Broadwater, St. Mary is the ancient parish for the town of Worthing. The first Worthing church to be built was St. Paul in 1812 and that church was originally a chapel-at-ease to Broadwater and only became a parish in its own right much later in about 1892 (from memory). In fact, all the Worthing parishes, Christ Church, St. Andrew, St. George & Holy Trinity were subdivisions of Broadwater. St Matthew was originally a chapel-at-ease to Holy Trinity. Only Broadwater, St. Mary and Worthing, Christ Church have burial grounds and they ceased to be used (apart from 2nd interments in existing graves) in 1863 when the Broadwater & Worthing Cemetery opened in South Farm Road. Broadwater & Worthing are synonymous from the early 1800's. So, when I am doing census etc searches for people born in the Worthing area, I specify for Worthing first and then if I don't find the entry, I do the same search using Broadwater. It's quite surprising how often that works, way up to 1881. Also, people born in Durrington, Goring, Heene and West Tarring might well consider themselves to be born in the Worthing area, especially for census purposes. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323