Kingston by Ferring explained

Official Name:Kingston
Country:England
Civil Parish:Kingston
Region:South East England
Static Image Name:West Kingston Beach - geograph.org.uk - 892847.jpg
Static Image Caption:West Kingston Beach
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population:625
Area Total Km2:1.72
Population Ref:(Civil Parish.2011)[2]
Os Grid Reference:TQ085016
Coordinates:50.8043°N -0.4617°W
Post Town:LITTLEHAMPTON
Postcode Area:BN
Postcode District:BN16
Dial Code:01903
Constituency Westminster:Worthing West
London Distance: NNE
Shire District:Arun
Shire County:West Sussex

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

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

Kingston Gorse is a seaside neighbourhood south of East Kingston farm, centred 3.4 miles (5.6 km) east of Littlehampton.

Crime

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 15miles away at Pulborough two weeks later. Littlehampton resident Roy Whiting, a convicted child sex offender, was later sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish . West Sussex County Council . 1 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf . 8 June 2011 .
  2. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density
  3. http://www.sussexchurches.co.uk/arundel_kingston-by-ferring.htm Sussex Churches historical records
  4. http://www.sussexhistory.com/kingston_chapel.htm Sussex History; what is known of the chapel's fate