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| Emsworth can be found on the border of Hampshire and Sussex along
the A27 and sits on Chichester harbour and its early history shows that
it was an important port. Famous for its oyster fishing fleet in the
19th century, the older part of the town sits around the square and
there are some lovely old houses to be found around the harbour. The
importance of it is show by the many Georgian Houses that can be seen in
the streets The original centre of Emsworth Parish was Warbington, founded by the Saxons in the 5th or 6th century but all that remains of the village is the parish church and the ruins of the castle. The church tower has two Saxon archways and the nave is 13th century. And all that remains of Warblington Castle is a single turret and the remains of a gateway. It used to be a manor house that was fortified and built somewhere between 1513 and 1526 but during the English Civil war it was demolished by parliamentary forces The original centre of the parish of Emsworth was Warblington with the parish church. But by the Middle Ages Emsworth had the larger population and it became the chief port of Chichester Harbour and the centre of a flourishing oyster-fishing industry.
King Street was once called Sware Lane after a shipwright, called John King, who lived in The Hut (No,19) and this was built in 1795 and took only one day to build as it was mainly constructed of wooden sections which he made in his shipyard.
The sport of sea bathing was already on the increase by the end of the 18th century and in 1805 Caroline the Princess of Wales bathed in the sea here and a bathing house was built on the shore by the mill pond at the end of Bath Road, the building can still be seen under the new name of Emsworth Sailing Club!
TAKE A VIRTUAL WALK AROUND EMSWORTH IMAGES OF EMSWORTH
Another famous visitor to the town was P. G. Wodehouse who between 1904 and 1913, lived at a house called Threepwood that stood in Record Road. (so called because of the record number of years that Victoria reigned, a total of 63). He also became the master of Emsworth House which was a private school and is now long gone but it is not known what subject he taught .
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