Meet 14 famous Worthing people honoured with blue plaques
From kings to playwrights and entertainers to medical men, Worthing has a wealth of famous people connected to the town who have been honoured with blue plaques.
By Elaine Hammond
Published 27th Jan 2022, 11:44 BST
Updated 27th Jan 2022, 11:53 BST
The Worthing Society is responsible for many blue plaques and has a huge amount of information on its website worthingsociety.org.uk
The blue plaque for Oscar Wilde on the site of Esplanade House, The Esplanade, Worthing, where he stayed. Photo: JPIMedia
30. Oscar Wilde
Postcard showing the southern end of The Esplanade terrace, where Oscar Wilde stayed in a house at the Brighton Road end. Photo: Haywards Heath
31. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet and radical thinker Percy Bysshe Shelley had two of his early works printed at Warwick Street Printery in Worthing, now known as Shelley House. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery has a picture of him with Mis Phillips at the printery, painted by Charles Alfred Morris. Photo: JPIMedia