Worthing Holy Trinity, Sussex Genealogy

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Parish History
Worthing Holy Trinity Shelley Road was formed in 1884 from parts of Broadwater, Sussex Ancient Parish and Worthing Christ Church, Sussex parish.

The Gratwicke estate was developed from 1877, and HOLY TRINITY church, Shelley Road, was consecrated in 1883 to serve it. In 1884 a parish was formed from Broadwater and Christ Church parishes. The vicarage has remained in the patronage of trustees, two of the original trustees being the rector of Broadwater and the vicar of Christ Church. In 1884 there was a temporary vicarage house in Shelley Road, where a permanent one was built in 1898.

There were two Sunday services in 1884. A mission room in Anglesea Street licensed for worship in that year was recorded until the 1930s. St. Matthew's church in Tarring Road was built as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity in 1899 from designs by R. S. Hyde of Worthing, and a south aisle and vestries were added in 1911.

The church of Holy Trinity, of red brick in Gothic style, originally consisted of chancel, nave, and aisles, with an organ chamber and north porch. A tower with spire was built in 1888, in which eight tubular bells were hung in 1889, and a new vestry was built in 1894. The 17th-century pulpit from Broadwater church was installed in 1883.

From Worthing: Churches', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part) (1980), pp. 119-122. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18230&amp;strquery=Worthing

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