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Hampton (Little) in Sussex County England History and GeographyHAMPTON (LITTLE), a sea-port, market-town, and parish, in the hundred of POLING, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 4 miles (S.) from Arundel, and 61 (S.S.W.) from London, containing 1166 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the east bank of the river Arun, was, a few years ago, an insignificant village, but is now a considerable port, and is much frequented for sea-bathing. Some fine buildings have been erected on the beach, which commands an uninterrupted view of the coast, from Brighton to the Isle of Wight, and on the land side many beautiful and varied prospects. There are several inns distinguished for the excellence of their accommodation, and the shops are fitted up with great taste. The fineness of the sands, and the salubrity of the air, have long rendered Hampton famous as a place for bathing; and new baths have been recently established on the beach, which comprise hot, cold, and shower baths, and apartments for shampooing, besides a reading-room furnished with the principal London and provincial news-papers. The harbour, which is regarded as superior to any other on this coast, will conveniently admit vessels drawing thirteen feet of water. The chief trade carried on is in coal and timber. There is a market for corn on Thursday, which is well attended. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the early English style, with some later insertions. Here is a school for eighteen boys, founded in pursuance of a bequest by John Coney, Esq., in 1805, and endowed with £600 three per cent. consols.; and Mrs. Jaue Downer, in 1763, left a small sum for the instruction of two poor girls. An institution was established in 1815, called the Little Hampton Beneficial Society, to provide relief for distressed members, and to protect them from removal by the parochial authorities when not actually chargeable upon the parish. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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