Horsham

Horsham is a market town and district in West Sussex, England.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

(Horsham is also the name of a town in Worcestershire and township in Pennsylvania, USA. See also Horsham, Victoria in Australia.)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The first mention of Horsham was in a land charter of AD 947.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Horsham is mentioned indirectly in the Domesday Book (although this is sometimes debated among historians) adjacent manorial lands and surrounding holdings are also mentioned. Horsham had two weekly markets in the middle ages, and was noted locally for its annual fairs.

District: Districts are a form of local government in several countries....

West Sussex: West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils in 1888 but it remained a single county until 1974 when the new ...

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....