Worthing
Worthing is a city in West Sussex with about 100,000 inhabitants and an area of 32.48 km ².
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, at that time he had 22 inhabitants. In 1803, one has counted about 2,500 inhabitants. Worthing is mainly - known as a health resort - since the late 18th century. Many tour operators offer language classes on to Worthing.
In 1894, Oscar Wilde wrote in Worthing, the play The Importance of Being Earnest. One of the persons of the play, Jack Worthing, was it after the terminal station of the city, located at a local railway line, named.
Museums
- Worthing History and Arts Gallery. The museum contains, among other numerous finds from excavations John Pulls the Neolithic flint mines of Sussex, as Cissbury and Black Patch.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Harry Hay (1912 - 2002), American activist
- Christopher Hewett (1922 - 2001), British actor
- Mickey Jupp ( born 1944 ), British musician
- Luke Pritchard, British musician
- Nicollette Sheridan ( born 1963 ), American actress
- Peter Wight ( b. 1950 ), British actor