Bulls Head - Goring Street - 1770
Goring used to be a separate village and parish but now a part of greater Worthing. I would describe the pub as a country pub in a small village.
Thought to date back to around 1770 and called the Bulls Head Inn, the name was changed to the Bull in 1904.
The pub has been used more than once as a temporary mortuary, as the building had particularly thick walls. The extension was built in 1888 and may have been used as a butcher's shop for a while.
Unusually, it was never a coaching inn, being sited too far from the main coaching routes. The structure is flint with a rendered face. I suspect the front was extended out and raised above the height of the original building.
Thought to date back to around 1770 and called the Bulls Head Inn, the name was changed to the Bull in 1904.
The pub has been used more than once as a temporary mortuary, as the building had particularly thick walls. The extension was built in 1888 and may have been used as a butcher's shop for a while.
Unusually, it was never a coaching inn, being sited too far from the main coaching routes. The structure is flint with a rendered face. I suspect the front was extended out and raised above the height of the original building.
Pictured right: The funeral of Sidney Orchard & Frederick Wadey leaving the Bull Inn in June 1907.
Both young men, 19 and 22 respectively, had been killed by a bolt of lightning whilst sheltering under a tree near the entrance to Highdown Towers during a storm.
It has been said that the copper coins in one of their pockets had been fused together by the intense heat. Two other men with them survived with minor injuries.
Sidney and Frederick were buried in Goring Churchyard.
Both young men, 19 and 22 respectively, had been killed by a bolt of lightning whilst sheltering under a tree near the entrance to Highdown Towers during a storm.
It has been said that the copper coins in one of their pockets had been fused together by the intense heat. Two other men with them survived with minor injuries.
Sidney and Frederick were buried in Goring Churchyard.
2024
Known landlords
851 - Charles Knight
1855 - Mrs Ann Syers
1859 - Mrs A Syers
1866 - Mrs A Syers
1874 - John Higham
1878 - Henry Tulett
1890 - Henry Tulett
1899 - George Potter
19xx - Mr & Mrs Cornford
19xx - John & Mary Thomas
1967 - Roy & Edwina Sanders
851 - Charles Knight
1855 - Mrs Ann Syers
1859 - Mrs A Syers
1866 - Mrs A Syers
1874 - John Higham
1878 - Henry Tulett
1890 - Henry Tulett
1899 - George Potter
19xx - Mr & Mrs Cornford
19xx - John & Mary Thomas
1967 - Roy & Edwina Sanders
A little extra
From Terry C:"The Bull', now 'The Bullshead'. Around the turn of the 19th/20th Century, it was Mr and Mrs Cornford. The Cornford's daughter, Ethel remained a spinster all her life and ran a small grocery store on Goring Road almost until her death c. 1969.
Before Roy and Edwina Sanders took over 'The Bull' in 1967, John and Mary Thomas ran the pub for many years - I cannot be certain what year they arrived but a few remaining locals will have a better idea, I think it may have been just after the end of the Second World War. I remember them being there."
From Terry C:"The Bull', now 'The Bullshead'. Around the turn of the 19th/20th Century, it was Mr and Mrs Cornford. The Cornford's daughter, Ethel remained a spinster all her life and ran a small grocery store on Goring Road almost until her death c. 1969.
Before Roy and Edwina Sanders took over 'The Bull' in 1967, John and Mary Thomas ran the pub for many years - I cannot be certain what year they arrived but a few remaining locals will have a better idea, I think it may have been just after the end of the Second World War. I remember them being there."
