LANCING, a parish in the hundred of BRIGHTFORD, rape of BRAMBER, county of SUSSEX, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Worthing, containing 590 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £ 6. 9. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln. The church has lately received an addition of one hundred and fourteen sittings, of which seventy are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £30 towards defraying the expense. The parish is bounded on the east by the river Adur and Shoreham harbour, and on the south by the English channel.