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Shoreham-by-Sea, is a town and Civil Parish in the Adur District of West Sussex , England . The town is bordered to its north by the South Downs , to its west by the Adur valley and to its south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the English Channel . The town lies in the middle of the ribbon of urban development along the coast between the city of Brighton & Hove and the town of Worthing . HISTORY Old Shoreham dates back to pre-Roman times. The name of the town has an Old English origin {Link without Title} . The town and Port of New Shoreham was established by the Norman Conquerors towards the end of the 11th century. St Mary de Haura Church was built in the decade following 1103 (the Domesday Book was dated 1086), and around this time the town was laid out on a grid pattern that, in essence, survives in the town centre. The Church is only half the size of the original - the former Nave has completely fallen down although remnants of the original west facade survive in the Churchyard to some height. The rise of Brighton, Hove and Worthing - in particular the arrival of the railway in 1840 - prepared the way for Shoreham's rise as a Victorian Sea Port , with several Shipyard s and an active coasting trade. Shoreham Harbour remains in commercial operation. Shoreham Beach, to the south of the town, is a Film industry. Shoreham Beach officially became part of Shoreham-by-Sea in 1910. It was cleared for defence reasons during the Second World War and is now almost completely redeveloped for modern houses, although one or two old bungalows still stand today. Nonetheless the Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1913, still stands. The shingle bank extends further east past the harbour mouth, forming the southern boundary of the commercial harbour in Southwick , Portslade and Hove . Shoreham Civil Parish covers an area of 984.88ha and has a population of 19,175 (2001 Census ). Landscape & Wildlife Transversed by the River Adur and with the downs and the sea nearby, the area supports a diverse wildlife flora and fauna. The mudflats support wading birds and gulls, including the Ringed Plover which attempts to breed on the coastal shingle. The Pied Wagtail is common in the town in the winter months. Insect fauna includes dragonflies over the flood plains of the river. The south and west facing downs attract at least 32 species of butterflies including a nationally important population of the Chalkhill Blue Butterfly on Mill Hill {Link without Title} . The underlying rock is chalk on the downs, with alluvium in the old river channels. The Adur district is fortunate to have a large variety of habitats in a small area, including natural chalk downs and butterfly meadows, freshwater and reed beds, salt marsh and estuary, brackish water lagoons, woodland, shingle seashore, chalk platform undersea and large expanses of sand. Farmers' Market Shoreham-by-Sea is home to the largest Farmers' Market in Sussex and one of the largest in the South of England, it is held in East Street on the second Saturday of each month and usually has in excess of 60 stall holders. TRANSPORT '', as well as the scenes from the Film Of Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' . {Link without Title} The town is also served by Shoreham-by-Sea Railway Station , located on the West Coastway Line . PEOPLE
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