From Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1867
WEST TARRING is a parish, 62 miles south-south-west from London, one mile north-west from Worthing railway station in the Western division of the county, Tarring hundred, Worthing county court district, rape of Bramber, East Preston incorporation, a peculiar of Canterbury, in the diocese and archdeaconry of Chichester, and rural deanery of Tarring. The parish constitutes the hundred. The church of St. Andrew has been thoroughly repaired and furnished with open seats, at the expense of nearly £2,800, defrayed by voluntary subscriptions, assisted by a grant from the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches, except the chancel, which belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage, with Heene annexed, joint annual value £474, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held by the Rev. John Wood Warter, B.D., of Christ Church, Oxford. Here is the only fig orchard in England. The parishes comprise 1,226 acres and the population, including Salvington, in 1861 was 606.
SALVINGTON is a hamlet of West Tarring, half a mile north. Here the illustrious John Selden was born. The Brighton and Chichester Railway passes a quarter of a mile south.
Parish Clerk, George Long.
POST OFFICE.- Thomas Chipper, receiver. Letters from Worthing delivered at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Worthing
National School (boys & girls), Benjamin Henry East, master; Mrs. Louisa Elizabeth East, mistress
Clarke Robert, esq. Clarendon house
Collins Mr. John
Grinstead Mrs.
Harding Henry, esq. Salvington
King Miss
Stevens Mr. Francis
Street Misses
Warter Rev. John Wood, B.D. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Amoore John, grocer
Barker John, farmer
Bashford Josiah, market gardener
Botting Mary (Mrs.), market gardener, Fig garden
Binstead Thomas, shoe maker
Carter Charles, baker
Carter James, market gardener
Chandler George, carpenter
Chipper George, baker
Chipper Thomas, shoe maker
Chipper Mary Ann (Mrs.), day school
Davey Charles, miller, Salvington
Fenner George, grocer
Gadd Richard & Frederick, nurserymen, Salvington
Heaver Thomas, farmer
Hollands Thomas, blacksmith
Kennard Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker
King George Banks, farmer, Salvington
King Michael, farmer, Salvington
Linberry George, Halfmoon, Salvington
Norris Luke, Castle
Parsons Henry, carpenter & beer retailer
Peachey Charles, farmer
Sayers Frances (Mrs.), farmer
Sayers James, shoe maker
Sayers John, assistant overseer
Swan Stephen Slaughter, beer retailer, Salvington
Winton Charles, George & Dragon