A motor-bus runs here from Worthing and then westwards as far as Storrington on the branch road to Pulborough.  Storrington has almost the status of a small town and lays claim to fame as the birthplace of Tom Sayers, the prize-fighter, and of an equally famous prince of commerce in whose honour a metropolitan street has recently been renamed “Maple” (late “London”) Street.  The church has been almost spoilt by “restorers,” but there are fine tombs by Westmacott and a brass of the sixteenth century.  Near the church is a modern Roman Catholic Priory; the beautiful chapel is always open and should be seen.  It is, however, for its fine situation opposite Kithurst Hill and its convenience as a centre from which to explore this beautiful section of the Down country that Storrington is important to the explorer of Downland.  Within easy reach are the quiet stretches of the Arun at Pulborough and Amberley, and Parham (p. 191) is within three miles.  The line of lofty hills on the south are seldom visited, most tourists being content with Chanctonbury.  Near the Downs, about a mile south-east, lies the little church of Sullington under its two great yews, very primitive and at present unrestored; most of the work seems to be Early English.  Here is an effigy of an unknown knight, also an old stone coffin.  A footpath leads direct to Washington where we turn towards the sea, climbing by the Worthing road the narrow pass which cuts between the Downs and drops to Findon.  This is another beautifully placed village with a Transitional and Early English church in an adjacent wood and, for strangers, rather difficult to find.  In the chancel is a doorway in a curious position between two seats.  A Norman arch, probably the relic of an older building, fills the opening of a transept on the south side.  A former rector in 1276 must have broken all records in the matter of pluralities; besides Findon he held livings in Salisbury, Hereford, Rochester, Coventry, two in Lincolnshire, and seven in Norfolk, also holding a canonry of St. Paul’s and being Master of St. Leonard’s Hospital in York.

[Illustration:  FINDON.]

Findon is noted for its racing stables; the hills and combes on the east forming an ideal galloping ground.  The walks over Black Patch and Harrow Hill are among the best in the central Downs.  East of the village a path leads to Cissbury Ring (603 feet).  “Cissa’s Burgh” was the Saxon name for this prehistoric fortress which was adapted and used by the Romans, as certain discoveries have proved.  Cissa was a son of Ella and has given his name to Chichester also.  The foundations of a building may be seen in dry summers within the rampart; this is probably Roman.  On the western slopes are some pits which may be the remains of a British village.  But stone weapons, some of rude form and others highly finished, prove the greater antiquity of the camp.  About sixty acres are enclosed within the trench, and approaches to it were