Shoreham,

Shoreham, NEW, a seaport of Sussex, at the mouth of the Adur, 6 miles W. of Brighton. It arose when the harbour of Old Shoreham, now a mile inland, became silted up; and it has some shipbuilding, oyster and other fisheries, and a considerable trade with France from its tidal harbour, whose piers were erected in 1819. Charles II. embarked here after Worcester for Normandy. The suspension bridge (1833), the Norman and Early English parish church, and a place of resort, the 'Swiss Gardens,' may be noticed. The parliamentary borough of New Shoreham, including since 1770 the Rape of Bramber (177 sq. m. and 42,442 inhabitants in 1881), and returning two members, was merged in the county in 1885. Pop. of parish (1851) 2590; (1891) 3393.