to Portsmouth, following the line of St. Andrew St. Peter the Great, or Sul1 the sea cua$t. 1 • . St. Bartholornew deanery The county contains 322 civil parishes and parts of seven St. J ames St. Peter· the Les.S