In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ferring like this:
FERRING, a parish in Worthing district, Sussex; on the coast, and on the South Coast railway, 1 mile W of Goring r. station, and 3½ W of Worthing. It has a post office, of the name of West Ferring, under Worthing. Acres, 1, 055; of which 120 are water. Real property, £2, 158. Pop., 253. Houses, 58. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage, united with Kingston and East Preston, in the dio. of Chichester. Value, £427.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church is good.
Ferring through time
Ferring is now part of Arun district. Click here for graphs and data of how Arun has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ferring itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ferring, in Arun and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8370
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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