Kingston by Ferring
| Kingston | |
|---|---|
 West Kingston Beach | |
  Kingston Location within West Sussex | |
| Area | 1.72 km2 (0.66 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 625 (Civil Parish.2011)[2] |
| • Density | 363/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TQ085016 |
| • London | 50 miles (80 km) NNE |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LITTLEHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | BN16 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Kingston or Kingston by Ferring, is a small civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is a combination of a farmed rural interior and the three neighbourhoods of East Kingston, West Kingston and Kingston Gorse. The parish lies on the coast, between Ferring and East Preston parishes.
Geography and economy
[edit]Kingston is three miles (5 km) to the west of Worthing and among the most sparsely populated areas in the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation; there is road access from East Preston and Angmering-on-Sea but not from Ferring to the east. A generally pedestrianised seafront connects the parish to Littlehampton and to Worthing.
The original village centre including the parish church was lost to the sea around 1630[3] and remains have been found well below the present highwater line.[4]
Localities
[edit]Kingston Gorse is a seaside neighbourhood south of East Kingston farm, centred 3.4 miles (5.6 km) east of Littlehampton.
Crime
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Kingston has been devoid of major crime reported widely since at least the early 19th century, save that a cornfield in the parish is where murder victim Sarah Payne was playing with her siblings when abducted on 1 July 2000. Her body was found 15 miles (24 km) away at Pulborough two weeks later. Littlehampton resident Roy Whiting, a convicted child sex offender, was later sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.
References
[edit]- ^ "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 10 May 2014
- ^ Sussex Churches historical records
- ^ Sussex History; what is known of the chapel's fate
