Search for a place
Search for a place
FERRING, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, and on the South Coast railway, 1 mile W of Goring r. station, and 3½ W of Worthing. It has a post office, of the name of West Ferring, under Worthing. Acres, 1, 055; of which 120 are water. Real property, £2, 158. Pop., 253. Houses, 58. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage, united with Kingston and East Preston, in the dio. of Chichester. Value, £427.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ferring Parish East Preston Poor Law Union/Registration District Sussex Ancient County |
| Place: | Ferring |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.