Worthing Rural District

Worthing Rural District
Area
  1951 29,809 acres (120.63 km2)
  1961 29,809 acres (120.63 km2)
Population
  1939 33,108
  1961 38,426
History
  Origin East Preston Rural District, Steyning Rural District, Thakeham Rural District
  Created 1933
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Adur district and Arun district
Status Rural district
  HQ Worthing

Worthing Rural District was a rural district in West Sussex, England from 1933 to 1974. It comprised an area to the north, west and east, but did not include the borough of Worthing. Its area encompassed the land in southern Sussex between the Rivers Adur and Arun, with the exception of Arundel, Littlehampton and Worthing itself.

The district was created as the successor to parts of East Preston Rural District, Steyning West Rural District and Thakeham Rural District.[1]

It consisted of seventeen civil parishes: Angmering, Burpham, Clapham, Coombes, East Preston, Ferring, Findon, Houghton, Kingston, Lancing, Lyminster, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Sompting, South Stoke and Warningcamp.[2]

The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. Its territory was split between the Adur district and the Arun district, with the parishes of Coombes, Lancing and Sompting going to the former and the others going to the latter.[3]

References

  1. "Worthing RD: Relationships unit history of Worthing RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  2. "Worthing RD: Relationships unit history of Worthing RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  3. "Worthing RD: Relationships unit history of Worthing RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

Coordinates: 50°51′07″N 0°28′50″W / 50.85191°N 0.48065°W / 50.85191; -0.48065


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