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The Missing Church at Kingston Gorse |
Ferring ...
according to the 1991 census |
| Erosion of the coast line has always
been a problem. Off Kingston Gorse at East Preston, just level with the house
with a green roof, and seen at very low tide, are some rocks. Why there should
be rocks there no one knows. But the archaeologists have said that they are
nothing to do with the church that once stood in the area which is now beach,
dismantled about 1640 and the stones used to build
the new Ferring Church a long way inland. |
Population - 3,904
Males 42%
Females 58%
Ages:
0-15 ... 9%
16-29 ... 9%
30-44 ... 11%
45-P (pensionable age) ... 20%
P ... 51% |
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Households -
2,089
Owner occupied - 94%
1.9 persons per household
Economically
Active:
Males - 48%
Females - 26%
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Number of cars -
2,221
1 car households - 1,149
2 car households - 407
3+ car households - 86
Cars per head of thousand population - 569
(UK = 461) |
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The old church had been under threat
for some years, but the Great Storm of 27th November 1703 destroyed the whole
village, as well as a number of others along the coast, and washed away the
Eddystone Lighthouse. It was this same storm where a number of capital ships of
the Royal Navy were driven onto the Goodwin Sands, and sucked down into the
quicksand with tremendous loss of life. |
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Courtesy of www.waller.co.uk
Designer and Administrator of the Goring-by-Sea Website |
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Miscellany:
Ferring has the most Vintage Austin 7's cars in a square mile than in any
other Sussex Village! http://www.austinsevenownersclub.com |
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