The sturdy and grey old church which has seen so many centuries of change and decay in the life around it, which has even seen the very face of nature alter in the haven beneath, has not changed in any essential since the great De Braose of the eleventh century built it on the foundations of its Saxon predecessor, whose massive walls still support a goodly part of the Norman building.  Almost the whole of the upper part of the church is Norman, though the chancel appears to have been restored at a later date.  Note the fine pointed screen and the rich moulding of the arches and door, also the carved tye-beam above the great arch which leads to the crossing.  The nave is curiously dark, through the absence of windows; here may be seen the remains of the Saxon wall projecting beyond the line of the newer work.  A low side window near the southwest corner has been variously described as a confessional, a hagioscope, and a leper window.

The few small houses to the south of the church are all that now remain to show where the one time port stood; though none of the existing buildings are contemporary with that period.

[Illustraton:  NEW SHOREHAM.]

There is now a choice of ways.  The direct route to Worthing goes across the Norfolk Bridge and then by South Lancing ("Bungalow Town “) and calls for no comment other than its fine marine views.  The valley road to Bramber and Steyning we propose to travel presently, and we will now cross the old bridge by the “Sussex Pad,” lately rebuilt.  Half a mile from the inn the Down road to the right leads direct to the prominent group of buildings on a spur of the Downs which have been constantly in view during the walk from Shoreham.  St. Nicholas’, or Lancing, College was founded in 1849 by Nicholas Woodard, an Anglican priest.  It is part of a larger scheme, other colleges in connexion being at Hurstpierpoint and Ardingly.  The original school, established in 1848 at Shoreham, may still be seen at the corner of Church Street; it is now a laundry.  The buildings are dominated most effectively by the great pile of the college chapel 97 feet from roof to floor.  The general effect is most un-English and gives the west side of the Adur an air reminiscent of Normandy or Picardy.

Lancing is supposed to be derived from Wlencing, one of the sons of Ella.  The church, originally Norman, has been much altered at various times and is mainly Early English.  The remains of an Easter Sepulchre may be seen in the north wall of the chancel and at the door the mutilated fragment of a stoup.

[Illustration:  OLD SHOREHAM.]