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Worthing is the largest town in West Sussex, England. It has a population of 100,000 and is situated between the coast and the South Downs. It is often considered a retirement town, and has the third busiest
crematorium in Europe; it has also had an active underground_culture for many years, though. The Worthing Workshop (a late-60s meeting place for
musicians, actors and poets whose famous sons include The Damned’s Brian James, Leo Sayer, Billy_Idol, Martin Quittenton (who wrote Rod_Stewart’s Maggie May) and Track Record’s supremo Ian Grant); Deadline (Featuring Jamie_Hewlett's Tank_Girl); and
more recently the Revloutionary Arts Groop.
It has two MPs - Tim Loughton (Conservative) for East Worthing and
Shoreham and Peter Bottomley (Conservative) for Worthing West.
Worthing is twinned with Le Pays des Olonnes (France) and Elztal region (Germany).
History of Worthing
- There is evidence of habitation in the area since the Stone Age, when it
appears to have been one of the most important flint mining centers in the country. Artifacts including Bronze Age tools and metal and coins and pottery from the Iron Age have been found.
- Worthing is first mentioned in the Domesday Book when it had a
population of just 22.
- Roman coins, tiles and pottery have been discovered in several parts of the
town.
- The Saxons settled nearby Goring and
Sompting and by the 13th Century the settlement, then known as Wortinge, was populated primarily by
farmers and mackerel fishermen.
- In the late 18th Century that Worthing began to attract visitors. With
a warm climate and calm seas, it benefited from the Edwardian fashion for sea
cures.
- In 1803 Worthing's population was approximately 2,500 and the hamlet was given town
status.
- In 1890 the town received its Royal
Charter and became the Borough of Worthing.
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