West Thorney, Sussex

Historical Description

Thorney, West, a parish in Sussex, within Chichester harbour, 4 miles from Emsworth station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and 6½ WSW of Chichester. Post town, Emsworth. Acreage, 1238; population, 150. A considerable tract of land between Emsworth and Prinsted Point has been reclaimed from the sea connecting Thorney with the mainland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £240 with residence. The church was thoroughly restored in 1886. Caedmon the poet was born in this parish.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for West Thorney from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thorney, West)

Maps

Online maps of West Thorney are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer