East Worthing is a residential area of

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...

in the

district, in the county of

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...

, England, situated immediately to the east of Worthing town centre. It is bounded by the West Coastway railway line and Broadwater to the north, Brooklands Park to the east, Homefield Park and Worthing town centre to the west and the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

coast to the south.

History

Like the early hamlet of Worthing, the area of modern East Worthing was initially part of the parish of Broadwater. In the 19th century the first few houses in existence were economically dependent on the 18th-century

brickworks A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for cl ...

and two

smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type ...

s in the vicinity, both of which existed by 1831. Development spread east of Worthing town centre around 1850. Gradually, the town expanded to the east, and in the 1860s a church was proposed to serve the area, which had become known as East Worthing. Large detached villas were built along Farncombe Road and Selden Road and St George's Church was built in 1868 in anticipation of further development to the east. To the east of Ham Road large areas were used for the area's glasshouse industry for growing fruit and flowers. Significant erosion of the coastline took place over the course of the 19th century, with at least 70 yards of land lost. The earlier coast road to Lancing was -100 yards to the south of the present day coast road on Brighton Road. Rebuilt further inland in 1874, the original Half Brick Inn was washed away in 1869. In the Edwardian period development continued east of St George's Church along Brighton Road, St George's Road and Alexandra Road. By the inter-war period development had reached the banks of the

Teville Stream The Teville Stream is a stream which flows through the town of Worthing in West Sussex. Once significantly wider than the current stream, it is now culverted for much of its length. Watercourse The Teville Stream rises at allotments in Tarring, W ...

with the building of Seamill Park Crescent.

Governance

East Worthing lies within the borough of Worthing and mostly lies within Selden ward, which has three councillors that represent the area on

Worthing Borough Council Worthing Borough Council is a district council in the county of West Sussex, based in the borough of Worthing. The borough council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 out of the existing Worthing Municipal Council, which also ...

. For elections to

West Sussex County Council West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. The county also contains seven district and borough councils, and 158 town, parish and neighbourhood councils. The county council has 7 ...

most of the area is represented by the Worthing East electoral division. The area is represented at Westminster by the

East Worthing and Shoreham East Worthing and Shoreham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Tim Loughton of the Conservative Party. Boundaries The District of Adur, and the Borough of Worthing wards of Broadwater, Gais ...

constituency.

Architecture

Buildings of note include those along Farncombe Road, St George's Church (1868) by

George Truefitt George Truefitt (1824–1902) was born in 1824 at St George's Hanover Square, London. He practiced architecture from age 15 (1839), when he began working with the British architect Lewis Cottingham, until his retirement in 1899. Career Truefitt ...

and the Church of St Charles Borromeo (1962) by

Henry Bingham Towner Henry Bingham Towner (1909–1997) was an English architect. He is best known for designing churches in Southern England. Biography Early life He was born and raised in Uckfield, Sussex.

Transport

East Worthing railway station has westbound services to Worthing (central) and West Worthing and eastbound services to

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

. It opened in 1905 as Ham Bridge Halt. Buses are provided by

Stagecoach South Stagecoach South is a bus operator providing services in South East England. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach. It operates services in Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex with some routes extending into Brighton and Wiltshire. It operates 487 buses fr ...

including the Coastliner 700 service to Worthing town centre,

Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea (often shortened to Shoreham) is a coastal town and port in West Sussex, England. The town is bordered to its north by the South Downs, to its west by the Adur Valley and to its south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the ...

and Brighton.

Notable residents

* Edwin Bennett, cricketer * William A. Dunkerley, author * W.E. Henley, poet *

Elsie Oxenham Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley (25 November 1880 – 9 January 1960), was an English girls' story writer, who took the name Oxenham as her pseudonym when her first book, '' Goblin Island'', was published in 1907. Her Abbey Series of 38 titles are he ...

, author * Tom Pearce, cricketer

References

Bibliography

* * {{authority control Suburbs of Worthing