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The ancient town and borough of Horsham, which has generally been past over in topographical accounts, as a place unworthy of notice; or lost in the dazzling descriptions, of the “modern maritime Babylon of Sussex,” must always remain a spot, dear to the lover of antiquities, and romantic scenery.  The derivation of its name, has ever continued a matter of great perplexity; which perhaps may be considered as a very strong argument, in favour of the antiquity of the place.  Some persons conjectur

The King’s Head Hotel East Street. Anchor Hotel Town Hall square. The Crown Carfax. The Lamb Ditto. The Swan West Street. The Castle The Black Horse The Punch bowl The Green Dragon Bishoprick. The Queen’s Head East Street. The Hurst Arms North Street. The Dog and Bacon London Road. The White Hart North Parade....

Coaches pass daily to and from London, Brighton, Worthing, Windsor, Oxford, and Reading.—The Horsham and London Star Coach leaves the Swan inn West Street, at 7 o’clock every morning, and reaches the old Bell inn Holborn about a quarter to 12: from thence it starts the same afternoon, at a quarter past 3, and arrives at Horsham by 8....

The streets are now well lighted with gas, considering that this is the first year of their illumination.  The gameter is erected at the back of Albion Terrace, another specimen of the improving state of the town.  The good people of Horsham have lately been much annoyed by the dirty condition of their streets, occasioned by the insertion of the gas pipes, even to such an extent as almost to merit the ancient epithet of the county, as we find in a very old verse, or rather ryhme of the peculiari

The strata around Horsham, (which is situated in the Wealden formation) are celebrated for the abundance of the exuviæ, of large saurian animals.—Many of the bones of the Iguanadon, an enormous reptile, which was formerly an inhabitant of these districts, are now in the possession of Mr G. B. Holmes, of Horsham, by whom these particulars are obligingly communicated.  The animal which more nearly approximates to it, than any other now in existence, is the Iguana Cornuta a native of the tropical p

The water around Horsham is of a very superior quality, and extremely abundant.  It is intended shortly to supply each house by means of pipes.  At Tower Hill, is a spring, by whose waters every thing over which it passes is encrusted, in consequence of its depositing a small portion of carbonate of lime, with which it is impregnated in passing the limestone strata, through which it flows....

The population of Horsham, has of late years greatly increased, and at present amounts to nearly 6000.  The following table will afford a view of its advance during the present century. 1801 3204 1811 3839 1821 4575 1831 5105...

Horsham, though at present remarkable for the excellent state of its turnpike roads, was, before the year 1750, one of most extraordinary instances of non communication in the kingdom: previously to the abovementioned period, the London road was so execrably bad, that whoever went there on wheels, was compelled to go round by Canterbury! It is intended to make the great London and Brighton rail road pass through the town, which cannot fail to encreas the business and traffic of the place....

The fairs of Horsham are on April 5th: Monday before Whitsunday, sheep and lambs: July 18th cattle and pedalary; the Cherry fair; Sep. 5th. cattle: Nov. 27th. cattle and toys.  Last Tuesday in every month, for cattle. “Nicholas Hostresham, whose name is contracted to Horsham, may justly be placed in this town, as descended from it; families of note often taking their names from their places of residence; and if that be admitted, he will give some lustre to it, for he was a very learned man, and

Having principally confined the limits of the foregoing account, to a circle of about 4 or 5 miles around the town of Horsham, we have omitted previously to notice the priory of Rusper, a building of great antiquity, and closely connected with that borough, by the endowment of the church to its nuns.  Very little of the ancient edifice remains at present, I shall therefore insert a very brief account of the nunnery, as given by Sir William Burrell, in his interesting MSS. preserved in the Britis