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Kingston rocks. Ferring parish in the time of the Saxons was part of 
the endowment of Selsey, and its shore, as well as that of the adjoining 
parish of Goring, shows the gradual advancement of the sea. 
The Kingmer rocks may be said to commence opposite Goring 
about six miles in the sea, extendmg in a north-westerly direction 
nearly as far as the Bognor rocks ; they are situated outside of the 
‘ Middleton Ledge’: in colour and composition they are similar to those 
of Bognor, but it is difficult to procure portions of them for examination, 
being many feet under water: those which I have been able to get 
contained no fossil remains, yet I am certain that these rocks are of 
the Eocene period, joinmg the Hooe and Owerslight rocks, which 
are four or five miles still further south opposite Littlehampton and 
Bognor; and that the bottom of the coast of western Sussex is co- 
vered toa great extent with rocks of the same geological formation*. 
Tarring, the southern portion of which is called the Manor of 
Heene, forms part of the sea-shore. The following passage is taken 
from Cartwright’s History of the Rape of Bramber, p. 28:—‘‘ Extract 
of a letter from Wilham Bray, Esq., the historian of Surrey, dated 
March 3rd, 1827 :—In the year 1755 I was sent to inquire about a 
wreck which happened on the coast below Tarring, and which was 
claimed by the lord of the manor. The tenant went with me to the 
high-water mark, and told me that when he was young (I do not re- 
member his age) they used to play cricket in the ground on which we 
stood, and that the sea was then at such a distance that no one ever 
struck the ball to it. Though so long ago as seventy-two years, I 
have a perfect recollection of what passed.” 
The woodcut represents a British boat discovered 200 yards from 
the shore, and coins found near the coast in this parish. 
* “The Owerslight vessel is situated eight miles south of Bognor. The Hooe rocks are two 
miles bearing south from the Owerslight vessel; they are covered by twenty-six feet of water.”— 
Channel Chart. 
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