'WORTHING, Sussex, a market-town and watering-place, in the parish of Broadwater, is aitnated on the shore of the English Channel, in 50' 43' N. lat, V 22' W. long., distant 12 miles W. from Brighton, and 61 miles S.S.W. from London by road and by the London, Brighton, and South-Coast railways. The population of the town of Worthing in 1851 was 5370. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the arehdea wary and diocese of Chichester.
The situation of Worthing is low and flat, no part of the town being more than 20 feet above the level of the sea, and it is foggy in winter. It was originally an obscure fishing-station, but at the close of the last century, when fashion caused the beet points of the southern coast to be resorted to for health and pleasure, this town sprung up, and in consequence of its proximity to the Downs, and the richness of the surrounding country, it has continued to increase. The esplanade extends for three-quarters of a mile along the shore, and the bathing.
machines and the baths are of superior character. There are in the town a church, erected in 1313; a chapel of ease; &Wesleyan Methodist and an Independent chapel; National and Infant schools; a town-hall; a market-houae; a theatre; a dispensary; and a literary institution. The Steppe is an open apace, of three acres in area The market is on Saturday, and a corn-market is held on every alternate Wednesday. There is an annual fair on July 20th, and races are run in September. A county court and pettysessioun are held here. In the neighbourhood Roman remains have been found, and at Cisabury is a fortification or earthwork of an irregular oval form, ineloalog on area of nearly CO acres. The parish church of Broadwater, about a mile from the town, is a fine specimen of Norman architecture, though some parts are of a somewhat later date.