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8 unusual facts about Horsham


Chesworth House

Chesworth House is a Tudor manor house, located a mile south of Horsham, West Sussex, England.

HMAS Horsham

HMAS Horsham (J235/M235), named for the city of Horsham, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Horsham, Victoria

It is the largest city by population in the Wimmera region, and it is the main administrative centre for, and the most populous city within, the Rural City of Horsham local government area.

Horsham was named by original settler James Monckton Darlot after the town of Horsham in his native England.

Lost in the Bush

Shooting began in February 1972 near the Wimmera town of Horsham.

Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust

When the tramway closed in 1971 it was moved to Horsham, Victoria, where it is part of a static display in a restaurant.

Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet

While serving as lieutenant governor, Keith resided in a country manor, Graeme Park in Horsham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

William Markwick

He thus acquired Denne Park near Horsham, which caused long legal complications and consumed some years of his time.


Alf Wallis

Born at North Carlton in Melbourne to carpenter William Wallis and Mary Ann, née Gorman, he attended state schools at Horsham and Moreland before becoming a cutter's apprentice and journeyman.

Bridgeman baronets

The Bridgeman Baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1773 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation.

Charles Gough

Frederick Gough, full name Charles Frederick Howard Gough, (1901–1977), soldier and MP for Horsham

Christopher Cocksworth

He was brought up in Horsham and attended the University of Manchester where he earned a first class degree in theology and later was awarded a PhD under the supervision of Richard Bauckham.

Furnace Green

National Cycle Route 20 passes through Furnace Green, entering via Tilgate Drive from Three Bridges, to the north, at the point where it passes over the Horsham railway line and continuing south into Tilgate Forest en route for Brighton.

George Bax Holmes

Bax Holmes is perhaps best known for his discovery of the Great Horsham Iguanodon, a plant eating dinosaur, in building works on the future site of the Royal & Sun Alliance (now RSA) headquarters.

Henry Charlwood

Henry Rupert James Charlwood (19 December 1846 in Horsham, Sussex – 6 June 1888 in Scarborough, Yorkshire) played cricket professionally for England in the first two Test matches ever played, which were against Australia in 1877.

Horsham St Faith

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Manor House and the land that in 1939 became RAF Horsham St. Faith, was owned by John Thomas Spurrell, youngest son of Richard James Spurrell, of Thurgarton.

Horsham Unitarian Church

The Horsham chapel is a "plain, cottage-like building" which forms part of a group of old vernacular buildings on the west side of the Worthing Road—including Horsham's Quaker Friends Meeting House.

James Coomarasamy

Coomarasamy was educated at Christ's Hospital School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), near Horsham, West Sussex, followed by the University of Cambridge, where he studied Modern and Medieval Languages.

John Greed

John attended Newland House Primary School in Twickenham, where he shared lessons with Patsy Kensit, before moving on to Christ’s Hospital – the Bluecoat School; a co-educational boarding school which is based south of Horsham, West Sussex.

Pease Porridge Hot

Pease Pottage is a small village in West Sussex, England which, according to tradition, gets its name from serving pease pottage to convicts either on their way from London to the South Coast or from East Grinstead to Horsham

Philip Friend

Philip Wyndham Friend (born 20 February 1915 in Horsham, Sussex – died 1 September 1987 in Chiddingfold, Surrey) was a British film and television actor.

Queen's Regiment

In 1971 the 6th (Volunteer) and 7th (Volunteer) Battalions were formed with headquarters at Wandsworth and Horsham respectively.

Rising Universe

At its opening the mayor of Lerici, Horsham's twin town where the poet died, described the memorial as "very brave".

Rodrigo Branco

Rodrigo Branco Araújo is a Brazilian footballer who is currently playing for Horsham in the Isthmian League Division One South.

Samuel Carpenter

Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was named in honour of the birthplace of Samuel Carpenter "purchased 5,000 acres (20 km2), 4,200 acres (17 km2) within the present boundaries of the township. In 1709, Carpenter, then Treasurer of Pennsylvania, began to sell tracts of land to migrating Quakers. In 1717, Horsham Township was established as a municipal entity by a vote of the people."

Scared Weird Little Guys

The duo released a final CD entitled "Enough Already" which includes recordings from their Mount Gambier, Horsham and Warrnambool shows.

St Leonard's Forest

The forest was larger than the modern parish, effectively the part of the Rape of Bramber in the High Weald including Rusper, Ifield, the eastern part of modern Horsham and Nuthurst.

William Pollard

Pollard was born at Horsham, Sussex, on 10 June 1828, the son of James Pollard (1789–1851) and his wife, Susannah.

William Vesey-Fitzgerald

William Vesey-FitzGerald (1818-1885), British politician and MP for Horsham, 1848, 1852–1865, 1874–1875


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