St Botolph's Church, Heene
[1][2] At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, it had two estates held by William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber—a Norman nobleman who owned much land in the area and founded several churches.[4] By the Middle Ages, all tithes accrued in Heene were paid to West Tarring, and all ecclesiastical administrative functions were carried out by St Andrew's Church.[6] In the early 17th century, the lords of the two manors at Heene enforced the enclosure of the area's common land and evicted many of the remaining residents.[9] The 13th-century structure, which had a chancel, nave and steeple,[3] was entirely ruined by 1766—by which time no services had been held for about 80 years—and permission was given for most of the masonry to be removed from the site and used for the upkeep of St Andrew's Church.[3] Heene was reinvigorated by the rapid growth of neighbouring Worthing in the early 19th century, helped by the granting of town status in 1803.[17] A parish was formed for the church in 1875, and the building was completed in 1879 with the construction of the tower and the hanging of eight bells cast by the firm of John Warner and Sons.As a result of these aspirations St Botolph's began to provide a type of service somewhat different from that found in other churches in the Worthing area.In 1900, the church extended its reach by establishing a mission hall in the newly developed Ripley Road area of West Worthing.[8][12] As originally built by Scott, St Botolph's Church had an aisled nave, chancel, south transept and tower with a broach spire.[23] The parish of St Botolph's covers an area at the southern part of Worthing borough with only about 7,000 people living within the boundary, which is defined by the railway line to the north, Shakespeare and Wordsworth Roads in the east, the English Channel coast in the south and Grand Avenue in the west.
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