Editing Lancing, West Sussex (section)

===1800–1945===
Much of the land which is residential was formerly taken up by family-run [[market gardening]] businesses growing fruit or flowers for the [[Brighton]] Market or [[Covent Garden]] in London. The largest businesses were ''Sparks'' who grew fruit such as tomatoes and ''Young's'' which produced carnations. Chrysanthemums were grown by Frank Lisher on land south of The Finches, in a house that he had built. ''Nash's'' fruit growers produced grapes under huge glass [[wiktionary:cloches|cloches]] that could be rolled into place on a rail track.

[[Lancing railway station]] opened with what is now known as the [[West Coastway Line]] in 1849. Between 1908 and 1912 the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] developed its [[Lancing Carriage Works|railway wagon and carriage works]] in the area that is now the Lancing Business Park, closed in 1965 as part of British Rail's [[Beeching Axe|Beeching Plan of 1963]]. The land on which the works were sited was predominantly turned over to this park, which is also known as the [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] Industrial Estate.

Few buildings pre-dating 1820 are here, however one example is a central former farmhouse, which is now a home named Monks Farm Presbytery on North Road.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1353734|desc=Monks Farm Presbytery|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref>