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unusual facts about Southwick, West Sussex



Andrew Wolff

Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, Wolff moved at a young age to Tunstall Green, Suffolk.

Balcombe drilling protest

The Balcombe drilling protest occurred when test drilling and possible fracking for petroleum were proposed in 2012 near Balcombe, a village in West Sussex, local residents protested and anti-fracking environmentalists in the UK made it a focus of attention.

Barbastelle

In Britain, only a few breeding roosts are known; Paston Great Barn in Norfolk, parts of Exmoor and the Quantock Hills in Devon and Somerset (see Tarr Steps), the Mottisfont woodland in Hampshire and Ebernoe Common in West Sussex.

Ben Harms

Uppark, a stately home in West Sussex was gutted by fire in 1989, and restored in 1994 in the National Trust's largest renovation project.

Brenda Pye

She was the youngest child of a barrister called Walter Capron who was himself the youngest son of a landed gentry family seated at Southwick Hall in Northamptonshire.

Bristol Road Methodist Church

The church was part of the Wesleyan Methodist tradition, and during the early 20th century became part of a circuit of six local Wesleyan churches; the others were the nearby Dorset Gardens Methodist Church (also in Kemptown), Hove Methodist Church, and others in Hurstpierpoint, Portslade and Southwick.

Chatsmore Catholic High School

Chatsmore Catholic High School is an 11–16, mixed comprehensive school located in Goring By Sea, Worthing, West Sussex.

Coat of arms of Sussex

The device, displaying six martlets or heraldic swallows on a shield, later formed the basis of the flag of Sussex and the armorial bearings granted to the county councils of East and West Sussex.

Colas Ltd

The head office for Colas Ltd is located in Rowfant, West Sussex, which interestingly has within its grounds the old Rowfant railway station which was part of the East Grinstead Railway.

David Young, Baron Young of Graffham

He received a life peerage as Baron Young of Graffham, of Graffham in the County of West Sussex on 10 August 1984.

Don C. Laubman

In the late spring and early summer of 1944 Flight Lieutenant Laubman and 412 Squadron were based in Tangmere, West Sussex, and flew fighter operations over occupied Europe.

Elisha Southwick House

David L. Southwick was a blacksmith who lived in the house in the late 1800s and built Conestoga wagon wheels.

Felbridge

Felbridge is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey with a playing field and Felbridge Nurseries within its focal area, narrowly in West Sussex.

Hampshire county cricket teams

Marden is in West Sussex, north of Chichester, and interestingly close to Hambledon, which is just across the county boundary in Hampshire.

High Sheriff of Sussex

At various times the High Sheriff of Surrey was also High Sheriff of Sussex (1229–1231, 1232–1240, 1242–1567, 1571–1635), The office of High Sheriff of Sussex ceased with local government re-organisation in 1974, when the county was split for local government purposes into East Sussex (see High Sheriff of East Sussex) and West Sussex (see High Sheriff of West Sussex).

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.

James Dobb

Whilst not winning any major titles, he was one of the series' top riders, winning an AMA National at Southwick.

John Knyvet

Knyvett was eldest son of Richard Knyvet of Southwick, Northamptonshire, and a keeper of the "Forest of Clyve" (now part of Rockingham Forest).

Laura Moffatt

Born Laura Jean Field in London in 1954, she was educated at Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex before attending the Crawley College of Technology (now renamed Central Sussex College).

McLaren M838T engine

The engine is built at Ricardo's engine assembly facility in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.

Mel Bush

Mel is a computer programmer from the 20th century who comes from the village of Pease Pottage in West Sussex, England.

Oval Raceway

The Oval Raceway, also known as the Angmering Motor Sports Centre or Angmering Raceway is a motor racing circuit on the outskirts of Angmering, near Worthing, West Sussex in the United Kingdom.

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

Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker

In 1994 he accepted a life peerage and became Baron Blaker, of Blackpool in the County of Lancaster and of Lindfield in the county of West Sussex.

Polacanthus

It is named after the village of Rudgwick in West Sussex and was discovered at a Rudgwick Brickworks Company quarry, at the quarry floor in gray-green marl beds of the Wessex Formation.

Portsmouth and Arundel Canal

The Portsea section was connected to the rest via a 13-mile channel dredged through Chichester Harbour, past the southern side of Thorney Island (original plan was to go around the northern side) and to the north of Hayling Island, and finally across Langstone Harbour.

Ralf Rangnick

This was to prove his level, as he played at a string of small lowly clubs, including a stint at English non-league side Southwick while studying English on a guest year at the University of Sussex in Brighton where Rangnick studied astrophysics and was shortlisted to join the FGR's Space Programme.

Rowland Plumbe

His churches include the red-brick Perpendicular Gothic Revival St John the Baptist's Church at Loxwood, West Sussex.

Sean Li

Li was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, an independent school near the village of Hurstpierpoint in West Sussex, before attending the University of Bath in the city of Bath in the UK, where he studied Engineering, and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Shoreham Power Station

It was decided a larger station would be needed, and the site was chosen at Southwick.

Shoreham Redoubt

Shoreham Redoubt (sometimes called Shoreham Fort) is a defensive structure at the entrance to Shoreham harbour, at the mouth of the River Adur in West Sussex, England.

Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet

Anson was born at Walberton, Sussex, the eldest son of Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Catherine (née Pack).

Southwick Bungalow

Southwick bungalow is a 19th-century building in Southwick, a suburb in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India.

Southwick Hill Tunnel

The tunnel was built through the chalk of Southwick Hill using the New Austrian Tunnelling method.

Southwick, Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.'s Stadium of Light is visible to the east on the Monkwearmouth side.

Southwick in Sunderland has a different origin to other places called Southwick: the name is of Scandinavian origin: and means "clearing by a marsh", from Old Norse sogr "moss, marsh, swamp (cf. modern "soggy")" and þveit/thveit "thwaite, clearing".

Southwick's Zoo

There are many other animal exhibits on zoo grounds, such as Binturongs, Capybara, Brazilian Tapirs, White Rhinos, an American Alligator, and more.

SS Donau

SS Donau (1882) was a 1,513 ton cargo ship launched on 18 July 1882, by Thompson, R. in Southwick, England for A.C. Mohr & Son.

SS Oria

SS Oria (1890) was a 2,167 ton cargo ship launched on 20 March 1890, by Thompson, R., Southwick, England.

Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow

He entered Parliament aged 22 or 23 for an underpopulated rural borough that had once had a market in the medieval period, Gatton, Surrey before moving to represent the larger settlement of Chichester, West Sussex.

Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation

It is particularly well exposed throughout the region between East Grinstead, West Sussex, and Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at localities such as; Stone Farm south of East Grinstead; Chiddinglye Rocks near West Hoathly; Toad Rock, Bull’s Hollow and Happy Valley west of Tunbridge Wells; and Harrisons Rocks, Bowles Rocks and High Rocks near Crowborough.

Walstead

Walstead is a hamlet located one and a half kilometres (one mile) south east of Lindfield, West Sussex, England.

West Sussex Invitation Cricket League

The West Sussex Invitation Cricket League is a cricket competition in West Sussex, England.

Wilson House, London

Beside the 20 houses facing Sussex Gardens, the Wilson House complex also includes two houses at 32-34 Southwick Street, a Sports Centre located at the back of Wilson House, and is currently home to the Fashion and Textile Museum.


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