History timeline for Shoreham
- c43 Romans invade
- c410 Roman army leaves
- c645 First Saxon landing in Sussex
- c681 Start of conversion to Christianity
- c850 Earliest parts of St Nicolas' Church
- 990s Viking raids cause havoc
- 1066 Norman conquest
- c1096 St Mary's Church and New Shoreham founded
- c1130 Work begins on the Marlipins (now museum)
- 1199 King John lands at Shoreham on returning to England to be crowned
- 1208 New Shoreham made a Royal Port
- 1295 First MPs for New Shoreham sent to Parliament
- 1305 Edward 1 visits Shoreham
- 1346 Shoreham, now a major shipping centre, sends more ships to Crecy campaign than Dover, Bristol, Southampton or London
- 1347/8 The Black Death hits local population
- 1404 Much destruction by sea storms
- 1432 Population reduced to 200
- 1545 French marauders attack - Battle of Shoreham Bay
- 1608 James I grants Market Charter to Shoreham
- 1651 Charles II escapes to France from Shoreham Harbour
- 1703/5 Huge storms bring more destruction
- 1718 Restoration of St Mary's Church completed
- 1760 New harbour entrance opened
- 1781 Wooden bridge built over the Adur
- 1821 New harbour entrance re-opened
- 1830 New Customs House built (later Town Hall)
- 1833 First Norfolk bridge (A259) built
- 1836 Workhouse built in Ham Road
- 1838 Swiss Gardens opened
- 1840 Opening of Brighton to Shoreham railway line
- 1841-4 St Nicolas Church restored
- 1845 First train service from Shoreham to Worthing
- 1847 The Rev Nathaniel Woodard opens his first school
- 1851 Shoreham Cement Works opened
- 1852 Shoreham Grammar School founded
- 1854 New lock and canal in Shoreham harbour
- 1857 Shoreham Redoubt (Old Fort) completed
- 1861 Railway line to Steyning and Horsham completed
- 1868 Work starts on Lancing College Chapel
- 1876-9 St Mary's Church restored
- 1884 Shoreham to Hove tramway opened
- 1887 Cemetary opened in Mill Lane
- 1901 Union Workhouse opened (later Southlands Hospital)
- 1908 Harry Ricardo builds his first cars in High St works
- 1911 First plane takes off from Shoreham Airport
- 1914 Huge army camp on Downs as Great War starts
- 1917 Old Shoreham toll bridge rebuilt
- 1921 Shoreham Beach footbridge built
- 1923 Norfolk Suspension Bridge replaced by new steel bridge
- 1926 Museum opens at the historic Marlipins
- 1931 Buckingham Park opens as council-owned park
- 1933 Norfolk Cinema (later Ritz) opens in High Street
- 1936 Shoreham Airport's art deco terminal built
- 1938 Demolition of each end of High St for road widening
- 1940 Demolition of much of Bungalow Town (Shoreham Beach) anticipating invasion
- 1953 Coronation Green made
- 1957 Shoreham Preservation Society formed
- 1966 Shoreham railway branch line to Horsham closed
- 1968 Shoreham toll bridge closes to motor traffic
- 1970 Adur Flyover opens
- 1971 Saltings Bridge scheme abandoned
- 1973 Police station moves from Tarmount Lane to Ham Road
- 1974 Adur District Council formed, combining previous urban district councils
- 1979 Ritz cinema closes
- 1979-80 New Civic Centre built in Ham Road
- 1985 Shoreham Society formed
- 1987 Hurricane destroys many trees
- 1987 Norfolk Bridge reconstructed (2nd time)
- 1991 Shoreham Cement Works ceases operation
- 2000 Work starts on Ropetackle development
- 2008 Old Toll Bridge restoration completed
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