Old Fort Road from the air

Widewater in 1913

The Old Fort wasn’t considered old in 1913 – so much so that the beach road to the new bungalows was called Fort Road. The shingle spit of land in 1896 was still correctly titled Lancing Beach but by 1909 the maps showed it as Shoreham Beach. Perhaps the later title of Bungalow Town was to placate both factions… until the question of the airport name was mentioned!

Inset: Good Shepherd Church ©Doris Steers Collection
OS Maps 1896 & 1909

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