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Broadwater, West Sussex

Area of Worthing, West Sussex, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	Broadwater Church.JPG
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Broadwater Church
coordinates
official_name	Broadwater
population	9,373
population_ref	(2011.Ward)
shire_district	Worthing
shire_county	West Sussex
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	East Worthing and Shoreham
post_town	WORTHING
postcode_district	BN14 7-9
postcode_area	BN
dial_code	01903
os_grid_reference	TQ145044

History

In 1931, the civil parish had a population of 1187. On 9 November 1902, the parish was abolished and merged with Worthing, Durrington and Sompting.

St Mary's Church, burial place of the Barons de la Warr, is in Broadwater.

Education

There are nine schools in Broadwater: Broadwater C of E Primary School, Downsbrook Primary School, Springfield Infant School, Whytemead Primary School, Bramber Primary School, the private Lancing College Prep School Worthing (formerly Broadwater Manor School), St Andrew's High School, Worthing High, Davison High School and Bohunt School Worthing.

Notable people

Walter Dew (1863–1947), police officer
William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist
Richard Jefferies (1848–1877), nature writer
Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866), philanthropist

References

"Worthing Ward population 2011".
Ordnance Survey. (2003). "Brighton and Lewes (Landranger Map 198)". Ordnance Survey.
"Broadwater CP/AP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"East Preston Registration District". UKBMD.
"Braodheath - Brockhall A Topographical Dictionary of England.". S Lewis, London 1848.
''The Annotated I Caught Crippen: Memoirs of Ex-Chief Inspector Walter Dew, CID of Scotland Yard'', ed. with an introduction by Nicholas Connell (Mango Books, 2018), n. 108.

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