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1856 - Worthing Intelligencer newspaper first published [12] 1861 Queen Marie Amelie of France stays in Worthing when in exile from France; The Sussex Coast Mercury (later the Worthing Mercury) newspaper is first published [12] 1862 Worthing Pier opens; C.A. Elliott uses glass from the Great Exhibition of 1851 for glass-houses to grow grapes ...
Photochrom print of Worthing Pier in the 1890s. Worthing is a large seaside town in Sussex, England in the United Kingdom. The history of the area begins in Prehistoric times and the present importance of the town dates from the 19th century.
High Salvington is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is centred 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of the town centre and is north of the A27 . History
The history of film in Worthing dates back to exhibitions on Worthing Pier in 1896, and two years later William Kennedy Dickson—inventor of the Kinetoscope, a pioneering motion picture device—visited the town to film daily life. In the early 20th century, several cinemas were established, although most were short-lived.
The parish of West Tarring is now part of the Borough of Worthing, but has ancient origins as a South Downs strip parish of about 1,200 acres (486 ha). [2] It ran for about 3 miles (5 km) from its northern extremity at Bost Hill, on the track to Findon (now the A24 road), to the English Channel coast in the south, and was much narrower apart from a thin strip of land extending westwards.
Durrington is a neighbourhood of Worthing and former civil parish, now in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. Historically in Sussex, in the rape of Bramber, it is situated near the A27 road, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) northwest of the town centre.
Salvington is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England.It lies south of the A27 road two miles (3 km) north-west of the town centre. . It is served by three elected Worthing Borough Councillors at any given time, currently Nicola Waight, Noel Atkins and Michael Cloake, all Conservati
St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in the Heene area of the borough of Worthing, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.It had 11th-century origins as a chapelry within the parish of West Tarring, but declined and fell into disuse by the 18th century.