William Frederick Cody, perhaps better known as Buffalo Bill brought his 'Wild West' show to Horsham on Wednesday June 15^th 1904. When the three special trains had delivered 500 horses and 800 people the doors opened for performances at 1.00 pm...more

Between the 19th and 30th of June 2007 Horsham hosted a 90' Ferris wheel for the first time. It was parked outside Sussex Stationers and King & Chasemore but visible from a great distance...more

In 1836 at the age of 16 Howard Dudley wrote, illustrated and printed his second book; The History and Antiquities of Horsham. It was Horsham's first history book and includes a wealth of information in the text, backed up by his own lithographic and wood-cut illustrations. Hidden Horsham has transcribed this book and republished it here

Dudley's first book, Juvenile Researches, was published in 1835. The book contained 126 pages of text and woodcuts and was featured the Sussex towns of...more

Holbrook Park is in Old Holbrook, north of the A264 in Horsham, towards Warnham

Holbrook Park originated c1800 as a red brick house but underwent major rebuilding in 1846 under the ownership of W R Seymour Fitzgerald (see below), evidenced by the Roman numerals MDCCCXLVI featured high on the northern face ...more

Horsham Football Club was set up in 1871 although it was not until 1881 that the club was firmly established and played its first game against local side Dorking. Its history is well documented on their website, see external links below. The club is now known as the ...more

The Nelson is appropriately located on the junction of Nelson Road and Trafalgar Road near to Horsham Park. Other related roads nearby include Hardy Road and Victory Road. The site is to be redeveloped with 14 apartments. To alleviate local parking there are 14 on site parking spaces, one for disabled drivers. There is also a cycle rack for 14 bikes...more

New Street was previously known as Pest House Lane, from a pest house of c1725 but was renamed c1830 and towards the end of the 19th century the area was developed further with Victorian and Edwardian residential properties...more

In January 2008 the Darchini Indian Restuarant opened at 24 London Road. The building, despite being of Tudor origin, is not listed by English Heritage. It is located opposite Brunswick Place and is attached to the left hand side of The Old...more

One imagines that identity theft is a modern crime but Horsham has an incident dating back more than 300 years. The impersonator was soon found out but not before he had received more than £500 in support of his campaign

The 'identity' belonged to the late Duke of Monmouth who had been executed...more