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(Transcript by Peter Weaver)

Kelly’s Directory of Sussex – 1915 page 577 onwards

SHOREHAM-BYSEA

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA is a seaport, situated at the mouth of the river Adur, and has a junction station of the Horsham branch with the coast line of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, 56½ miles from London, 6 west from. Brighton, 22 east from Chichester, 5 east from Worthing, in the Mid division of the county, Fishergate hundred, Brighton county court district, rape of Bramber, Steyning petty sessional division and union and in the rural deanery of Hove, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. Shoreham returned two members to Parliament from 1 Edward I. (1272), but under the provisions of the “Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885″ (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23); the representation was merged into that of the county. New Shoreham adopted the “Local Government Act, 1858” 6 Dec. 1865, when a Local Board was formed; but under the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. C. 73) the town is now governed by an Urban District Council of 15 members.

By a Local Government Board Order No. 54,313, which came into operation October 1st, 1910, parts of Lancing and Old Shoreham were added to the Urban District, which was renamed Shoreham-by-Sea; the district comprises that town and Kingston-by-Sea, and has been divided into North, South, Marine and Kingston-by-Sea Wards.

The town is lighted with gas conveyed from Hove, and is supplied with water by the Brighton Corporation, from works at Old Shoreham, where there are two reservoirs, the higher one capable of holding 80,000 gallons and the lower 90,000. An elegant suspension bridge, carrying the road to Worthing over the river Adur, was erected in 1832 by the Duke of Norfolk. Old Shoreham, on the eastern bank of this river, once a place of some importance, is half a mile north of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Ella, the first king of the South Saxons, landed here to complete the conquest of England, and Charles II made his escape from Shoreham to Fecamp after the battle of Worcester. A battery (No. 12) is placed at the mouth of the river. By an Order dated August 9th, 1881, the limits of the port were defined as commencing at the eastern part of Rottingdean, being the western boundary of the port of Newhaven, and extending along the coast of Sussex in a westerly direction to the western part of Heene, that being the eastern boundary of the port of Littlehampton.

The trade of the port is chiefly in coals, corn, general cargo, timber and cement, and yacht building is also carried on.

In 1913 the total value of the imports was £58,776, the principal articles being sawn wood, £36,200. The exports amounted to only £3,920.

The number of sailing and steam vessels with cargoes and in ballast that arrived at the port from British Possessions and foreign countries was 94 of 18,269 tons; the number that departed being 99 of 17,104 tonnage.

In the general coasting trade 706 sailing and steam vessels entered with cargoes and in ballast of 127,214 tons and 684 cleared of 126,002 tonnage.

The number of sailing and steam vessels registered under Part I. of the “Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” on Dec. 31, 1913, was 73 of 3,160 tons. Under Part IV. of the same Act, at the same date, 184 fishing boats were registered of 854 tonnage, requiring 397 men and boys to work them. Fishing boats and their implements are distinguished by the letters S. M.

The church of St. Mary the Virgin is part only of an ancient and beautiful cruciform structure of flint and stone, of which nearly the whole of the nave has been destroyed, but the existing portion is an extremely interesting example of Transitional Norman work, including a tower containing a clock, presented by the Rev. R. P. Hooper, and 8 bells: the eastern windows and others are stained, and there are brasses with effigies: the church was repaired in 1876, and in 1896 the tower was restored and 4 of the bells re-cast at a cost of upwards of £2,000, and in December, 1904, a new stone pulpit was provided: the church affords 600 sittings. The register dates from the year 1566. The living is a vicarage, re-united in 1897 to that of St. Nicholas, joint net yearly value £460, with residence, in the gift of Magdalen College, Oxford, and held since 1894 by the Rev. Charles Marsh Ainslie Tower M.A. of that college.

The church of St. Nicholas is of stone, being of Norman date, and it comprises a tower containing one bell: there is a brass to Capt. Richard Poole, 1652, and to Thomas, his son, 1652: the east window and others are stained, and there are screens of carved oak: the church was repaired in 1845, and affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1723.

The Catholic Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is of flint with stone dressings, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and was opened in 1875, at a total cost of about £5,000: there are 200 sittings; the Presbytery adjoining was completed in 1877.

There is a chapel for the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion, founded in 1800, with 300 sittings, a Baptist chapel, erected in 1870 and seating 350 persons, and Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Particular Baptist chapels and a Salvation Army Hall.

The Town hall, formerly the Custom House, was leased to the Local Board, now the Urban District Council, in 1890.

The Children’s Homes are in Ham road.

A cemetery of nearly 2 acres in extent was formed in 1887, at a cost of about £2,000, and is under the control of the Urban District Council, acting as the burial board.

The Duke of Norfolk K.G., G.C.V.O., P.C. is lord of the manor. Lieut. -Col. Harry Colvill Bridger is the principal landowner, and there are several small owners.

The area of Shoreham-by-Sea civil parish is 782 acres of land, 1 of water, 19 of tidal water and 97 of foreshore ; rateable value, £23,967; the population in 1911 was 4,562, including 175 inmates and 13 officials in Steyning Poor Law Institution Schools.

The area of Shoreham-on-Sea Urban District is 1,695 acres; rateable value, £31,192; the population in 1901 was 4,665, and in 1911, 5,731, viz. Shoreham-by-Sea, 4,562 and Kingston-by-Sea, 1,169.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1911 was: St. Nicholas, 769; St. Mary, 3,629.

The area of Old Shoreham civil parish is 1,382 acres of land and 21 of tidal water; rateable value, £1,852; the population in 1911 was 56.

Parish Clerk, Frederick Thomas Green.

Verger, George Standring.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c

Post, M. O., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, High street, Shoreham-by-Sea (letters should have Sussex added).—Miss A. M. Wenban, sub-post-mistress. The deliveries commence at 7 & 11.15 a.m. & 4.45 & 7 p.m. callers only; Sundays, 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at 9 & 10.5 a.m. & 12.50, 2.40, 4.5, 5.15, 6.30, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.; on Sundays the office is open from 8.30 to 10 a.m. ; there is only one dispatch, 8.30 p.m.

Post Office, Old Shoreham.—William Munnery, sub-postmaster. Letters through Shoreham-by-Sea, which is the nearest M. O. & T. office. Deliveries commence at 7.10 a.m. & 12.15 & 7.15 p.m.; Sundays, 7.25 a.m.; dispatched at 9.25 a.m. & 1.55 & 7.55 p.m.; on sundays, 9.40 a.m.

Wall Letter Boxes:—New road, cleared at 8 & 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 3.45, 7 & 9 p.m. ; Sundays, 7.45 p.m.; Ham road, cleared at 8 & 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 3.45, 7 & 9 p.m.; Sundays, 7.40 p.m.; Old Shoreham road, cleared at 8 & 9.30 a.m. & 12.15, 2, 3.30 & 8.5 p.m.; sundays, 7.30 p.m. ; . Southdown road, cleared at 7.45, 9.30 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.30, 7 & 9 p.m.; Sundays, 7.35 p.m

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.

Offices, Town hall.

Meeting day, first Tuesday in the month, at 7 p.m.

Members.

Chairman, Arthur Bade.

Vice-Chairman, M. L. Cook.

North Ward.
Retire April.

Henry Hackett 1916

Charles Peak 1917

D. Saunders 1917

M. L. Cook……………..1918

Harris Wallis Tingley…1918

South Ward.

Albert Chapman 1916

Samuel Gregory-Taylor M.A ..1916

A. Burfoot 1917

Arthur Eade………….. 1918

W. P. Glazebrook……1918

Kingston-by-Sea Ward.

Henry Geo. Evershed ….1916

John Burfoot ………………..1917

E. M. Hill……………………….1918

Marine Ward.
J. B. Ryley :.. 1916

G. F. Courtney ……1917

Officers.

Clerk, Harold Brown, Church street

Treasurer, James White, Capital & Counties Bank Ltd. Town hall

Medical Officer of Health, William James Butcher M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Delgany, Heene road, Worthing

Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Albert William Nye M.S.A. Town hall, Shoreham

Collector, Charles Edward Butler, Normanhurst, Buckingham road, Shoreham

PORT SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Under joint authority of the Corporations of Brighton & Hove, the Portslade-by-Sea Urban District Council & Southwick Urban District Council, the Shoreham

Urban District Council & the Steyning West Rural District Council

Meets at the Town Hall, Hove, on Thursday at 3 p.m. about once a quarter.

Clerk, Cranfleld Baguley, Harbour offices, Southwick

Medical Officer of Health, Frederick Garden Brodie M.B., B.S.. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. 27 East street, Shoreham

Inspector of Nuisances, A. Brazier, 32 Albert road, Southwick

SHOREHAM-BY-SEA HARBOUR TRUSTEES.

There are 17 Harbour Trustees elected triennially by the Corporations of Brighton & Worthing, the Shoreham Urban District Council, the Steyning Justices, the Shipowners & Traders of the Port of Shoreham & the Debenture Holders

Offices, Albion street, Southwick

Chairman, Robert A. Penney, 82 Queen’s road, Brighton

Clerk, Cranfleld Baguley, Tyneside, South Down road

Harbour Master, Alfred J. Catt, 26 Adur ter. Southwick

Collector of Harbour Dues & Tolls, C. F. Deslandes, Custom house, Kingston-by-Sea

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.

Cemetery, South Down road, Harold Brown, clerk to the burial board; Harry Sampson, keeper

County Police Station, Brunswick road, Albert White, inspector, & 5 constables

Norfolk Bridge, Augustus Walter Burston, toll collector

Old Shoreham. Bridge, George Bartlett, toll collector

Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society; Hon. Representatives, R. H. Penney & Sons, 82 Queen’s road, Brighton

Stamp Office, High st. Miss A. M. Wenban, distributor

Steyning Union Offices, Ham road, Arthur Flowers, clerk to the Guardians

Steyning Union Children’s Homes, Ham road, W. E. Till, supt.; Mrs. A. M. Till, matron; Frederic Henry Allfrey M.A., M.B., B.C.Camb. medical officer

Town Hall, High street, Harold Brown, clerk

PUBLIC OFFICES.

Vice-Consul for Denmark, Portugal & Norway, Harold Brown, Church street

Agent to Lloyd’s, Harold Brown, Church street.

Admiralty Surgeon for Kingston-by-Sea & Southwick & Medical Officer of Health to the Port Sanitary Authority, Frederick Garden Brodie M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. L.S.A. 27 East street

Assessor & Collector of Income Tax, Rupert C. Isted, The Green, Southwick

Assistant Overseer & District & Poor Rate Collector, Charles Edward Butler, Normanhurst, Buckingham road; office at Town hall

Clerk to the Guardians of Steyning Union, Arthur Flowers, Union offices, Ham Road

Clerk to Shoreham-by-Sea & Southwick Sub-Committee of West Sussex Local Pension Committee, J. Edward Dell, Town hall, Albion street, Southwick

District Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances to the Steyning West Rural District Council, Frederick Slaughter, High street, Steyning

Preventive Officer, Joseph Potts, The Green, Brooklyn, Southwick, Brighton

Registrar of Births & Deaths & Vaccination Officer for Shoreham Sub-District & Collector for the Guardians, Western district, Steyning Union, Lionel Estall Sears, Glastonbury, Gordon road

Registrar of Marriages for Steyning Registration District, Assistant Clerk to Guardians of Steyning Union, Collector of Poor Rates for Preston Rural Parish, Assistant Overseer & Clerk to the Parish Council for Sompting Parish, Harry Gilbert Gravett, Union offices, Ham road

Relieving Officer, No. 2 District, Steyning Union, James W. Darkins, 1 Buckingham road

Superintendent Registrar of Steyning District, Arthur Flowers, Union offices, Ham road; deputy, William Ransom Wenban, Rayleigh house, High street

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services.

St. Mary’s Church, Shoreham-by-Sea, Rev. Chas. Marsh Ainslie Tower M.A. vicar; Rev. Wm. Stephen Andrews M.A. curate; 8 & 11 a.m. & 2.45 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, except fri..8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; fri. 8 a.m.; litany, 12 noon & 7.30 p.m

St. Nicholas Church, Shoreham-by-Sea, Rev. Charles Marsh Ainslie Tower M.A. vicar; Rev. Alfred Hambleton Liley, curate; 8 & 11 a.m. & 7 p.m

St. Peter’s, Catholic, Rev. Frederick John Flanagan D.D. priest; 8.30 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.45 a.m.; holy days, mass, 9 a.m

Baptist; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m

Baptist (Particular), John street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7.15 p.m

Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion, Buckingham road, Rev. Egbert Gregory; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs, 7.30 p.m.

Plymouth Brethren, Middle street; 6.30 p.m

Primitive Methodist, High street (Worthing & Shoreham Circuit), Rev. George Wood (supt.) & Rev. Thomas G. Dyke (supernumerary) ;11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist (Worthing Circuit), Brunswick road, Rev. J. Gillson Gill; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. & 7.30 p.m. tues

SCHOOLS.

Public Elementary, Swiss gardens (upper mixed), opened in 1915, for 300 senior children; Oswald Ball, master

Public Elementary, Ham road (junior mixed & infants), erected in 1875 & enlarged in 1896 & 1907, for 400 children; Miss Louisa Barford, mistress; Miss Edith Mary Steer, infants’ mistress

These schools are controlled by six managers; Ernest Harper Kempe, solicitor, Meadowcroft, correspondent

Public Elementary, Upper Shoreham road, built in 1913, for 104 children; Miss A. A. Gregory, mistress

The school is controlled by six managers; C. J. Clarke, 8 Buckingham gardens, correspondent

St. Peter’s, Catholic, North street, erected in 1875 by the Duchess Dowager of Norfolk, for 120 children: in charge of the Sisters of Mercy

Railway Station, Joseph H. Eager, station master

Conveyance to Brighton.—Motor omnibus

Carriers pass through Shoreham-by-Sea to & from Brighton, Worthing & Steyning, two or three times a week. Charles Marsh, to Brighton, daily, leaving West street, Shoreham-by-Sea, at 9.30 a.m.; returning from the Unicorn yard, North street, Brighton, at 5 p.m.; Charles George Patching, leaves Shoreham-by-Sea daily, 9.30 a.m.; returns from Unicorn, North street, Brighton, at 7 p.m.; & Thomas W. Streeter, from 123 High street, to Brighton & Worthing, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.