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ADUR CANOE CLUB

BRITISH MARINE LIFE STUDY SOCIETY

FRIENDS OF LANCING RING

MARLIPINS MUSEUM

SHOREHAM AIRPORT SOCIETY

SHOREHAM DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

SHOREHAM LIFEBOAT STATION

SHOREHAM ROWING CLUB

SHOREHAM SAILING CLUB

STEYNING MUSEUM

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SUSSEX JAPAN SOCIETY

SUSSEX YACHT CLUB

WSCC LIBRARY

FOLKMASTER

 

NATURE NOTES  (BY LOCATION):

Shoreham-by-Sea

These web pages were started on 1 January 1997

• Shoreham-by-Sea is a medium-sized (population 19,175) provincial town on the Sussex coast in southern England, United Kingdom. 
• It is in the middle of the ribbon of urban development along the coast between the city of Brighton & Hove and the larger town of Worthing. 
• OS Explorer 122 map or the Landranger 198 covers the Shoreham-by-Sea area.
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Shoreham from the Air (MultiMap)
• Adur Census 2001 Profile
• The local newspaper is the Shoreham Herald.
• Shoreham Herald on Twitter
• Shoreham News feed on Twitter
• Shoreham-by-Sea & Southwick (facebook)
• Adur Valley & Downs (facebook)
• Lancing History & Wildlife

Sompting Parish Blogspot]
 
 





PROJECT  RIVER  ADUR
Education Resource for Schools
by Andy Horton

• The town centre, which is actually the parish of New Shoreham, is dominated by the River Adur which is a wide expanse of vegetated mud-flats at low water, with the river flow cutting a narrow path, and a tidal inlet at high tide. From the centre it is easy walking distance over the Adur Ferry Bridge to a shingle beach, with sand at low tide, and to both the downs and the river valley. 

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• Events

Friday 16 January 2008  @  7:30 pm

SECRETS OF SHOREHAM
Presentation and Discussion
Talk by Andy Horton

What all the people of Shoreham should know about their town. And what is not written in Henry Cheal's books or in Freddie Feest's Shoreham Herald columns.
Bring your critical facilities with you, because lots of the material is new thinking.
Written under the pseudonym of Questor Stanton, the format asks questions and then I attempt to find out the answers. 
e.g. Who were the first Shorehamites? Where was Pende? What does the name 
Hulkesmouth mean? How did the Marlipins get its name? Who were the Butterfly Collectors?
St. Peter's Church Hall, West Street

• Members £2, others £3

 
• Secrets of Shoreham (Powerpoint)

      History

• Although Shoreham has far more history than the neighbouring towns, there is little obvious evidence for visitors. The large Norman church of St. Mary de Haura dominates the town centre, and this reflects New Shoreham as the most important town in the region up to the 14th century when the town was half destroyed by encroachment from the sea. The church is only half the size of the original - the former nave has completely fallen down. The street plan north of the High Street dates back to medieval times and the building which is now the Marlipins Museum dates back to the 14th century. 

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• New Shoreham recovered as a town and enjoyed prosperity in the 17th century from shipbuilding and trading through the harbour. This success was destroyed by a series of storms and inroads by the sea at the beginning of the 18th century that caused massive destruction of the town. 
• Ancient Times
• Historical Snippets
• Old Postcards
• Chronological History
• Medieval History: de Braose (by Lynda Denyer)
• Church of England Churches in Shoreham
• Religion in the Adur District (Churches)
• Local History web pages

• The view from the top of the square tower of St. Mary's church is recommended if the weather is fine, but it is only open to the public on one day of the year. The height of the tower is 81 feet (25 metres).  The transepts contain original Norman buttresses. St. Mary's Church is dated to 1103 AD when the first building was completed (it commenced circa 1096). At night when the Church is lit up, it looks impressive.
• More Information

• In Old Shoreham, the small church of St. Nicolas dates back to late Saxon times, although it has been extensively renovated in Norman times, with the tower constructed about 1140. There is a Norman beam and an oak screen dating back to the late 13th century. 

• St. Julian's Church in Kingston Buci, now part of Shoreham-by-Sea, dates from the middle of the 11th century, before the arrival of the Normans. 
• Historic Shoreham and the Adur Valley  facebook
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Geography

      Harbour

• Shoreham is the premier Sussex port serving a hinterland of over 400 thousand people including the city of Brighton & Hove and the larger town of Worthing. 
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• Shoreham Harbour which was based in the town centre up to the beginning of the 20th century is now mostly to the east of the town boundary. The entrance is opposite the Lighthouse on the south coast A259 road and marks the approach to Shoreham from the east. There is still wharfage in use on the northern side and this stretch of road is bordered by unattractive industrial uses.

HMS Shoreham entering Shoreham Harbour on 7 March 2002

• Shoreham Harbour page
• Port of Shoreham (Official)

• Around 1295 New Shoreham was known by the alternative name of Hulkesmouth because of its importance as a harbour and shipbuilding centre. The hulc was depicted in the town seal. Hulcs are believed to have taken over from cogs and up to the late 15th century seem to have been the main sea-going trading vessels of N W Europe. 

• Link to a Map reconstructing what Shoreham Harbour looked like in the 14th Century A.D.

• In the subsequent centuries Shoreham was at times the most important English Channel port and at other times fell into disuse because of silting up of the harbour. 

           A modern map can be found on the

       Shoreham-by-Sea 2 Page.

• Public Hards allow the free launching of boats, notably at Ropetackle. It is important to get the tides right and there is still 30 minutes to go to reach the harbour entrance. High springs occur around midday. 
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      Airport

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• Shoreham Airport is located on the western side of the River Adur. A walk runs from the town centre across the road bridge (Norfolk Bridge) and along the towpath adjacent to the airfield. 

• The first commercial aerodrome in Britain, opened in 1911*, is now used almost exclusively for light aircraft and helicopter flights.  Pleasure flights are available. The Art Deco terminal building was designed by Stavers H. Tiltman. (* The first flight took place in September 1910.) 

• Shoreham Airport News
• Shoreham Airport  in World War II
• Shoreham Airport:  More Information
• Shoreham Airport (Official)
• My comments over the Expansion Plans for Shoreham Airport

      General

• Shoreham is different in character from the sprawling Brighton conurbation six miles to the east. There are 22 pubs and enough restaurants and cafes. 

• Most people work within 10 miles of Shoreham, although 20% of the working population commute to London, which is just over an hours ride on the hourly + trains. Unemployment rose sharply in the 1980's. 

        Politics & Services

• Adur District Council is the Local Authority and it includes the neighbouring towns of Southwick to the east and Lancing to the west. The Conservatives are now the largest party with an overall majority (2004).  The Civic Centre is in Shoreham. The Parliamentary Constituency from May 1997 is called Worthing East and Shoreham (previously Shoreham) and returned Tim Loughton (Conservative) in May 2010 with a massive 11,105 (23%) majority from the second-placed Labour party. The County Council is West Sussex with an overall Conservative majority.
• West Sussex County Council
• Local Councillors

• The nearest Further Education College is the Northbrook College in Worthing. Shoreham has a hospital called Southlands, but there is no Accident & Emergency Unit and emergencies are likely to be taken to Worthing Hospital. The Health Centre in Pond Road may be able to treat minor accident victims during the day. Shoreham Community Centre is also in Pond Road and the Library in the same complex as the Health Centre. 
• Adur Political 
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• The local weekly newspaper is the Shoreham Herald. 
• Shoreham-by-Sea has a facebook page. 
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• Adur District Council Facts & Figures for Adur

 

        Landscape & Wildlife

 

Ringed Plovers & Dunlins
River Adur at Old Shoreham

• Transversed by theRiver Adur and with the downs and the sea nearby, the area supports a diverse wildlife flora and fauna. 
• The mudflats support wading birds and gulls, including the Ringed Plover which attempts to breed on the coastal shingle. 
• The Pied Wagtail is common in the town and the Great Black-backed Gull visits the estuary in the winter months. 
• Insect fauna includes dragonflies over the flood plains of the river. 
• The south and west facing downs attract at least 34 species of butterflies  including the Chalkhill Blue.
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Butterflies on Mill Hill
Summer 2017

The underlying rock is chalk on the downs, with alluvium in the old river channels. The Adur district is fortunate to have a large variety of habitats in a small area, including natural chalk downs and butterfly meadows, freshwater and reed beds, salt marsh and estuary, brackish water lagoons, woodland, shingle seashore, chalk platform undersea and large expanses of sand.

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NEWS & EVENTS
 
 

CANCELLED 2017 et seq
Adur World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day was first declared as 8th June at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
Events occurred all around the world on and around this day.

Adur was one of the UK leaders in presenting the seventeenth environmental exhibition of World Oceans Day on Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea. The British Marine Life Study Society presented the usual exhibition of the seashore aquarium and the lobsters and crabs. The Friends of Shoreham Beach (FOSB) took an active role with their display of the wonders of Shoreham Beach. Wildlife writer Steve Savage presented the Man and the Sea exhibition with a video microscope. Exhibitors were available to find the time to answer questions about marine life. World of Widewater exhibited a display and information about the brackish water lagoon and local nature reserve.
Other participants included Southwick Camera Club with an exhibition of seascapes and marine life.

World Oceans Day on facebook
Adur World Oceans Day on facebook
United Nations: World Oceans Day

• Over 40 species of fish have been recorded in the River Adur estuary. Most noticeable are Grey Mullet and Bass.  The oyster fishery was important in Victorian times, but it has been over fished. Mussel beds occur in the estuary. 
• The Nature Notes pages have a chronology of newsworthy wildlife in the lower Adur valley. Contributions are welcome. 
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• Adur Valley page
• Adur Wildlife Gallery (CD-ROM only)
• Bird List of the Estuary
• Butterflies of the Adur Valley & Downs
• Fishes of the Brackish Estuary 
• Flowering Plants of the Shingle
• Geological Notes
• Habitats
• Lancing Nature
• Old Fort
• Religion in the Adur District (Churches)
• Steyning Museum
• Sussex Wildlife Web Sites

 
• Scientific names are available for enquirers. 
• Nature Notes 2013

      Toponymy

• The origin of "Shore" came from scora the past participle of the Saxon scoren shear, shorn, and probably means a slope, or the foot of a slope?  (but where is the slope?) 
• The origin of "ham" almost certainly came from the Saxon word hamm, which probably originally meant an enclosure or pasture. 

• Full Toponymy 
• Colloquial Words
• Colloquial pronunciation of the name includes Shoram, where the 'h' is silent. This name was written on coins minted in the Middle Ages. 

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