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Street Plan of Worthing c1830

Shows Warwick House and gardens, Wortley House, Marine Library, Sea House Hotel, and New Town (built c1820s on what is now Clifton Road). Interestingly, Union Place is called Union Street, which there is no reference to it ever being called. It is not as detailed as the 1826 / 1832 Wallis plans, but is charmingly coloured in watercolour. The Worthing Map Story does not make any mention of this plan, but it does refer to the early street plans as not always being perfectly accurate, as they were usually copied from each other. This does make dating the plan an inexact science, as the absence of a building does not mean that it was not there at the time. It appears to be earlier than the Broadwater Tithe Map of 1848, and is later than the early 1820s, as it shows Ambrose Place. The northern section of Chapel Road (Teville Road to Winton Place - Bo-Peep Lane at time, and unmarked) is called North Street, a name it lost in 1836. The western end of Montague Street is described as Cross Lane, a name it retained until c1820 (it is Montague Street on the 1826 Wallis plan). The lack of detail on this map compared to the 1814 and 1826 plans does not necessarily mean that it is earlier than either of these, as there are buildings on this plan that date it to the late 1820s, early 1830s.
Printed Maps Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: PM 929

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Liverpool & Manchester Locomotive Lion 1930

"Lion" at the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations in 1930.The loco formerly used on the Liverpool Dock Estate drew a specially constructed replica of a train of 1830 around a circular track on the Wavertree playground in Liverpool. The staff were dressed in the uniform of the period. Fares were 1 shilling for First class and 6 old pennies for Third class
Ronald Shephard Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Shephard 1/33/1

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Derailment at West Hythe on RHDR c.1927

No.7 "Typhoon" lies on its side near the Prince of Wales Bridge at West Hythe following a collision with a tractor on the level crossing 1947
Ronald Shephard Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Shephard 1/56/4

15in Gauge, Narrow Gauge, Railway Accidents, Rhdr