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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 419 in 1801 to 653 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 134 males aged 20 and over, 71 were Agricultural Labourers.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
GORING BY SEA	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
GORING	Alternate	English			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	GORING BY SEA EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SUSSEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
EAST PRESTON RegD/PLU/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1791	1929	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
EAST PRESTON RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
EAST PRESTON RD	Local Government District		1929	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
POLING Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
WORTHING	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1902	was enlarged by gaining part of	WEST TARRING CP/AP	Population in 1911: 11.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; The Worthing (Extension) Order, 1902
01 Apr 1929	was abolished to enlarge	WORTHING Tn/CP	Area: 2135 acres.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Worthing Extension) Act, 1928

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.